| US 7,581,869 B2 | ||
| Backlight assembly and display device having the same | ||
| Ju-Young Yoon, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Eun-Jeong Kang, Cheonan-si (Korea, Republic of); Gi-Cherl Kim, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); and Moon-Hwan Chang, Cheonan-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 26, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/924,967. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0104550 (KR), filed on Oct. 26, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0101093 A1, May 01, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. F21V 7/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 362—630 [362/613; 362/618; 349/65; 349/67] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A backlight assembly comprising:
a light guiding plate;
a driving board disposed substantially parallel with a side surface of the light guiding plate to face the side surface of
the light guiding plate;
a light emitting chip formed on a surface of the driving board to generate light toward the side surface of the light guiding
plate; and
a flexible film having a connection wiring that transmits power from a power source to the driving board, wherein the driving
board is disposed on the flexible film, the flexible film comprises a board-mounted portion on which the driving board is
disposed and an extended portion extending from the board-mounted portion, and the extended portion is bent substantially
perpendicular to the board-mounted portion.
|