KR102007830B1 - Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same - Google Patents
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- G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21K—NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21K9/00—Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
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Abstract
The present invention is a light guide plate; A first LED assembly positioned on one side of the light guide plate and including a first LED printed circuit board and a first LED mounted on the first LED printed circuit board and having a first color coordinate; A second LED positioned on one side of the light guide plate and mounted on a second LED printed circuit board facing the first LED printed circuit board and the second LED printed circuit board and having a second color coordinate different from the first color coordinate; And a second LED assembly, wherein the first LED and the second LED are alternately disposed.
Description
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly, to a backlight unit capable of providing light of uniform color and luminance and a liquid crystal display device including the same.
Liquid crystal display devices (LCDs), which are used for TVs and monitors due to their high contrast ratio and are advantageous for displaying moving images, are characterized by optical anisotropy and polarization of liquid crystals. The principle of image implementation by
Such a liquid crystal display is an essential component of a liquid crystal panel bonded through a liquid crystal layer between two side-by-side substrates, and realizes a difference in transmittance by changing an arrangement direction of liquid crystal molecules with an electric field in the liquid crystal panel. do.
However, since the liquid crystal panel does not have its own light emitting element, a separate light source is required in order to display the difference in transmittance as an image. To this end, a backlight including a light source is disposed on the back of the liquid crystal panel.
Here, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL), an external electrode fluorescent lamp, and a light emitting diode (LED) are used as a light source of the backlight unit. .
Among them, LEDs are particularly widely used as light sources for displays with features such as small size, low power consumption, and high reliability.
1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a conventional liquid crystal display, and FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a conventional liquid crystal display.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a general liquid crystal display device includes a
The
First and second polarizing
The printed
The
The
In this case, the
The
However, the
In the present invention, to solve the problem of luminance and color unevenness of the light supplied from the backlight.
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a light guide plate; A first LED assembly positioned on one side of the light guide plate and including a first LED printed circuit board and a first LED mounted on the first LED printed circuit board and having a first color coordinate; A second LED positioned on one side of the light guide plate and mounted on a second LED printed circuit board facing the first LED printed circuit board and the second LED printed circuit board and having a second color coordinate different from the first color coordinate; And a second LED assembly, wherein the first LED and the second LED are alternately disposed.
In the backlight unit of the present invention, the first LED is arranged in an odd column of the first LED printed circuit board, and the second LED is arranged in an even column of the second printed circuit board.
In the backlight unit of the present invention, a reflector is positioned on the rear surface of the light guide plate.
In the backlight unit of the present invention, the optical sheet is positioned on the front surface of the light guide plate.
In the backlight unit of the present invention, each of the first and second LEDs is a side-view type in which light is emitted to the side.
In another aspect, the present invention is a liquid crystal panel; A first light guide plate positioned below the liquid crystal panel and positioned on one side of the light guide plate and mounted on a first LED printed circuit board and the first LED printed circuit board and having a first color coordinate; An LED assembly, a second LED printed circuit board disposed on the side of the light guide plate and facing the first LED printed circuit board, and mounted on the second LED printed circuit board and having a second color coordinate different from the first color coordinate; And a backlight unit including a second LED assembly including a second LED, wherein the first LED and the second LED are alternately disposed.
In the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, the liquid crystal display device includes a main frame surrounding the side surface of the backlight unit.
In the liquid crystal display of the present invention, a plurality of protrusions are formed at one side of the main frame to form first and second grooves alternately positioned, and the first LED is inserted into the first groove and the second groove is formed. The LED is characterized in that it is inserted into the second groove.
In the liquid crystal display of the present invention, the first LED is arranged in an odd column of the first LED printed circuit board, and the second LED is arranged in an even column of the second printed circuit board.
In the liquid crystal display of the present invention, the backlight unit may include a reflecting plate positioned on the rear surface of the light guide plate and an optical sheet positioned between the light guide plate and the liquid crystal panel.
In the liquid crystal display of the present invention, each of the first and second LEDs is a side-view type in which light is emitted to the side.
In the backlight unit according to the present invention, by arranging LEDs emitting light of different color coordinates alternately, it has the effect of supplying light having a uniform brightness and color by using the additive mixed color effect.
In addition, LEDs emitting light having a first color coordinate and a second color coordinate are mounted on the first LED printed circuit board and the second LED printed circuit board, respectively, and the first and second LED printed circuit boards are disposed up and down. By providing the backlight unit of the dual batch type, the problem that the brightness and color uniformity are lowered due to an error in the process of mounting the LED on the printed circuit board is prevented.
In addition, the liquid crystal display device including the backlight unit of the present invention has an advantage of realizing an image having a uniform brightness and color.
