# US 2021/0240039 A1 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0240039 A1 - Document ID: US20210240039A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/162,701 - Filed: 2021-01-29 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-03 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sungho KIM; Chanhong PARK; Junghyun YOON; Hyojae JANG; Sungho CHOI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240039A1 ## CPC - G02F 1/133603: {with LEDs} - G02F 1/133314: {Back frames} - G02F 1/133317: {Intermediate frames, e.g. between backlight housing and front frame} - G02F 1/133606: {including a specially adapted diffusing, scattering or light controlling members} - G02F 1/133608: {including particular frames or supporting means} - G02F 1/133628: {with cooling means} - G02F 1/133614: {using photoluminescence, e.g. phosphors illuminated by UV or blue light} - G02F 2202/36: Micro- or nanomaterials - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS ## Abstract A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a light source module provided behind a rear surface of the display panel and configured to emit light to the display panel, the light source module including a glass substrate and a light source provided behind a rear surface of the glass substrate; and a rear chassis covering the display panel and the light source module, wherein the light source is provided between the glass substrate and the rear chassis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a display panel configured to display an image; a light source module provided behind a rear surface of the display panel and configured to emit light to the display panel, the light source module comprising a glass substrate and a light source provided behind a rear surface of the glass substrate; and a rear chassis covering the display panel and the light source module, wherein the light source is provided between the glass substrate and the rear chassis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a rear surface of the light source contacts the rear chassis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an intermediate member provided between and contacting the light source and the rear chassis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light source is configured to emit light from a side that is coupled to the glass substrate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein the light source comprises an emitting surface through which light is emitted and a coupler coupled to the glass substrate, and wherein the emitting surface and the coupler are provided on a same side of the light source. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the glass substrate is spaced apart from the rear chassis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the rear surface of the glass substrate and the rear chassis are spaced apart from each other by a length that is greater than a length that a rear end of the light source is spaced apart from the rear chassis. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light emitted from the light source is transmitted through the glass substrate and towards the display panel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein light incident on the glass substrate, that is emitted from the light source, is diffused and exits the glass substrate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the glass substrate comprises an opaque material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the glass substrate further comprises an exit surface arranged opposite to the rear surface and through which light exits in a direction towards the display panel, and the exit surface comprises a pattern configured to diffuse light passing through the exit surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a light conversion member comprising a quantum dot particle, the light conversion member being configured to convert a property of light passing through the glass substrate, wherein the light conversion member is provided between the rear surface of the display panel and the glass substrate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the light conversion member is provided on the glass substrate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light source comprises a light emitting diode (LED) chip configured to emit light and a housing configured to cover the LED chip, and wherein the housing has a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the glass substrate. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the light source has a front portion that contacts the rear surface of the glass substrate, and a rear portion that contacts a front surface of the rear chassis. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a side of the glass substrate that is opposite to the rear surface of the display panel is coupled to the light source. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the glass substrate comprises a long side extending in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which the light source emits the light through the glass substrate toward the rear surface of the display panel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the light source is configured to emit light in a first direction through the glass substrate toward the rear surface of the display panel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the light emitted from the light source is diffusely emitted from the light source module in the first direction. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the glass substrate includes a plurality of substrates that are spaced apart from each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.