Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same

A backlight assembly comprising:

• a light guide plate provided at an edge thereof with at least one slit;
• at least one light source unit disposed at a side of the light guide plate;
• and
• at least one support unit formed to be coupled with the at least one slit.

A liquid crystal display comprising:

• a liquid crystal display panel to display an image;
• and
• a backlight assembly to provide light to the liquid crystal display panel,
• wherein the backlight assembly includes a light guide plate having a first slit, at least one light source unit disposed at a side of the light guide plate and a lower cover which accommodates the at least one light source unit and has a first support formed to be coupled with the first slit.

A display device comprising:

• a signal processing unit processing image signals and audio signals received from the outside;
• a liquid crystal panel displaying the image signals supplied from the signal processing unit;
• and
• a backlight assembly supplying light to the liquid crystal panel,
• wherein the backlight assembly comprises a light guide panel having at least one cut part, at least one light source unit arranged on lateral sides of the light guide panel, and a lower cover accommodating the light source unit and having at least one support coupled with the slit of the cut part.