Patent ID: 8587747

Claim:
A backlight assembly comprising: a plurality of coplanar and spaced apart substrate units; and a plurality of coplanar and spaced apart reflective members each respectively disposed on a respective one of the substrate units, wherein a respective first gap having a corresponding first gap dimension is formed between a respective first edge of a first one of the reflective members and a counterfacing next edge of an adjacent next one of the reflective members, the first one of the reflective members being disposed on a corresponding first one of the substrate units and the next one of the reflective members being disposed on a corresponding and adjacent next one of the substrate units; wherein a respective second gap having a corresponding second gap dimension is formed between a respective first edge of the corresponding first one of the substrate units and a counterfacing next edge of the adjacent and next one of the substrate units, the corresponding second gap dimension being greater than the corresponding first gap dimension; wherein at least one of the reflective members is larger in area of extent than that of its corresponding one of the substrate units, and wherein at least one of the reflective members is not larger in area of extent than that of its corresponding one of the substrate units.