1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a conventional liquid crystal display.
2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a conventional display device.
3 is a schematic plan view of a backlight unit for a liquid crystal display according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a color coordinate of white light emitted from an LED.
5 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a liquid crystal display according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a backlight unit for a liquid crystal display according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
3 is a schematic plan view of a backlight unit for a liquid crystal display according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown, the backlight unit is disposed under the liquid crystal panel (not shown) to supply light, and includes a
Although not shown, the backlight unit may include a reflecting plate positioned below the light guide plate and an optical sheet positioned above the light guide plate.
The
That is, referring to FIG. 4, which illustrates the color coordinates of the white light emitted from the LED, the white light having the color coordinates of E may be implemented by the LED having the color coordinates of A and the LED having the color coordinates of B. That is, a combination of yellowish white light and blueish white light is used to implement white light of a desired E color coordinate.
It uses the principle of additive color mixture, and can combine the light of different color coordinates as described above to provide light of improved luminance. In addition, brightness is uniformed by arranging the first and
As in the prior art, when the
That is, by alternately arranging the first and
However, in the process of mounting the first and
A backlight and a liquid crystal display device for solving the above problem will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.
5 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a liquid crystal display according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a backlight unit for a liquid crystal display according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
5 and 6, the liquid crystal display according to the second embodiment includes a
The
Although not shown, a plurality of gate lines and data lines intersect each other to define a pixel on an inner surface of the
In addition, a color filter of red (R), green (G), and blue (B) color corresponding to each pixel may be formed on the inner surface of the
When a signal is applied to the gate line and the thin film transistor is turned on, a signal is applied to the pixel electrode through the data line. Accordingly, an electric field is formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are driven by the electric field.
Along the at least one edge of the
In addition, an alignment layer (not shown) for determining an initial molecular alignment direction of the liquid crystal is interposed between the first and
The
The
The
The first and
Light emitted from the first and
The
The
The
The
In addition, the
The
The
The
That is, as long as the first and
The
That is, the first LED printed
When the surface attached to the LED printed circuit board is the bottom of the LED, the LED is a side-view type that emits light to the side and a top-view type that emits light to the top. Can be distinguished.
In this case, in the second embodiment, each of the first and
Light emitted from the first and
For example, when the
After the
After the
In the backlight unit of the present invention, the first LED having the first color coordinates and the second LED having the second color coordinates are alternately arranged to supply light having uniform brightness and color by the additive mixing principle.
Therefore, an image having a uniform brightness and color including the backlight unit is realized.
In addition, by providing an LED backlight unit having a dual structure that mounts LEDs having different color coordinates on different LED printed circuit boards and overlaps them up and down, the probability of failure that may occur in the process of mounting the LED on the LED printed circuit board This is minimized.
Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art various modifications and changes to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.
210: liquid crystal panel 220: backlight unit
222: LGP 224: Reflector
226:
232a, 234a: LED printed
240: main frame 242: opening
244:
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A first light guide plate positioned below the liquid crystal panel and positioned on one side of the light guide plate and mounted on a first LED printed circuit board and the first LED printed circuit board and having a first color coordinate; An LED assembly, a second LED printed circuit board disposed on the side of the light guide plate and facing the first LED printed circuit board, and mounted on the second LED printed circuit board and having a second color coordinate different from the first color coordinate; A backlight unit including a second LED assembly including a second LED; a main frame surrounding a side of the backlight unit;
The first LED and the second LED are alternately arranged;
A plurality of protrusions are formed on one side of the main frame to form first and second grooves alternately positioned, wherein the first LED is inserted into the first groove and the second LED is inserted into the second groove. Liquid crystal display device characterized in that.
Wherein the first LED is arranged in an odd column of the first LED printed circuit board, and the second LED is arranged in an even column of the second printed circuit board.
And the backlight unit includes a reflecting plate disposed on a rear surface of the light guide plate and an optical sheet disposed between the light guide plate and the liquid crystal panel.
And each of the first and second LEDs is a side-view type in which light is emitted to the side.
One upper edge of the main frame has a protrusion having the same thickness as that of the second LED printed circuit board, and one upper edge of the main frame and the second LED printed circuit board form a flat surface.
And a light blocking tape attached to the protrusion of the main frame and the second LED printed circuit board.
The first LED assembly is mounted on a first side of the first LED printed circuit board, and the second LED assembly is mounted on a second side of the second LED printed circuit board to face the first LED printed circuit board. ,
The distance between the first side of the first LED printed circuit board and the second side of the second LED printed circuit board is equal to the thickness of each of the first LED and the first LED so that the first LED prints the second LED. And a second LED in contact with a second surface of the circuit board and in contact with a first surface of the first LED printed circuit board.
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