Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a receiving container having a receiving space, a flat-type light source, an optical member, and an inverter. The flat-type light source has a plurality of light emitting spaces spaced apart from each other and is received into the receiving space. The optical member has a prism pattern formed in areas corresponding to areas between adjacent light emitting spaces and disposed at a light emitting direction of the flat-type light source. The inverter generates a voltage for the flat-type light source. The prism pattern 1o includes prisms having a substantially trigonal prism and continuously connected one after another. Thus, the backlight assembly may improve brightness uniformity thereof and have a reduced thickness.

Abstract: A light guide plate that eliminates haze while obtaining a desired uniformity of luminance to enhance light efficiency. The light guide plate can be used with a backlight unit using the light guide plate and an LCD using the backlight unit. The light guide plate includes an incidence face to allow light emitted from a light source to be incident to the light guide plate, an outgoing face to allow the incident light to exit the light guide plate, a backside face opposite to the outgoing face, and mirror patterns provided at the outgoing face or backside face, and adapted to increase an exiting rate of the light at a low luminance region defined in a vicinity of the light source.