Patent ID: 7850337

Claim:
A combination direct type and edge type backlight unit comprising: a casing; a direct type arrangement comprising a plurality of elongated fluorescent lamps fixed to said casing and forming a plurality of intervals therebetween, each of the fluorescent lamps having a first electrode end at one end of the lamp and a second electrode end at another end of the lamp; and a side type arrangement comprising a plurality of first and second point light sources, being disposed adjacent to one side of said plurality of fluorescent lamps and adjacent to an opposite side of said plurality of fluorescent lamps, wherein all of the plurality of first light sources are provided along a first column that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fluorescent lamps, and all of the plurality of second light sources are provided along a second column that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fluorescent lamps, wherein the first and second columns are arranged at opposite sides of the casing respectively and the columns are located adjacent to the electrode ends of the fluorescent lamps, and wherein said first and second light sources are alternately placed in said first column and alternately placed in said second column.