Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device, includes a display panel; a light guide plate to transfer light to the display panel; and a light source module on a side surface of the light guide plate to supply light to the light guide plate, the light source module including a light source to generate light; and a quantum dot unit between the light source and the light guide plate, the quantum dot unit extending along the side surface of the light guide plate and including a tube member filled with a resin including quantum dots, the tube member including a sealing part.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
 a display panel;   a light guide plate to transfer light to the display panel; and   a light source module on a side surface of the light guide plate to supply light to the light guide plate, the light source module including:
 a light source to generate light; and 
 a quantum dot unit between the light source and the light guide plate, the quantum dot unit extending along the side surface of the light guide plate and including a tube member filled with a resin including quantum dots, the tube member including a sealing part. 
   
     
     
         2 . The liquid crystal display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the light source includes a plurality of blue light emitting diodes on the side surface of the light guide plate. 
     
     
         3 . The liquid crystal display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tube member includes a light transmissive material. 
     
     
         4 . The liquid crystal display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein:
 the sealing part is a sealing neck that is sealed by heat, and   a diameter of the sealing neck is smaller than a diameter of the tube member.   
     
     
         5 . The liquid crystal display device as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the sealing neck has an internal diameter that is larger than an external diameter of an injection needle for injecting the resin. 
     
     
         6 . The liquid crystal display device as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein a shape of a cross-section of the sealing neck is one of a rectangle, a square, an oval, or a circle. 
     
     
         7 . The liquid crystal display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a shape of a cross-section of the tube member is one of a rectangle, a square, an oval, or a circle. 
     
     
         8 . A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device including a display panel, a light source to supply light to the display panel, and quantum dots unit on a light-emitting surface of the light source, the method comprising:
 disposing a tube member having one open end;   injecting a resin including quantum dots into the tube member through the open end; and   sealing the tube member by locally heating the open end.   
     
     
         9 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the open end is a sealing neck having an external diameter that is smaller than an external diameter of a remaining portion of the tube member. 
     
     
         10 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein injecting the resin including quantum dots into the tube member through the open end includes inserting an injection needle for injecting the resin through the open end and injecting the resin into the tube member through the injection needle. 
     
     
         11 . The method as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the open end has an internal diameter that is larger than an external diameter of the injection needle. 
     
     
         12 . The method as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the resin fills the tube member up to a beginning of the open end. 
     
     
         13 . The method as claimed in  claim 12 , further comprising removing the injection needle after the resin fills the tube member to the beginning of the open end. 
     
     
         14 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising adjusting an inside of the tube member into which the resin is injected to a vacuum condition. 
     
     
         15 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising purging an inside of the tube member into which the resin is injected using an inert gas. 
     
     
         16 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising curing the resin after the inside of the tube member into which the resin is injected is adjusted to a vacuum condition or purged with an inert gas. 
     
     
         17 . The method as claimed in  claim 16 , comprising curing the resin by one or more of ultraviolet curing or heat curing. 
     
     
         18 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein sealing the tube member by locally heating the open end includes locally cooling a beginning of the open end of the tube member, which is filled with the resin. 
     
     
         19 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein disposing the tube member having one open end includes forming the tube member to have a cross-section of which shape is one of a rectangle, a square, an oval, or a circle. 
     
     
         20 . The method as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein disposing the tube member having one open end includes forming the open end to have a cross-section of which shape is one of a rectangle, a square, an oval, or a circle.