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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2008
Jeong-il Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-hoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyoung-geun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Su-gun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong-il Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-hoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyoung-geun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Su-gun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a display apparatus including: a display panel; a light source which includes a plurality of light source modules and supplies light to the display panel; a light source driver which drives the light source modules; a power source which supplies power to the light source driver; a current detector which detects a current of the power supplied from the power source to the light source driver; and a controller which controls the light source driver to sequentially drive the plurality of light source modules and compares the detected current with a range to detect errors from the respective light source modules.