Abstract: An optical waveguide display having an embedded light source is provided. The optical waveguide display having an embedded light source includes a light source unit including a plurality of light sources for generating light according to an applied voltage and an optical waveguide display unit including a plurality of optical waveguides on which the light generated by the light source unit is incident. The light sources are aligned to be adjacent to the optical waveguides of the optical waveguide display unit in one panel so that the light generated by the light sources is directly incident on the optical waveguides. Accordingly, in the optical waveguide display having the embedded light source, optical loss is reduced. Also, the size of the outward shape of the display is reduced since a complicated optical structure can be simplified. The display is able to withstand a large amount of shock from the outside, and gray scale levels can be easily controlled.

Abstract: A flat-panel display device using an optical waveguide includes a light source for emitting light, a plurality of optical waveguides into which light emitted from the light source is incident, an optical waveguide arrangement substrate on which the plurality of optical waveguides are arranges and made of a material having a low refractive index so as to totally reflect the light transmitted through the plurality of optical waveguides, a light output controller positioned on the plurality of optical waveguides and made of a material whose refractive index changes according to an electric field, a light output portion positioned on the light output controller, for refracting the light having passed through the light output controller when the light propagated through the plurality of optical waveguides due to the electric field is transmitted through the light output controller and is output therefrom, and outputting the same to the outside, a first electrode positioned on the light output portion, made of a tr