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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Applicant:
Hyeon-yong Jang, Osan-si, KR;
Inventor:
Hyeon-Yong Jang, Osan-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 39/04 (2006.01); H05B 41/36 (2006.01); H05B 39/02 (2006.01); H05B 41/16 (2006.01); H05B 41/24 (2006.01); H05B 37/00 (2006.01); H05B 39/00 (2006.01); H05B 41/00 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a backlight unit and an LCD apparatus having the backlight unit, in which the backlight unit includes a plurality of lamps and an inverter, the inverter provides the lamps with current. The inverter reduces current provided to the lamps to turn off the lamps. Therefore, currents are gradually decreased to reduce noise generated by the transformer when the lamps are turned off.