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Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Yun-Gun Lee, Asan-si, KR;

Min Wook Park, Asan-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133611 (2013.01); G09G 3/342 (2013.01); G02F 1/133602 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a local backlight unit configured to irradiate beams to a first region of the liquid crystal panel and including a plurality of light emitting blocks including a first light emitting block, each of the light emitting blocks emitting beams with controllable luminance; a global backlight unit configured to irradiate beams of uniform luminance to a second region of the liquid crystal panel; and a backlight driver configured to supply a driving signal to the local backlight unit and the global backlight unit.


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