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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2004
Hyoung-joo Kim, Uiwang-si, KR;
Dong-hoon Kim, Suwon-si, JP;
Jong-dae Park, Seoul, KR;
Jeong-hwan Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-ho Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-hyuck Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Hyoung-Joo Kim, Uiwang-si, KR;
Dong-Hoon Kim, Suwon-si, JP;
Jong-Dae Park, Seoul, KR;
Jeong-Hwan Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-Ho Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-Hyuck Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
In a backlight assembly capable of improving display quality and an LCD apparatus having the backlight assembly, the backlight assembly includes a lamp and an insulating member. The lamp includes a lamp tube and an electrode disposed on an end portion of the lamp tube. The insulating member is combined with the end portion of the lamp so as to surround the electrode and to prevent a heat generated from the electrode from being conducted toward the lamp tube. Therefore, a display quality of the LCD apparatus is improved.