Patent ID: 6939019
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A backlight assembly comprising: a light guide plate having a plurality of side surfaces, the light guide plate changing a direction and an optical property of first and second lights; a first lamp that provides the light guide plate with the first light, the first lamp having a first lamp tube disposed adjacent to the plurality of side surfaces, a first electrode disposed at a first end portion of the first lamp tube and a second electrode disposed at a second end portion opposite the first end portion of the first lamp tube; a second lamp that provides the light guide plate with the second light, the second lamp having a second lamp tube disposed adjacent to the plurality of side surfaces, a third electrode disposed at a third end portion of the second lamp tube and a fourth electrode disposed at a fourth end portion, the third end portion being disposed adjacent to the first end portion and the fourth end portion being disposed adjacent to the second end portion; a connector that electrically connects the first electrode to the third electrode; and a power supply that supplies a first discharge voltage to the second electrode of the first lamp and a second discharge voltage to the fourth electrode of the second lamp, the first and second discharge voltages having a phase difference of 180° and a substantially same voltage level, wherein each of the first and second lamps is bent so as to be contiguous to at least two side surfaces of the light guide plate.