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Backlight unit for liquid crystal display

  • US 7,839,466 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2005
  • Issued: 11/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:

  • a liquid crystal panel; and

    a backlight unit including;

    a frame;

    a plurality of light source sets mounted within the frame;

    a plurality of isolators, wherein between pairs of adjacent light source sets there is one of said isolators installed for suppressing interference between said pair of adjacent light source sets, wherein each of the isolators includesa first isolation part, which has a first side surface and a second, opposite side surface and is mounted on a bottom surface of the frame, anda second isolation part, which has a third side surface and a fourth, opposite side surface and is mounted on the first isolation part; and

    a diffuser disposed on a top surface of the frame over the light source sets and the isolators,wherein the distance between a top of each of the isolators and the bottom surface of the diffuser is smaller than one half of the distance between the diffuser and the bottom surface of the frame;

    each of the isolators has a height less than a height of the frame between the top surface and the bottom surface thereof, andthe diffuser is disposed on the frame over the light source sets and the isolators without being supported from below, either directly or indirectly, by any of the isolators.

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