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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, KR;
Inventors:
Seung Hwan Chung, Asan-si, KR;
Dong-Yeol Yeom, Suwon-si, KR;
Joong Hyun Kim, Asan-si, KR;
Jin Sook Bang, Ansan-si, KR;
Sang Woo Ha, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/00 (2015.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133606 (2013.01); G02B 5/3016 (2013.01); G02B 5/3058 (2013.01); G02F 1/13362 (2013.01); G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02F 1/133611 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133545 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133607 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backlight unit which provides light to a liquid crystal display panel of a liquid crystal display. The backlight unit includes an optical lens module including an optical lens disposed above a point light source and configured to refract light output from the point light source, and a reflective polarization layer disposed directly on the optical lens and configured to separate polarization components of the light to transmit one polarization component and reflect another polarization component.