Patent ID: 9291854
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G02B,G02F

Claim Text:
1. A backlight assembly comprising: a light emitting portion configured to generate a first light, the light emitting portion including a light emitting chip positioned in a center area of the light emitting portion; a chromaticity converter configured to receive the first light, and convert a chromaticity of the first light to generate a second light having a uniform chromaticity, the chromaticity converter positioned over the entire surface of the light emitting chip in a plan view; and a light guide plate including a planar incident surface into which the second light is incident and a light exiting surface through which the second light from the incident surface exits, wherein the chromaticity converter includes a planar surface facing the planar incident surface and an opposite surface parallel to the planar surface, and a first portion of the first light emitted from the center area of the light emitting portion is incident directly onto the opposite surface of the chromaticity converter and a second portion of the first light emitted from an area of the light emitting portion outside of the center area is incident directly onto the planar incident surface of the light guide plate.