Patent ID: 7714954

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; a printed circuit board; a light guide being disposed at a back side of the liquid crystal display panel; and a light-emitting element, wherein the printed circuit board includes a through hole at a portion approximately parallel with the liquid crystal display panel, the printed circuit board is a flexible printed circuit board and is electrically connected to the liquid crystal display panel directly, the light-emitting element includes a mold, a light-emitting portion and electrodes, the electrodes of the light-emitting element are connected to the printed circuit board, at least a portion of the mold of the light-emitting element is disposed in the through-hole, and the light-emitting portion is disposed out of the through-hole to face a side edge of the light guide and to project a light into the light guide in a direction approximately parallel with the printed circuit board.