Patent 7654724 was granted and assigned to AU Optronics on February, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A backlight module and a ground plate thereof. The backlight module includes a plurality of lamps and a ground plate. Each lamp includes a tube body and an electrode. The ground plate includes a plurality of notches, corresponding to the electrode, to hold the electrode. The ground plate also includes a first side portion, a bottom portion, and a second side portion. The notches are formed at the first side portion. The bottom portion is connected to the first side portion. The second side portion is connected to the bottom portion. The first side portion is closer to the tube body than the second side portion.