Illumination – Edge lighted panel – Light source
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-17
2008-03-18
O'Shea, Sandra (Department: 2875)
Illumination
Edge lighted panel
Light source
C362S600000, C362S608000, C362S611000, C362S612000, C362S555000, C349S061000, C349S065000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07344292
ABSTRACT:
An edge-type backlight unit having a plurality of rows of red, blue and green LEDs to provide a light source. In the backlight unit, a light guide plate has a light incidence part formed on a side surface thereof to receive light, the light guide plate inducing the light from the light incidence part to be emitted through a top surface of the light guide plate. A light source is disposed near the light incidence part of the light guide plate, and includes a plurality of red, green and blue light emitting diodes along the light incidence part. The light emitting diodes are grouped into at least three rows according to color. Here, the row of the green light emitting diodes is arranged most adjacent to the top surface of the light guide plate.
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Korean Office Action, with English Translation, issued in corresponding Korean Patent Application No. 10-2006-0034571, dated on May 17, 2007.
Dunn Danielle
O'Shea Sandra
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.
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