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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Gi Bin Kim, Siheung, KR;
Gi Bin Kim, Siheung, KR;
LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention provides a backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same, by which cooling performance is prevented from being lowered in a manner of arranging inverter elements in a horizontal direction. The present invention includes a lamp unit comprising a plurality of light-emitting lamps wherein electrodes are provided to both ends of each of the light-emitting lamps and an inverter provided to a rear side of the lamp unit in a horizontal direction to apply power to a plurality of the light-emitting lamps. And, the inverter includes at least one inverter printed circuit board arranged on a lower part of the rear side of the lamp unit in the horizontal direction and a plurality of transformers and inverter elements arranged on the at least one inverter printed circuit board in the horizontal direction.