Patent ID: 7976210
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: F21K,G02F

Abstract:
1. A display device including a display panel that displays images and a backlight that illuminates the display panel from the rear thereof, the backlight comprising: a mounting substrate equipped with a plurality of solid-state light-emitting elements, the mounting substrate comprising a circuit formed on a surface of the mounting substrate and that supplies driving current to the plurality of the solid-state light-emitting elements, and a heat-conducting film that is formed on a same surface of the mounting substrate as the surface the circuit is formed and that conducts heat generated by the plurality of the solid-state light-emitting elements; a frame that loads the mounting substrate in such a manner that the plurality of the solid-state light-emitting elements are disposed facing to the display panel in a direct-lighting configuration; and a fixing member that fixes the mounting substrate on the frame and that conducts heat through the heat-conducting film to the frame.