Liquid crystal display device

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel outputting an image; a light guide plate installed below the liquid crystal panel to transfer light from a backlight unit to the liquid crystal panel; a plurality of optical sheets installed between the liquid crystal panel and the light guide plate; a reflective plate installed below the light guide plate; and a viewing angle control sheet installed between the liquid crystal panel and the optical sheet and having a diffractive pattern formed on an upper surface of a base film and a prism pattern formed on a lower surface of the base film to control a viewing angle. In the LCD device having a viewing angle controllable backlight unit, a viewing angle control sheet capable of freely controlling light output is manufactured by forming a diffractive pattern on an upper surface thereof and a prism pattern on a lower surface thereof, and an application of the viewing angle control sheet to a vehicle backlight unit provides viewing angle characteristics allow for optimum driving conditions.

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