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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2009
Wee-joon Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Heung-seok Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jun-hee Son, Cheonan-si, KR;
Abstract
A backlight assembly includes a first receiving container including a bottom plate, at least one sidewall extending from the bottom plate and an opening portion disposed in the sidewall, a printed circuit board disposed contacting an outer surface of the at least one sidewall and including a first side and a second side opposing the first side, a light source disposed on the first side of the printed circuit board and generating light emitted through the opening portion of the sidewall, and a light guide plate disposed on the bottom plate of the first receiving container, and guiding light emitted from the light source and incident to a light incident surface of the light guide plate.