Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Jheen-Hyeok Park

Jin-Sung Choi

Dong-Hoon Kim

Sun-Kyu Son

Jeong-Hwan Lee

Jong-Dae Park

Moon-Shik Kang

Ju-Hwa Ha

Sang-Hoon Lee

Ji-Hoon Kim

Nam-Soo Kang

Eun-Seok Choi

Jeoung-Gwen Lee

Jung-wook Paek

Byung-Yun Joo

Tae-Seok Jang

Sin-Gu Kang

Gun-Woo Moon

Jin-won Jang

Gyu-Su Lee

In-Yong Hwang

Si-joon Song

Sung-Yong Kang

Yong-Gwang Won

Eun-jeong Kang

Jin-Mi Jung

Myung-Joong Youn

Hyun-Ki Yoon

A driving circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input terminal, unit circuits connected to the input terminal, and output terminals electrically connected to the input terminals. Each of the unit circuits is enabled in response to a control signal inputted via the input terminal.

Display device and driving apparatus thereof

A backlight unit of a liquid crystal display includes a lamp, a balancing pattern capacitor electrically connected to the lamp for current balance, a transformer electrically connected to the lamp via the balancing pattern capacitor, a sensing pattern capacitor electrically connected to a terminal of the balancing pattern capacitor connected to the lamp to detect an abnormal driving state of the lamp, and a feedback circuit unit electrically connected to the sensing pattern capacitor to control the abnormal driving state of the lamp. A liquid crystal display device including the backlight unit is also disclosed.

Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same

An integral optical plate includes a convex lens plate, a microlens sheet and an adhesion element. The convex lens plate includes a first light incident surface into which light is incident and a first light-exiting surface disposed opposite the first light incident surface and on which a convex tens pattern is formed. The microlens sheet is disposed on the first light-exiting surface, and includes a microlens pattern. The adhesion element is disposed between the convex lens plate and the microlens sheet to combine the convex lens plate with the microlens sheet. The convex tens pattern includes a plurality of convex in lenses having a stripe shape extending lengthwise along the convex lens plate.

Integral optical plate, and backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same

A lamp driving device includes first, second, and third voltage converters. The first voltage converter converts a direct current (DC) power voltage to a first pulse voltage. The second voltage converter converts the DC power voltage to a second pulse voltage. The third voltage converter generates a high alternating current (AC) voltage based on the first and second pulse voltages. The lamp driving device generates the high AC voltage without a transformer, so that a manufacturing cost of a display apparatus adopting the lamp driving device may be reduced.

Lamp driving device and display apparatus having the same

In a backlight assembly and an LCD apparatus having the same, the backlight assembly includes a lamp that generates light and a light guiding plate. The light guiding plate includes a light incident surface, a light reflecting surface and a light exiting surface. The light generated from the lamp is incident into the light incident surface. The light reflecting surface is extended from a side of the light incident surface. The light reflecting surface has a prism pattern. The light exiting surface is extended from another side of the light incident surface. An angle formed between the light incident surface and the light exiting surface is smaller than about 90 degrees, and the light incident surface and the light reflecting surface face each other.

Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same

A display device comprises an optical module, a light source unit, a container and a display panel. The optical module comprises at least one optical member and a transparent adhesion member combined with the optical member. The optical member has a first modulus of elasticity, and the transparent adhesion member has a second modulus of elasticity that is substantially identical to the first modulus of elasticity. The light source unit is disposed in a light providing region of the display device to generate a light. The container receives the light source unit and the optical module. The display panel is received in the container and disposed in a display region of the display device. The display panel displays an image based on a light passing through the optical module.

Optical module, method of forming the optical module, backlight assembly having the optical module and display device having the backlight assembly

A light guide plate includes a first optical member having a first light path-changing portion to separate a first light portion and a second light portion from a light, and a second optical member having a second light path-changing portion corresponding to the first light path-changing portion. The first optical member has a first refractive index against the first light portion of the light and a second refractive index against the second light portion of the light, and the second optical member has the first refractive index against the first and second light portions. Thus, brightness and brightness uniformity of an image displayed on a display apparatus may be improved, and a number of parts of the display apparatus may be reduced.

Light guide plate, backlight assembly having the same, display apparatus having the same and method of manufacturing the same

Provided herein is a lens composition of an LED device for an LCD having high transparency and high heat resistance, and an LED device, a backlight unit and an LCD comprising the lens composition. The lens composition includes a copolymer represented by the formula 1 and having a weight average molecular weight of about 5,000 to about 500,000: wherein Rand Rindependently represent a hydrogen atom, a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or &#x2014;COORgroup in which Rrepresents a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, Rand Rindependently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, the ratio n/n+m ranges from about 0.3 to about 0.995, and the ratio m/n+m ranges from about 0.005 to about 0.7.

Lens composition of light emission diode device, LED device, backlight unit and liquid crystal display comprising the same

An optical unit, a method of manufacturing the same, a backlight assembly having the same and a display device have the same are provided. The optical unit includes a transparent body, a diffusion part and a luminance increasing part. The diffusion part is formed on or in the body to diffuse light. The luminance increasing part includes an embossing pattern formed on the body to increase a luminance of the diffused light when viewed on a plane.

Optical unit, a method of manufacturing the same, a backlight assembly having the same and a display device having the same

A light-guide plate includes an incident surface receiving light, an upper surface extended from a first side of the incident surface, a lower surface opposed to the upper surface and a plurality of first prisms protruding from the upper surface and spaced apart by a separation distance.

Light-guide plate, backlight assembly having the light-guide plate and display device having the backlight assembly

A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels including switching elements, a plurality of gate lines for transmitting gate signals to the switching elements, and a plurality of data lines for transmitting data voltages to the pixels; a data driver including a plurality of data driving ICs connected to respective sets of the data lines, receiving image data, and applying the data voltages corresponding to the image data to the data lines; and a gate driver applying the gate voltages to the gate lines, wherein the data driving ICs are supplied with a ground voltage and a supply voltage and voltage levels of the image data swing with reference to a reference voltage lower than the supply voltage.

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Jheen-Hyeok Park