Patent ID: 8439551

Claim:
A backlight assembly comprising: a light guide plate guiding light; a light source disposed on a side of the light guide plate, and generating and providing the light to the light guide plate; a housing comprising a bottom portion, and a sidewall portion which extends from the bottom portion, and accommodating the light guide plate and the light source therein; a light source cover comprising: a flat portion which overlaps a top surface of the light guide plate, a height-adjusting portion continuous with the flat portion and forming a step with the flat portion, the height-adjusting portion disposed substantially parallel with the flat portion and non-coplanar with the flat portion, and fixing portions continuous with and extending from the height-adjusting portion, and fixed to the sidewall portion; and further comprising a circuit board on which the light source is mounted, wherein the circuit board is between the height-adjusting portion and the light source, and between the fixing portions and the light guide plate.