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LCD device with plural fluorescent tube backlight for a rectangular curved display surface of a radius of from two to four times as large as the length of the short-side of the rectangular display region

  • US 7,847,912 B2
  • Filed: 06/02/2008
  • Issued: 12/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

  • a liquid crystal display panel including a TFT substrate on which pixel electrodes and TFTs are formed, a color filter substrate on which color filters are formed, liquid crystal sandwiched between the color filter substrate and the TFT substrate, an upper polarizer adhered to an upper surface of the color filter substrate, and a lower polarizer adhered to a lower surface of the TFT substrate; and

    a backlight, whereina display region of the liquid crystal display panel is formed into a rectangular curved surface which is recessed with respect to the outside, a curvature radius R of the display region in the long-side direction is twice to four times as large as a length H of the display region in the short-side direction, the backlight includes a light source and a curved diffusion plate, the light source includes a plurality of fluorescent lamps, and distances between the fluorescent lamps and the liquid crystal display panel are set to a fixed value.

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