Patent ID: 8064007

Claim:
A backlight module, comprising: a light guide plate having a light incident side; a supporter having a bottom plate, a sidewall, and a top plate corresponding to the bottom plate, the bottom plate extending from a first end of the sidewall toward the light guide plate, and the top plate extending along a second end of the sidewall toward the light guide plate, wherein the length of the sidewall is longer than the length of the top plate, such that the top plate corresponding to the sidewall forms at least one breach to expose the second end of the sidewall, the bottom plate, the top plate, and the sidewall together form an accommodating space, and the light incident side of the light guide plate is disposed between the top plate and the bottom plate; and a light source module disposed in the accommodating space and partially exposed through the at least one breach, the light source module having at least one light emitting unit and a printed circuit board, wherein the light emitting unit is disposed on the printed circuit board, such that an emitting surface of the light emitting unit corresponds to the light incident side of the light guide plate.