US Patent 8002451 Backlight assembly and display device having the same

A backlight assembly includes; light sources which emit light, a diffusion plate including an incident surface on which the light is incident, an exit surface which is disposed substantially opposite to the incident surface and from which the light exits, and a lens pattern which is disposed on the exit surface, and an optical sheet which overlaps the diffusion plate and includes a prism pattern on a top surface thereof, wherein each lens of the lens pattern includes a first curved portion which forms part of a curve and first linear portions which extend from both ends of the first curved portion, respectively, and each prism of the prism pattern includes a second curved portion at an apex thereof.