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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Sang-min Kang, Siheung-si, KR;
Jong-dae Park, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Min Kang, Siheung-si, KR;
Jong-Dae Park, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., , KR;
Abstract
A backlight assembly includes a lamp unit, a covering member, a panel guiding member and a lamp supporting member. The lamp unit has a first electrode and a second electrode disposed at a first side of the lamp unit and a curved portion disposed at a second side of the lamp unit that is opposite to the first side. The covering member covers at least one of a first region corresponding to the first and second electrodes and a second region corresponding to the curved portion. The panel guiding member is configured to support a display panel that displays images using light generated by the lamp unit. The lamp supporting member is configured to retain the lamp unit. Therefore, a number of inverters may be reduced, thereby lowering cost and time of manufacturing the backlight assembly. Furthermore, reliability of the backlight assembly may be enhanced.