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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woojin Lee, Chungcheongnam-do, KR;
Songyi Han, Chungcheongnam-do, KR;
SeungYoung Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yonging, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A backlight unit includes a power converter which generates a light driving voltage in response to a voltage control signal with a first level, a plurality of light emitting strings, wherein each of the light emitting strings receives the light driving voltage through a first end thereof, and a controller which generates the voltage control signal. The controller is connected to a second end of at least one of the light emitting strings and detects a level of a signal at the connected second end to detect an operation state of the light emitting strings. The controller generates the voltage control signal with a second level to stop the power converter from generating the light driving voltage when the operation state of the light emitting strings is in an abnormal state.