US 6,981,776 B2
Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same
Jeong-Hwan Lee, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Jul. 09, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/886,532.
Application 10/886532 is a continuation of application No. 10/068918, filed on Feb. 11, 2002, granted, now 6,769,782.
Claims priority of application No. 2001-008578 (KR), filed on Feb. 21, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0246699 A1, Dec. 09, 2004
Int. Cl. F21V 8/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 362—31 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A backlight assembly, comprising:
a light generator that generates a light;
an optical sheet disposed on the light generator so as to diffuse the light from the light generator and provide the diffused light to a display unit; and
a reflection polarization film disposed between the optical sheet and the display unit so as to enhance brightness of the light provided to the display unit from the light generator through the optical sheet,
wherein the reflection polarization film has a front surface facing the display unit and a rear surface facing the optical sheet, at least one of the front surface and the rear surface of the reflection polarization film being non-flat.