Lamp guide with optical member holder and liquid crystal display device having the same
View Patent ↗A backlight unit having a decreased thickness includes at least one lamp which emits light; and at least one light-diffusion plate which diffuses the light emitted from the light, and is positioned above each lamp, wherein the lamp and the light-diffusion plate are fixed and supported by a lamp guide.
1. A backlight unit comprising:
a plurality of lamps;
a plurality of light-diffusion plates for diffusing the light emitted from the lamp, each light-diffusing plate being positioned above each lamp; and
a plurality of lamp guides for fixing the lamps and the light-diffusing plates,
wherein the lamp guides correspond to the lamps and the light-diffusing plates so that each lamp guide fixes a corresponding lamp and light-diffusing plate.
2. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the lamp is formed of CCFL or EEFL.
3. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the lamp guide includes:
a base;
at least one lamp holder in the base to fix the lamp; and
at east one light-diffusion plate holder in the base to fix the light-diffusion plate.
4. The backlight unit of claim 3 , wherein a plurality of lamp guides are disposed in an extending direction of the lamp.
5. The backlight unit of claim 3 , wherein the light-diffusion plate holder is disposed above the lamp holder.
6. The backlight unit of claim 3 , wherein a plurality of the lamp holders and light-diffusion plate holders are disposed in the base to fix the plurality of adjacent lamps and light-diffusion plates.
7. The backlight unit of claim 1 , further comprising optical sheets above the light-diffusion plate.
8. The backlight unit of claim 7 , wherein the lamp guide includes at least one supporter for supporting the optical sheets.
9. The backlight unit of claim 3 , wherein the lamp holder is formed from an elastic material.
10. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a liquid crystal display panel;
a plurality of lamps supplying light to the liquid crystal display panel;
a plurality of light-diffusion plates above the lamp to diffuse the light emitted from the lamp;
a plurality of lamp guides for fixing the lamps and the light-diffusing plates; and
optical sheets above the light-diffusion plate,
wherein the lamp guides correspond to the lamps and the light-diffusing plates so that each lamp guide fixes a corresponding lamp and light-diffusing plate.
11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10 , wherein the lamp guide includes:
a base;
at least one lamp holder in the base to fix the lamp; and
at least one light-diffusion plate holder in the base to fix the light-diffusion plate.
12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , wherein the light-diffusion plate holder is disposed above the lamp holder.
13. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , wherein the lamp guide includes at least one supporter for supporting the optical sheets.
14. The liquid crystal display device of claim 11 , wherein the lamp holder is formed from an elastic material.