Surface light source device and backlight assembly having the same

摘要

A surface light source device includes a light source body having an internal space into which a discharge gas is injected, and an electrode for applying a voltage to the discharge gas. Partition walls are arranged in the internal space to divide the internal space into a plurality of discharge spaces. To reduce areas of the partition walls, a groove is formed at a side face of each partition wall. Thus, each partition wall has a reduced area so that the partition walls may not act as dark fields of the surface light source device.