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US 8,556,491 B2Granted
Backlight assembly having a plurality of light guide plates
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorSangduk Lee
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Abstract
In a backlight assembly including a plurality of light guide plates, each light guide plate includes a light incident portion having a light incident surface facing a light source and a light facing portion having a light facing surface opposite to the light incident surface. The light facing portion of each light guide plate is overlapped with the light incident portion of an adjacent light guide plate in a plan view and fixed to the light incident portion of the adjacent light guide plate.
Claims20
A backlight assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of light emitting units arranged adjacent to each other to provide a light to a display panel;
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- a lower container that accommodates the light emitting units,
- wherein at least one light emitting unit of the plurality of light emitting units comprises a light source module to emit the light, a light guide plate to guide the light emitted from the light source module to the display panel, a light source cover covering the light source module, and a fixing member surrounding a light facing portion of a light guide plate of an adjacent light emitting unit so as to fix the light guide plate of the adjacent light emitting unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.