IP Library Granted Patent US 7,710,513
Granted Patent B2
US 7,710,513 · App. 12/125,674 · Granted May 4, 2010

Method for illuminating liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same, and a liquid crystal display device using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,710,513
App. No.
12/125,674
Granted
May 4, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for illuminating a liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same and a liquid crystal display device using the same can improve the front luminance and production yield. Lights from a lamp is incident to a LCD panel side, which are then primarily diffused for a uniformity of the luminous flux of the incident lights. The luminous flux of the primarily diffused lights is condensed with respect to a first orientation component on a plane in parallel with the LCD panel, and then partially and secondarily diffused for extending a view angle of pixels of the LCD panel. After the luminous flux of the secondarily diffused lights is condensed with respect to a second orientation component perpendicular to the first orientation on the parallel plane, the condensed lights are illuminated onto the LCD panel. A diffusion sheet for secondarily diffusing the luminous flux and a condensing sheet for condensing the second orientation component are formed by a single sheet to reduce the manufacturing process of the liquid crystal display device. Also, a defect produced from respective sheets is minimized to enhance the yield.

Claims (32)

1. A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:

an LCD panel;

a light source;

a diffuser formed between the LCD panel and the light source;

a condenser formed between the LCD panel and the diffuser; and

a high luminance condensing sheet formed between the LCD panel and the condenser,

wherein the high luminance condensing sheet comprises a transparent sheet having a predetermined thickness, a diffusion layer formed at the lower surface of the transparent sheet, and a condensing layer formed at the upper surface of the transparent sheet.

2. The LCD of claim 1 , wherein the diffusion layer comprises a plurality of beads formed for uniformly diffusing the lights incident from the condenser.

3. The LCD of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the condenser and the condensing layer are comprised of a plurality of prisms arranged in parallel with one another in a direction for condensing the lights incident from the diffuser and the diffusion layer.

4. The LCD of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the condenser and the condensing layer are formed by arranging prisms to cross one another at a predetermined angle.

5. The LCD of claim 3 , wherein a vertex portion of the prisms of the condensing layer adjacent to the LCD panel are rounded.

6. The LCD of claim 4 , wherein a vertex portion of the prisms of the condensing layer adjacent to the LCD panel are rounded.

7. A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:

an LCD panel;

a light source;

a diffuser formed between the LCD panel and the light source; and

a condenser formed between the LCD panel and the diffuser,

wherein the diffuser comprises a plurality of beads formed on a surface of the diffuser adjacent to the light source distributed to have a smaller density than a plurality of beads formed on a surface of the diffuser adjacent to the condenser so that the surface of the diffuser adjacent to the condenser has a haze value that is larger than that of the surface of the diffuser adjacent to the light source.

8. A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:

an LCD panel;

a light source;

a diffuser formed between the LCD panel and the light source; and

a condenser formed between the LCD panel and the diffuser,

wherein the diffuser comprises a plurality of beads formed on at least a surface of the diffuser adjacent to the light source and a surface of the diffuser adjacent to the condenser, and

the plurality of beads are distributed to have a higher density at the surface of the diffuser adjacent to the condenser than that at the surface of the diffuser adjacent to the light source.

9. A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:

an LCD panel;

a light source;

a diffuser formed between the LCD panel and the light source;

a condenser formed between the LCD panel and the diffuser; and

a high luminance condensing sheet formed between the LCD panel and the condenser,

wherein the diffuser comprises a plurality of beads formed on a surface of the diffuser adjacent to the light source distributed to have a smaller density than a plurality of beads formed on a surface of the diffuser adjacent to the condenser so that the surface of the diffuser adjacent to the condenser has a haze value that is larger than that of the surface of the diffuser adjacent to the light source.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, CO., LTD
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
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