US Patent 11860474 Backlight unit and display device including backlight unit

A display device including a display panel; a frame at a rear of the display panel; a plurality of light source assemblies between the display panel and the frame, the light source assemblies providing light for the display panel; and a reflecting sheet between the display panel and the frame and including a first sheet part forming a central area of the reflecting sheet; a second sheet part forming a side area of the reflecting sheet around the first sheet part, the second sheet including vertical dot areas formed on first and second vertical sides of the reflecting sheet and horizontal dot areas formed on first and second horizontal sides of the reflecting sheet; and a plurality of partial ring-shaped dot areas formed on the first sheet part partially around corresponding light source assemblies without completely surrounding the corresponding light source assemblies.