Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Youngsup Kwon

Won Sik Oh

Taegon Im

Min-Soo Choi

Jin-won Jang

Jinwon Jang

Byungkyou Min

Mingyu Kim

Eun Chul Shin

Min-Gyu Kim

Jaekyu Park

Dae-Sik Lee

Won-Sik Oh

Moonshik Kang

Seung-Wan Kim

Hwanwoong Lee

Byung-kyou Min

Seungwan Kim

Jaeeun Um

According to some embodiments of the inventive concept, there is provided a liquid crystal display device including a backlight including a light source configured to emit first to N-th block lights respectively to first to N-th sub-frames, in a first direction, the first to N-th sub-frames being obtained by dividing a frame in time, and a display panel including pixels arranged in a matrix form and grouped into first to N-th row blocks along the first direction, the pixels being configured to display an image using the first to N-th block lights, and operations of the first to N-th row blocks being respectively synchronized with the first to N-th sub-frames, wherein a brightness of a K-th block light among the first to N-th block lights is determined on a basis of light source brightness data of a K-th row block among the first to N-th row blocks.

Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same

A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel including a first display panel and a second display panel. The display device also includes a first light source unit disposed to correspond to the first display panel, a second light source unit disposed to correspond to the second display panel, a direct current (DC)-DC converter configured to receive a driving power and generate a first light source driving voltage configured to drive the first light source unit, and a regulator configured to receive the driving power and generate a second light source driving voltage configured to drive the second light source unit.

Display device

A backlight unit includes a light source part including a light-emitting diode array, a DC/DC converter, a driving current controller, and a reference voltage variable part. The backlight unit is operated in a first mode or a second mode. The driving current controller controls a driving current flowing through the light-emitting diode array to have a first current level during the first mode and controls the driving current flowing through the light-emitting diode array to have a second current level during the second mode. The reference voltage variable part applies a first reference voltage to the driving current controller during the first mode and applies a second reference voltage to the driving current controller during the second mode.

Backlight unit, display apparatus having the same, and image display system

A curved display device including: a display panel having a curvature; a frame which supports the display panel; and a control circuit coupled to the frame, where the control circuit includes a circuit board coupled to the frame, and an electronic element on a surface of the circuit board opposing the frame.

A backlight unit includes a power converter which generates a light source power voltage at a first node in response to a voltage control signal, at least one light emitting diode string which is connected between the first node and a second node and receives the light source power voltage through the first node, and a controller connected to the second node where the controller detects current of a detection node varying based on a duty ratio of the power control signal, and controls current flowing through the second node when the detected current is greater than a reference value.

Backlight unit and display apparatus including the same

A backlight unit includes a light source; and a light-source driving unit configured to drive the light source and that includes a transformer. The transformer includes a core comprising a plurality of metal powders; and a plurality of coils embedded in the core. At least one coil has a diameter different from a diameter of another coil.

Backlight unit

A display device includes a light source which comprises a first line receiving power, a second line connected to a ground terminal, a plurality of light source units generating light, first to k-th conductive patterns connecting the light source units to the first and second lines in series, where k is a natural number greater than 1, and a discharge pattern disposed adjacent to the conductive patterns and the second line, and leading static electricity flowing into the conductive patterns to the second line.

Light source and display device including the same

A backlight unit including: at least one light emitting diode ('LED') string having an anode, which receives a string current, and a chassis-grounded cathode; and a current source control unit which receives a driving current and outputs the string current to the at least one LED string, where the current source control unit senses the driving current and compensates for the string current based on the sensed driving current and a reference voltage.

Backlight units and current control methods thereof

A backlight assembly outputs scan signals having a scanning frequency synchronized with a frame frequency to sequentially drive light emitting blocks providing a light to a display panel. A dimming step of each light emitting block corresponds to one of a plurality of dimming steps in response to local dimming data. A dimming clock having a value obtained by dividing a value obtained by multiplying the scanning frequency and the number is dimming steps by a duty ratio of each scan signal is generated. The dimming step of each light emitting block is counted using the dimming clock, and the counted values are combined with the scan signals to generate dimming signals having a dimming duty ratio corresponding to the dimming step of the light emitting blocks.

Method of driving backlight assembly and display apparatus having the same

A display apparatus includes a backlight unit which emits a light, and a display panel which receives the light to display an image. The backlight unit includes a driving circuit which outputs a driving voltage and a reference voltage; and p light source blocks connected to the driving circuit, p being a natural number greater than or equal to 2, where each light source block of the p light source blocks receives the driving voltage through a first terminal thereof and the reference voltage through a second terminal thereof to generate the light, and the p light source blocks are divided into a plurality of groups, each group including at least two light source blocks. The driving circuit includes a first switching section which applies the driving voltage to first terminals of the p light source blocks, and a second switching section which applies the reference voltage to the second terminal of at least one of the p light source blocks.

Display apparatus

A backlight unit includes a driving circuit, a plurality of light source strings, and an error detector. The driving circuit outputs a driving voltage. Each of the light source strings includes a plurality of light sources and receives the driving voltage through input terminals of the light source strings to generate a light. The error detector is connected to output terminals of the light source strings and senses voltages between the input terminals and the output terminals of the light source strings to detect an error in the light sources using a first voltage and a second voltage. The first voltage is a voltage difference between a maximum and a minimum of the sensed voltages and the second voltage is obtained by dividing one sensed voltage of the sensed voltages by a number of the light sources of a light source string from which the one sensed voltage is sensed.

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Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea

Youngsup Kwon