Patent ID: 7883232

Claim:
An LED backlight assembly, comprising: a plurality of LED lamps; respective LED lamps including an LED surrounded by an LED lens, the LED lens having an open portion at a distal end thereof; a dot reflecting sheet including a plate part and a peaked part at a side facing the LED, an end of the peaked part corresponding to the LED, wherein the plate part covers the open portion, wherein the plate part includes a first portion inserted into the LED lens through the open portion and a second portion extending from the first portion to an outside of the LED lens, and the peaked part protrudes from the first portion of the plate part to be perpendicular to an extending direction of the second portion of the plate part, and wherein the plate part and the peaked part are integrated as one body; a diffusion plate spaced apart from the plurality of LED lamps, the diffusion plate having a light transmittance between about 50% and about 90%; and a plurality of optical sheets over the diffusion plate, wherein the dot reflecting sheet reflects light emitted from the LED toward the LED lens, and wherein the first portion of the plate part has a thickness greater than the second portion of the plate part, and wherein the light upwardly emitted from the LED is directly transmitted on the peaked part without passing through the LED lens.