Disclosed is a light guiding plate formed with fine recesses and a
backlight unit utilizing the same. There are formed on a bottom surface
of a transparent acryl resin substrate a number of fine recesses, which
are unable to be distinguished with the naked eye, in order to reflect on
front surface of the plate a source light introduced through at least one
side surface. The fine recesses are formed by means of a sandblasting
process. The amount of the fine recesses jetted per unit hour is
uniformly maintained. The number of sands collided into unit area per
unit hour and impact energy of the sands are higher the further away from
the side through the source light is introduced. Accordingly, density,
average depth and average size of the recesses are gradually higher the
further away from the light introduced side. Also, area, average
complexity of the contour of the recesses and average complexity of the
surface profile of the recesses are increased. Therefore, as a light
getting out of the front surface of the plate is uniformly diffused, a
diffusion sheet is not needed in composing a backlight unit for an
advertising film or a LCD panel by utilizing the plate.