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Backlight assembly, display device provided with the same, and method thereof

US7461962B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 2008
Grant dateDec 9, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 8, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0021
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A backlight assembly, usable in a display device, includes a plurality of light sources and a light guiding plate guiding light emitted from the light sources, wherein the light sources are arranged corresponding to a side of the light guiding plate and the side includes a central portion. The light sources include first light sources as a first group arranged on the central portion of the light guiding plate, and second light sources as a second group adjacent to the first group, wherein a pitch of the first light sources is smaller than a pitch of the second light sources.

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