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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2010
Sung-jin Choi, Gunpo-si, KR;
Sang-hoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Tae-hoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Pankaj Agarwal, Suwon-si, KR;
Myoung-jun Lee, Bucheon-si, KR;
Youn-hee Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung-jin Choi, Gunpo-si, KR;
Sang-hoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Tae-hoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Pankaj Agarwal, Suwon-si, KR;
Myoung-jun Lee, Bucheon-si, KR;
Youn-hee Kim, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; and a backlight unit which provides the display panel with backlight. The backlight unit includes: a converter which converts a voltage of a received power and outputs an output power, a plurality of light source modules which receives the output power from the converter, and a control unit which determines powering conditions to operate the plurality of the light source modules in a specific state for each of the plurality of light source modules, and controls the converter sequentially based on the determined powering conditions.