Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jungmo Kang

Seungyong Shin

Changhoon Kim

Yongmin Jung

Jonghoon Jung

A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; a plurality of light sources configured to emit light; a substrate including a plurality of dimming blocks arranged in rows and columns, each dimming block of the plurality of dimming blocks including at least one light source of the plurality of light sources; a first driving device configured to control a driving current applied to light sources in first dimming blocks of the plurality of dimming blocks; and a second driving device configured to control a driving current applied to light sources in second dimming blocks of the plurality of dimming blocks, wherein the first dimming blocks, the second dimming blocks, the first driving device, and the second driving device are arranged on a first side of the substrate, and a layout of the first dimming blocks is different from a layout of the second dimming blocks.

Display apparatus

A display device includes: Light Emitting Diode (LED) blocks connected in series; a driver Integrated Circuit which supplies a current to the LED blocks and is connected in series to one of the LED blocks; switching elements connected in parallel to the LED blocks; and a controller for controlling on/off of the switching elements to adjust which LED block to supply the current, over a time for implementing a unit frame.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jungmo Kang