Abstract: Disclosed herein is a backlight unit equipped with LEDs. The backlight includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of LED packages, an upper heat dissipation plate, and a lower heat dissipation plate. The insulating substrate is provided with predetermined circuit patterns. The LED packages are mounted above the insulating substrate, and are electrically connected to the circuit patterns. The upper heat dissipation plate is formed on the insulating substrate, and is configured to come into contact with the circuit patterns and to dissipate heat. The lower heat dissipation plate is formed on the insulating substrate, and is configured to transmit heat transmitted through the upper heat dissipation plate. The upper heat dissipation plate and the lower heat dissipation plate are connected to each other by at least one through hole, and the through hole and the upper heat dissipation plate have a predetermined area ratio.

Abstract: An LED backlight unit includes a light source; a board including a circuit pattern printed on an underside thereof, and having at least one mounting hole perforated therein where the light source is inserted; a metal chassis having an inside surface on which an underside of the light source is mounted, and receiving the board to be arranged in parallel to and with a gap from the metal chassis; and a reflector arranged on a top surface of the board to reflect light generated from the light source. The heat radiating path for transferring heat from the light source to the outside can be more simplified to enhance heat radiation efficiency thereby raising product reliability. The number of whole components can be reduced and the board with the light mounted thereon can be replaced with an inexpensive part thereby saving fabrication cost.

Abstract: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display is provided. The backlight unit includes a surface light source, a diffuser sheet uniformly diffusing incident light from the surface light source, and a light collection sheet collecting light diffused by the diffuser sheet. The surface light source includes a first LED arrangement in which two green LEDs, a red Led, and a blue LED are arranged in this order and a second LED arrangement in which two green LEDs, a blue LED, and a red LED are arranged in this order. The first and second LED arrangements are done along rows or columns, and, in a combination of the first and second LED arrangement, the two green LEDs are surrounded by the red and/or blue LEDs.