Patent ID: 8687144

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal panel including a display region for displaying an image; a single linear illuminator disposed below the display region and extending linearly; and a diffusion plate disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the linear illuminator, wherein: the diffusion plate includes a single thick portion which is formed to be thicker than a flat portion located below the display region; the linear illuminator comprises a fluorescent tube; the thick portion is formed above the linear illuminator; the thick portion is formed to be wider than the linear illuminator; the diffusion plate is mixed with microscale spheres such that a light diffusion degree of the diffusion plate becomes larger as a thickness of the diffusion plate becomes larger; and the width of the thick portion and the linear illuminator are defined in a direction that is perpendicular to the longer direction of the liquid crystal panel and is perpendicular to the longer direction of the linear illuminator.