Patent ID: 9726805
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A backlight assembly comprising: a first light source part comprising a plurality of first light sources configured to generate light having a first color and a plurality of second light sources configured to generate light having a second color different from the first color, the first and second light sources being alternately located along a first direction; and a light guiding plate comprising a first incident surface, a second incident surface, and an exiting surface adjacent to and extending between the first and second incident surfaces, the first light source part facing the first incident surface in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, the exiting surface configured to allow the light to pass therethrough, the exiting surface comprising a first peripheral portion located to correspond to one of the second light sources in the first direction and configured to absorb the light having the second color and a central portion adjacent to the first peripheral portion in the first direction and configured to allow the light to pass therethrough, the first peripheral portion extending from the first incident surface to the second incident surface across the entire length of the light exiting surface in the second direction and being longer in the second direction than in the first direction.