Patent ID: 7102705

Claim:
A backlight assembly comprising: a light source to generate a light; a light guide plate including i) a light incident face where the light generated from the light source is incident, ii) a light exiting face extended from a first end portion of the light incident face, and iii) a reflection face extended from a second end portion of the light incident face, wherein the reflection face includes a first reflection face extended from the second end portion of the light incident face by a predetermined angle, and a second reflection face extended from the first reflection face in a direction substantially parallel to the light exiting face; a receiving container to receive the light source and the light guide plate therein; and a reflection plate disposed between the reflection face and the receiving container to reflect a light leaked from the reflection face; wherein an angle between the first reflection face and the light incident face is in a range of about 0° to about 90°.