Patent ID: 7839466
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
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 includes a 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, and a 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, and the 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.