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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Dong Yeon Kang, Seoul, KR;
Hyoung Joo Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Rae Young Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Min Young Song, Asan-si, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A backlight assembly is provided. The backlight assembly includes a light source, a light guide plate, a light collimation unit, and a guide groove. The light guide plate faces the light source in a first direction. The light guide plate includes a first surface on which light emitted from the light source is incident on and a second surface through which the incident light is emitted. The light collimation unit protrudes from an upper surface of the light guide plate and faces the light source. The guide groove is formed in a lower surface of the light guide plate along the first surface of the light guide plate.