Liquid crystal display device and television receiver

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel;

a reflection sheet arranged on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel, the reflection sheet being curved so that a surface facing the liquid crystal panel is recessed; and

a light emitting diode substrate comprising:

a light emitting diode array in which a plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the light emitting diode substrate; and

electrodes connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes,

wherein, in a circle whose center is at one of the plurality of light emitting diodes and whose diameter is a distance from the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes to another of the plurality of light emitting diodes adjacent to the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes, an area of the electrode connected to a high temperature side electrode of the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes is larger than an area of the electrode connected to a low temperature side electrode of the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes, and

wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged so that the low temperature side electrodes and the high temperature side electrodes are adjacent to one another in the longitudinal direction, and each of the plurality of light emitting diodes has a lens arranged in front thereof.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the low temperature side electrode comprises an anode of each of the plurality of light emitting diodes, and the high temperature side electrode comprises a cathode of the each of the plurality of light emitting diodes.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode connected to the low temperature side electrode of the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes and the electrode connected to the high temperature side electrode of the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes partially overlap with each other in a lateral direction of the light emitting diode substrate.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of a boundary to separate the electrode connected to the low temperature side electrode of the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes and the electrode connected to the high temperature side electrode of the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes is non-parallel to a lateral direction, and is inclined toward the electrode connected to the low temperature side electrode, starting from the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes.

5. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel;

a reflection sheet arranged on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel, the reflection sheet being curved so that a surface facing the liquid crystal panel is recessed; and

a light emitting diode substrate comprising:

a plurality of light emitting diode arrays, in each of which a plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the light emitting diode substrate; and

electrodes connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes,

wherein the electrode belonging to one of the plurality of light emitting diode arrays and the electrode belonging to another of the plurality of light emitting diode arrays are shaped to overlap with each other in the longitudinal direction, and

wherein, in a circle whose center is at one of the plurality of light emitting diodes and whose diameter is a distance from the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes to another of the plurality of light emitting diodes closest to the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes, an area of the electrode connected to a high temperature side electrode of the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes is larger than an area of the electrode connected to a low temperature side electrode of the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes.

6. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel;

a reflection sheet arranged on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel, the reflection sheet being curved so that a surface facing the liquid crystal panel is recessed; and

a light emitting diode substrate comprising:

a plurality of light emitting diode arrays, in each of which a plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the light emitting diode substrate; and

electrodes connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes,

wherein the electrode belonging to one of the plurality of light emitting diode arrays and the electrode belonging to another of the plurality of light emitting diode arrays are shaped to overlap with each other in the longitudinal direction, and

wherein the low temperature side electrode comprises an anode of each of the plurality of light emitting diodes, and the high temperature side electrode comprises a cathode of the each of the plurality of light emitting diodes.

7. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel;

a reflection sheet arranged on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel, the reflection sheet being curved so that a surface facing the liquid crystal panel is recessed; and

a light emitting diode substrate comprising:

a plurality of light emitting diode arrays, in each of which a plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the light emitting diode substrate; and

electrodes connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes,

wherein the electrode belonging to one of the plurality of light emitting diode arrays and the electrode belonging to another of the plurality of light emitting diode arrays are shaped to overlap with each other in the longitudinal direction, and

wherein a length of a portion of the electrode connected to the high temperature side electrode in a lateral direction of the light emitting diode substrate is larger than a length of a portion of the electrode connected to the low temperature side electrode in the lateral direction.

8. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel;

a reflection sheet arranged on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel, the reflection sheet being curved so that a surface facing the liquid crystal panel is recessed; and

a light emitting diode substrate comprising:

a plurality of light emitting diode arrays, in each of which a plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the light emitting diode substrate; and

electrodes connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes,

wherein the electrode belonging to one of the plurality of light emitting diode arrays and the electrode belonging to another of the plurality of light emitting diode arrays are shaped to overlap with each other in the longitudinal direction, and

wherein a radius of a semicircle whose center is at the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes and which is inscribed in the electrode on the high temperature side electrode side is larger than a radius of a semicircle whose center is at the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes and which is inscribed in the electrode on the low temperature side electrode side.

9. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal display panel; and

a backlight unit,

the backlight unit comprising:

a circuit board having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) serving as light sources mounted thereon, the circuit board being arranged to be opposed to the liquid crystal display panel and being smaller than the liquid crystal display panel in width in a first direction that is one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction of the liquid crystal display panel; and

two regions devoid of the light sources, the two regions being located on opposite sides across the circuit board in the first direction and each having a width larger than the width of the circuit board in the first direction,

wherein the plurality of LEDs are arranged in at least three rows in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction,

wherein the circuit board includes a plurality of connection plates arranged thereon, the plurality of connection plates being located between two of the plurality of LEDs adjacent in the second direction so as to electrically connect the two of the plurality of LEDs to each other, and

wherein the plurality of connection plates arranged in a row between two rows on both sides among the at least three rows are larger than the plurality of connection plates arranged in the two rows on both sides.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of connection plates arranged in the row between the two rows on both sides are larger than the plurality of connection plates arranged in the two rows on both sides in width in the first direction.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of connection plates arranged in the row between the two rows on both sides are equal to the plurality of connection plates arranged in the two rows on both sides in width in the second direction.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein positions of the plurality of LEDs in one of two adjacent rows are offset with respect to positions of the plurality of LEDs in another of the two adjacent rows in the second direction.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , further comprising a reflection sheet for reflecting light of the plurality of LEDs toward the liquid crystal display panel,

wherein the reflection sheet has a concave shape that is open toward the liquid crystal display panel, and the circuit board is located at a bottom of the reflection sheet.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the circuit board has at least five rows, each of which comprises the plurality of LEDs and the plurality of connection plates, and

wherein the plurality of connection plates arranged in the at least five rows are larger in accordance with a distance from the two rows on both sides to the row in which the plurality of connection plates are arranged.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of connection plates are rectangular.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein each of the plurality of connection plates comprises an edge portion connected to each of the plurality of LEDs, and

wherein the each of the plurality of connection plates comprises a protrusion portion on the edge portion side to protrude in the first direction.

17. A television receiver, comprising the liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 ,

the television receiver being configured to receive a television broadcast wave to display a video and output sound.