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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2006
Seong-sik Choi, Seoul, KR;
Dong-lyoul Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Kui-yong Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-hwan Chun, Suwon-si, KR;
Doo-won Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seong-Sik Choi, Seoul, KR;
Dong-Lyoul Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Kui-Yong Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-Hwan Chun, Suwon-si, KR;
Doo-Won Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A backlight assembly includes a receiving container including a bottom plate having a lower face and an upper face opposite the lower face, a sidewall part protruding from edge portions of the bottom plate, and a plurality of light property controlling parts disposed on the upper face and having a substantially wedge shaped cross-section. The backlight further includes a light source disposed between adjacent light property controlling parts, and the light source is received by the receiving container, wherein a distance between a center of the light source and the upper face is substantially equal to a height of at least one of the plurality of light property controlling parts. The backlight assembly may increase the brightness and brightness-uniformity of light.