US 8,576,353 B2 · Liquid crystal display

Abstract

A liquid crystal display includes a light guide plate that guides incident light, a first point light source assembly including first point light source elements that provide the light to the light guide plate and a first support substrate having the first point light source elements, the first point light source assembly being disposed at one side of the light guide plate, a second point light source assembly including second point light source elements that provide the light to the light guide plate and a second support substrate having the second point light source elements, the second point light source assembly being disposed at the other side of the light guide plate, a liquid crystal panel assembly disposed on the light guide plate that displays image information, and a lower container that accommodates the light guide plate, first and second point light source assemblies, and liquid crystal panel assembly.

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Dependent claims

A liquid crystal display comprising:

a light guide plate guiding incident light;
a light source assembly including a plurality of light source elements that provide light to the light guide plate and a support substrate having the plurality of light source elements thereon;
a lower container accommodating the light guide plate and the light source assembly;
and
a heat conductive pad disposed on the light source assembly,
wherein the heat conductive pad includes unit regions corresponding to groups of the plurality of light source elements, respectively, and
wherein a width of a unit region disposed at a center of the heat conductive pad is greater than a width of a unit region disposed at an edge of the heat conductive pad;
and
wherein each group of light source elements has the same number of light source elements.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Liquid crystal display

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Abstract

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