Patent ID: 8434926
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A light source apparatus, comprising: a light guide plate (LGP) including an upper surface and a lower surface facing each other, and a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, the first side surface and the second side surface being connected to the upper surface and the lower surface, respectively; a light source placed inside the LGP and placed parallel to the first side surface, the light source emitting light toward the second side surface, the light source being partially exposed by a light diffusion hole that is formed at the LGP, the light diffusion hole including a first hole surface and a second hole surface that are substantially flat and are substantially parallel to the first side surface, the second hole surface being spaced from the light source, the first hole surface being spaced from the second hole surface with a first portion of the light source being disposed at a first side with respect to the first hole surface and with a second portion of the light source being disposed at a second side with respect to the first hole surface; and a power supply unit electrically connected to the light source, a portion of the power supply unit being placed in the LGP.