Patent ID: 8502843
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G02F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display component including a liquid crystal display panel; and a light source unit which is provided with a light source and disposed behind the liquid crystal display component, the light source unit backlighting the liquid crystal display panel, at least one of a first circuit arranged to control the liquid crystal display component and a second circuit arranged to control the light source unit being provided in an area which is demarcated by (i) a plane including a front face of the liquid crystal display component and (ii) a plane including a rear face of the light source unit, wherein a screen of the liquid crystal display panel has a rectangular shape; the light source unit includes the light source having the straight tubular part and a light source housing in which the light source is disposed; the light source is disposed on a base of the light source housing; the base is a plane having a rectangular shape which is arranged along a major direction of the straight tubular part of the light source; and D2/L is 2.5 or more but 5.5 or less, where L is a width of the base in a direction perpendicular to the major direction of the straight tubular part, and D2 is a width of the screen in the direction perpendicular to the major direction of the straight tubular part.