Abstract: A light guide plate includes a light incident surface, a light emitting surface and a light guide surface. The light incident surface receives light from an external light source. The light emitting surface emits outward the light received through the light incident surface. The light guide surface faces the light emitting surface and includes a diffusion pattern formed thereon. The diffusion pattern includes a plurality of porous particles and a plurality of spheroidal particles, and the porous particles have pores formed therein and on surfaces thereof.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes an LCD panel including a polarizing plate disposed on at least one surface thereof, a light guide plate (“LGP”) disposed below the LCD panel and including reflective patterns which reflect light incident on the LGP toward the LCD panel, and a composite polarizing sheet disposed between the LCD panel and the LGP and including; a surface layer having a plurality of prism patterns which extend in a first direction and which are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and a reflective polarizing layer having a transmission axis oriented in a second direction other than the first direction, wherein the second direction is one of substantially parallel to or perpendicular to a polarizing axis of the polarizing plate.

Abstract: Disclosed are a prism sheet and a liquid crystal display having the same. The prism sheet includes a base and a plurality of prism mountains. The base includes a front surface and a rear surface facing the front surface. The prism mountains are integrally formed with the base on the rear surface of the base. At least one prism mountain includes a plurality of light incidence surfaces and a reflective surface. The light incidence surfaces receive light. The reflective surface is adjacent to one of the light incidence surfaces to reflect the light. A vertical angle of the prism mountains formed between the light incidence surface adjacent to the reflective surface and the reflective surface, is in a range of about 70° to about 100°.

Abstract: A light guide plate includes an incident surface receiving incident light from a light source, an exit section that outputs exit light having a light distribution different from a light distribution of the incident light and a reflective section opposite to the exit section. A plurality of first patterns are formed on the exit section while being arranged in a first direction of the exit section to distribute the exit light with maximum brightness in a direction perpendicular to the exit section. A plurality of second patterns are formed on the reflective section to scatter the incident light.

Abstract: A substrate includes an array area and a data pad area adjacent to the array area. A gate line, a data line and a switching device are formed in the array area of the substrate. A data pad extending from an end of the data line and a supporter provided between the substrate and the data pad are provided in a data pad area to allow the data pad to be placed at a higher position than a passivation layer. Thus, a contact resistance occurring between an anisotropic conductive film and a bump and a contact resistance occurring between the anisotropic conductive film and the data pad are reduced.

Abstract: A driver chip includes a base body, input terminals, first output terminals and dummy terminals. The base body includes a face having first to fourth edge portions. The first and second edge portions are disposed in substantially parallel along a longitudinal side of the face, and the third and fourth edge portions are disposed in substantially parallel along a horizontal side of the face. The input terminals are formed on the first edge portion such that the input terminals are arranged along the longitudinal side. The first output terminals are formed on the second edge portion such that the first output terminals are arranged along the longitudinal side. The dummy terminals are formed such that the dummy terminals are disposed between the input terminals and the first output terminals. A warpage and defects of electrical connection between the driver chip and a display panel of the display apparatus are prevented.

Abstract: A prism member, a backlight assembly having the same, and a display device having the same, wherein the prism member includes a plate-type body portion having a thickness, and a plurality of unit light-concentrating portions formed on the body portion and arranged along a first direction and in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Abstract: In a display apparatus according to an embodiment, a variable diffuser film is disposed between a backlight unit generating light and a display panel displaying an image. The variable diffuser film transmits or scatters the light from the backlight unit in response to an electrical signal to control a viewing angle. The variable diffuser film is disposed between the first and second transparent layers and includes a polymer layer in which liquid crystal molecules transmitting or scattering the light according to the electrical signal are dispersed. The polymer layer has a thickness of about 3 micrometers to about 15 micrometers, and the liquid crystal molecules have an anisotropic refractive index (?n) of about 0.15 to about 0.25. In one aspect, the display apparatus may automatically switch a narrow viewing angle mode and a wide viewing angle mode, thereby reducing power consumption necessary to switch the narrow and wide viewing angle modes.

Abstract: An optical sheet includes a first plane, a second plane facing the first plane and a plurality of optical patterns. The optical patterns are formed on the second plane along a plurality of columns. An optical pattern includes a plurality of convex light-condensing portions. End portions of the light-condensing portions are connected to each other continuously and form crests and troughs. The optical patterns disposed in adjacent columns share a common side.

Abstract: A lens for a backlight, including: a light transmissive body including outer and inner surface areas, the outer surface area having a convex surface and a concave surface, the inner surface area having a convex surface and a concave surface, wherein the convex surface of the outer surface area has a curvature different from a curvature of the convex surface of the inner surface area and the concave surface of the outer surface area has a curvature different from a curvature of the concave surface of the inner surface area.

