Patent ID: 8804088

Claim:
A backlight unit comprising: a mold frame comprising a predetermined receiving space; a light guide plate including a top surface and an end face disposed in the receiving space of the mold frame including: an inclined surface on the top surface that declines in the direction of light travel in the light guide plate; a light source disposed between the light guide plate and the mold frame that emits light into the end face of the light guide plate; and a flexible printed circuit board, which the light source is mounted below, and which is in contact with the top surface of the light guide plate, a light-transmitting diffusion sheet with a bottom surface having first, second, and third portions in which the first portion contacting the top surface of the light guide plate, the second portion having an inclined surface covering the inclined surface of the light guide plate, the third portion being a horizontal area portion disposed on and directly contacting the flexible printed circuit board; wherein a step portion is disposed at one end of the light guide plate including: a flat adhesion surface on the top surface of the light guide plate at a height lower than the end face of the light guide plate and an adhesive, for adhering the flexible printed circuit board to the light guide plate, disposed on the flat adhesion surface, wherein an upper flat surface is disposed between the inclined surface and the end face of the light guide plate, and wherein an end of the flexible printed circuit board is disposed on the upper flat surface without being bent and does not extend to the inclined surface of the light guide plate.