Backlight unit and display device including backlight unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10203549-B2
Application number	US-201815881184-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2018
Priority date	Oct 31, 2014
Publication date	Feb 12, 2019
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019

Abstract

A backlight unit can include a frame including a bottom and a sidewall extending from the bottom; at least one substrate located on the frame, and a plurality of light sources mounted on the at least one substrate; and a reflecting sheet located on the at least one substrate, in which the reflecting sheet includes a first sheet part located on the bottom, the first sheet part including a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of the light sources; and a second sheet part extended from the first sheet part, the second sheet part including a horizontal dot area located along a long side of the reflecting sheet and a vertical dot area located along a short side of the reflecting sheet, and at least one of the horizontal dot area and the vertical dot area comprising first areas and second areas. Further, the first areas correspond to outermost holes among the plurality of holes, and the second areas are located between the first areas, the first areas and the second areas include a plurality of dot areas, each of the dot areas includes a plurality of dots, a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the first area, a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the second area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A backlight unit comprising:
a frame including a bottom and a sidewall extending from the bottom;
at least one substrate located on the frame, and a plurality of light sources mounted on the at least one substrate; and
a reflecting sheet located on the at least one substrate,
wherein the reflecting sheet comprises:
a first sheet part located on the bottom, the first sheet part including a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of the light sources; and
a second sheet part extended from the first sheet part, the second sheet part including a horizontal dot area located along a long side of the reflecting sheet and a vertical dot area located along a short side of the reflecting sheet, and at least one of the horizontal dot area and the vertical dot area comprising first areas and second areas,
wherein the first areas correspond to outermost holes among the plurality of holes, and the second areas are located between the first areas,
wherein the first areas and the second areas include a plurality of dot areas,
wherein each of the dot areas includes a plurality of dots,
wherein a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the first area,
wherein a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the second area,
wherein the first and second areas comprise first dot areas, the first dot areas are positioned at a same distance between a first distance and a second distance from a line, the line being an imaginary line connecting the outermost holes along at least one of the long side and the short side of the reflecting sheet, and
wherein a size of dots included in the first dot area of the first area is greater than a size of dots included in the first dot area of the second area.

2. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the first and second areas comprise second dot areas positioned at a same distance between the second distance and a third distance from the line, and
wherein the size of dots included in the first dot area of the first area is greater than a size of dots included in the second dot area of the first area.

3. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the first and second areas comprise second dot areas positioned at a same distance between the second distance and a third distance from the line, and
wherein the size of dots included in the first dot area of the second area is smaller than a size of dots included in the second dot area of the second area.

4. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the line includes a first line along the long side of the reflecting sheet and a second line along the short side of the reflecting sheet, and
wherein a distance between the first line and a closest dot to the first line on the horizontal dot area is greater than a distance between the second line and a closest dot to the second line on the vertical dot area.

5. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein dot patterns of the horizontal dot area are different from dot patterns of the vertical dot area.

6. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein an area of the horizontal dot area is different from an area of the vertical dot area.

7. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein, in a corner of the reflecting sheet, a shape of the horizontal dot area is asymmetric with a shape of the vertical dot area.

8. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the line includes a first line along the long side of the reflecting sheet and a second line along the short side of the reflecting sheet, and
wherein a distance between the first line and a farmost dot in a vertical direction from the first line on the horizontal dot area is different from a distance between the second line and a farmost dot in a horizontal direction from the second line on the vertical dot area.

9. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the reflecting sheet further comprises a third sheet part extending from the second sheet part and being located on the sidewall.

10. The backlight unit of claim 9 , wherein, in the second sheet part, the size of dots of the first areas and the second areas increases as the dots approach the third sheet part.

11. The backlight unit of claim 9 , wherein the first areas further include a third dot area,
wherein the third dot area is closer to the third sheet part rather than the first dot area, and
wherein a size of dots included in the third dot area is smaller than the size of dots included in the first dot area.

12. The backlight unit of claim 11 , wherein the size of dots included in the second dot area is smaller than the size of dots included in the first dot area.

13. The backlight unit of claim 9 , wherein the third sheet part comprises a long third sheet part along the long side of the reflecting sheet and a short third sheet part along the short side of the reflecting sheet,
wherein the line includes a first line along the long side of the reflecting sheet and a second line along the short side of the reflecting sheet, and
wherein a distance between the first line and the long third sheet part is different from a distance between the second line and the short third sheet part.

14. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the second sheet part is bent from the first sheet part.

15. The backlight unit of claim 1 , wherein the first area and the second area are sequentially positioned.

16. A display device comprising:
a display panel;
a backlight unit at a rear of the display panel; and
a back cover at a rear of the backlight unit,
wherein the backlight unit comprises:
a frame including a bottom and a sidewall extending from the bottom;
at least one substrate located on the frame, and a plurality of light sources mounted on the at least one substrate; and
a reflecting sheet located on the at least one substrate,
wherein the reflecting sheet comprises:
a first sheet part located on the bottom, the first sheet part including a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of the light sources; and
a second sheet part extended from the first sheet part, the second sheet part including a horizontal dot area located along a long side of the reflecting sheet and a vertical dot area located along a short side of the reflecting sheet, and at least one of the horizontal dot area and the vertical dot area comprising first areas and second areas,
wherein the first areas correspond to outermost holes among the plurality of holes, and the second areas are located between the first areas,
wherein the first areas and the second areas include a plurality of dot areas,
wherein each of the dot areas includes a plurality of dots,
wherein a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the first area,
wherein a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the second area,
wherein the first and second areas comprise first dot areas, the first dot areas are positioned at a same distance between a first distance and a second distance from a line, the line being an imaginary line connecting the outermost holes along at least one of the long side and the short side of the reflecting sheet, and
wherein a size of dots included in the first dot area of the first area is greater than a size of dots included in the first dot area of the second area.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Oh Sewon
• Kim Eunseok

Classifications

• G02F1/133603 Primary

  with LEDs · CPC title

• G02F1/133611

  including means for improving the brightness uniformity · CPC title

• F21V7/04

  Optical design · CPC title

• G02F1/133608

  including particular frames or supporting means · CPC title

• G02F1/133605

  including specially adapted reflectors · CPC title