Abstract: A light-condensing member includes a base plate, a main light-condensing pattern formed on the base plate, and a sub light-condensing pattern formed on the main light-condensing pattern. The main light-condensing pattern includes a plurality of main prisms extended in a first direction. A cross section of a main prism taken along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction has a substantially triangular shape. The sub light-condensing pattern includes a plurality of sub prisms formed on the main prisms and extended in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. A cross section of a sub prism taken along the first direction has a substantially triangular shape. Since light is condensed simultaneously in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction through one light-condensing member, manufacturing costs and the thickness of backlight assembly are reduced.

Abstract: An optical unit includes a base, a light-condensing member disposed on the base to condense a first portion of light that is incident onto the base and protrusion members disposed on a surface of the light-condensing member to scatter a second portion of the light that is incident onto the base. A backlight assembly includes light sources, an optical unit receiving light from the light sources to condense and scatter the light, and may also include an optical member disposed over the optical unit to enhance the front luminance of the light. A display device includes light sources, an optical module and a display panel. Thus, display quality of the display device may be enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed are a prism sheet and a liquid crystal display having the same. The prism sheet includes a base and a plurality of prism mountains. The base includes a front surface and a rear surface facing the front surface. The prism mountains are integrally formed with the base on the rear surface of the base. At least one prism mountain includes a plurality of light incidence surfaces and a reflective surface. The light incidence surfaces receive light. The reflective surface is adjacent to one of the light incidence surfaces to reflect the light. A vertical angle of the prism mountains formed between the light incidence surface adjacent to the reflective surface and the reflective surface, is in a range of about 70° to about 100°.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes an LCD panel including a polarizing plate disposed on at least one surface thereof, a light guide plate (“LGP”) disposed below the LCD panel and including reflective patterns which reflect light incident on the LGP toward the LCD panel, and a composite polarizing sheet disposed between the LCD panel and the LGP and including; a surface layer having a plurality of prism patterns which extend in a first direction and which are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and a reflective polarizing layer having a transmission axis oriented in a second direction other than the first direction, wherein the second direction is one of substantially parallel to or perpendicular to a polarizing axis of the polarizing plate.

Abstract: An optical sheet includes a base film and a light-concentrating member. The light-concentrating member includes light-concentrating protrusions and is disposed on the base film. Each of the light-concentrating protrusions includes first to fourth surfaces. The first and second surfaces are extended from the upper surface along an exterior surface of a first and second cylinder in a clockwise and a counterclockwise direction, respectively. The first and second cylinders have first and second axes that are substantially parallel to each other. The third and fourth surfaces are extended from the upper surface along an exterior surface of a third cylinder in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, respectively. The third axis is substantially perpendicular to the first central axis.

Abstract: In an anisotropic conductive film including conductive particles, and a bump, and a packaging structure of a semiconductor chip having the anisotropic conductive film and the bump, the anisotropic conductive film includes a resin layer and the conductive particles. The anisotropic conductive film electrically connects an electrode of a substrate and the bump of a semiconductor chip. A volume ratio of the conductive particles to the resin layer is about 0.1 to about 0.12. A number of the conductive particles per cubic millimeter (mm3) is about 4 millions to about 7 millions. A standard deviation of heights of the bumps is no more than about 0.25. An interval between each of the bumps and an electrode of the substrate is no more than about 1.3 ?m. Therefore, the size of each of the conductive particles is optimized so that a failure probability of the open circuit is decreased.

Abstract: An optical unit includes a base, a light-condensing member disposed on the base to condense a first portion of light that is incident onto the base and protrusion members disposed on a surface of the light-condensing member to scatter a second portion of the light that is incident onto the base. A backlight assembly includes light sources, an optical unit receiving light from the light sources to condense and scatter the light, and may also include an optical member disposed over the optical unit to enhance the front luminance of the light. A display device includes light sources, an optical module and a display panel. Thus, display quality of the display device may be enhanced.

Abstract: A driver chip includes a base body, an input terminal section and a first output terminal section. The base body includes a face having a long side and a short side. The input terminal section is formed at a first edge portion of the face along the long side. The first output terminal section is formed at a second edge portion that is opposite to the first edge portion. The input terminal section and the first output terminal section are disposed within about 9d/10 from a center of the long side toward the short side, wherein ‘d’ represents a distance between the center of the long side and the short side.

Abstract: A driver chip includes a base body having a driver circuit formed therein. A plurality of conductive bumps is disposed over a top face of the base body, the plurality of conductive bumps being arranged in a plurality of rows along the longitudinal direction of the base body. A plurality of conductive wirings is formed over the top face of the base body that electrically connects the driver circuit to the plurality of conductive bumps.

Abstract: An optical unit includes a base, a light-condensing member disposed on the base to condense a first portion of light that is incident onto the base and protrusion members disposed on a surface of the light-condensing member to scatter a second portion of the light that is incident onto the base. A backlight assembly includes light sources, an optical unit receiving light from the light sources to condense and scatter the light, and may also include an optical member disposed over the optical unit to enhance the front luminance of the light. A display device includes light sources, an optical module and a display panel. Thus, display quality of the display device may be enhanced.