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| 20080316739 | Backlight assembly - Provided is a backlight assembly which includes integral power supply sockets and ground sockets, in which the number of parts is reduced in addition to the manufacturing cost. The backlight assembly includes a lamp including a lamp tube and an electrode that protrudes beyond either end of the lamp tube, a power supply socket including a first plate that has a first guide groove through which the electrode is inserted and a plate spring that is disposed on one side of the first plate and fixes the electrode in the first guide groove by pressurizing the electrode, and a bottom chassis containing the lamp and the power supply socket therein, in which the first plate and the plate spring are formed of a conductive material. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090027904 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lamp socket includes a body receiving a lamp, and a power supplying member disposed inside the body, the power supplying member comprising an electrical conductive material having elasticity, wherein the power supplying member electrically interconnects the lamp and an inverter substrate on which an inverter is mounted, wherein the power supplying member includes a lamp connector receiving a lead wire of the lamp, and an inverter connector formed integrally with the lamp connector, wherein the inverter connector receives a protrusion of the inverter substrate to encircle the protrusion. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090128734 | LAMP SOCKET, BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A lamp socket that can reduce the thickness of both sides of a display device includes a socket main body having a contact hole formed therein, and a power-applying member coupled to the socket main body through the contact hole, and provided with a lamp connection terminal, an inverter connection terminal, and a terminal connection part connected with the lamp connection terminal in a bent form so as to connect the lamp connection terminal with the inverter connection terminal. Accordingly, the thickness of both sides of the display device including the lamp sockets is reduced, and the compatibility of the product is extended. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090141210 | LIGHT SOURCE BLOCK ASSEMBLY AND BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a backlight unit with a light emitting diode block assembly connected thereto, and a liquid crystal display having the backlight unit. In one embodiment, the backlight unit includes a plurality of light source blocks each of which includes a substrate having a light source and an electrode portion formed thereon; a connector electrically connecting the light source blocks to each other, coupled to the light source blocks in contact with one side of the connector, and fastening the light source blocks to each other by cross-coupling the light source blocks; and a supporter disposed on the other side of the connector. In this manner, LED blocks can be simultaneously both electrically and mechanically coupled, using a relatively small and simple number of connectors, facilitating reliability and ease of manufacture. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090161036 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a method of manufacturing a backlight assembly, a light reflective and heat-radiating sheet including a light reflective sheet layer to reflect light and a heat-radiating sheet layer are prepared. The heat-radiating sheet layer includes a coupling layer integrally formed with a surface of the light reflective sheet layer and heat-diffusing particles are dispersed in the coupling layer to diffuse heat provided from the exterior. The light reflective and heat-radiating sheet is disposed so that the coupling layer is adhered to a bottom plate of a receiving container. Thus, impurities may be prevented and/or reduced, and assembling efficiency may be improved. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090191741 | LAMP SOCKET, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LAMP - A lamp socket includes a power-up device including a conductive material and supplying power to a lamp electrode, and a housing receiving the power transmitting member. The power transmitting member includes an inverter connector, a first lamp electrode supporter, and an terminal unit. The first lamp electrode supporter is connected to the inverter connector and formed with a lamp electrode receiving section into which the lamp electrode is inserted. The terminal unit has a fixed terminal connected to the first lamp electrode supporter, a free-end terminal supporting the lamp electrode such that the lamp electrode adheres to the lamp electrode receiving section, and a connection terminal that connects the fixed terminal to the free-end terminal in the housing. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090244886 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes at least one light-generating board, a light source driving board and a coupling board. The light-generating board generates light. The light source driving board provides control signals to the light-generating board. The coupling board is coupled via slot connectors to the light-generating board and the light source driving board to electrically connect the light-generating board and the light source driving board to each other. Thus, manufacturing efficiency may be improved in comparison with electrically connecting the light-generating board and the light source driving board through wires. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090267526 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel, a power transmitting member and a heat diffusing member. The display panel includes a base substrate, a power input part, a power signal line and a display element. The base substrate has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The power input part is formed in an outer peripheral area of the upper surface. The power signal line is electrically connected to the power input part. The display element is electrically connected to the power signal line and generates light based on a power signal transmitted via the power input part. The power transmitting member is electrically connected to the power input part to transmit the power signal to the power input part. The heat diffusing member is disposed on the lower surface, and includes a guide groove into which the power transmitting member is disposed. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100085507 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed is a display apparatus according to one or more embodiments. The display apparatus according to an embodiment includes a display panel, an optical sheet unit having a convex print pattern to maintain an interval with the display panel, and a light source supplying light to the display panel through the optical sheet unit. Each pattern of the optical sheet may be disposed on a non-display unit of the optical sheet unit. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100103342 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A backlight assembly includes a waveguide plate guiding light, a first light-emitting module disposed on a first side of the waveguide plate, the first light-emitting module including a plurality of first light-emitting blocks, a second light-emitting module disposed on a second side of the waveguide plate, the second light-emitting module including a plurality of second light-emitting blocks, and a plurality of optical drivers controlling luminance levels of the first light-emitting blocks and the second light-emitting blocks, wherein at least one of the first light-emitting blocks, at least one of the second light-emitting blocks, and at least one of the optical drivers are connected to each other | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100118514 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, a light source assembly disposed adjacent to at least one side of the light guide plate and supplies light to the light guide plate, a container receiving the light guide plate and the light source assembly and including a bottom portion and a first sidewall extended from edges of the bottom portion to form a receiving space, and a coupling member disposed inside the receiving space of the container, and overlapping an upper surface of the light source assembly. The light source assembly is disposed adjacent to the first sidewall, the bottom portion, the coupling member and the light guide plate. The insertion direction of the coupling member is substantially perpendicular to the bottom portion of the container. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100128194 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE, DISPLAY DEVICE SET INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) module includes a liquid crystal panel, a mold frame provided below the liquid crystal panel and supporting the liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate provided below the mold frame, and a light source assembly coupled to an outside of the mold frame to accommodate the light guide plate therein, the light source assembly partially inserted into the mold frame, and supplying light to the light guide plate. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100149835 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate guiding light, one or more light sources disposed on a side of the light guide plate and generating and providing the light to the light guide plate, a housing including a bottom portion and sidewall portions which each extend from the bottom portion, and accommodating the light guide plate and the light sources, and a light source cover. The light source cover includes a flat portion which contacts a top surface of the light guide plate, a height-adjusting portion which extends upward or downward from the flat portion to form a stepped shape and has the light sources installed thereunder, and fixing portions which extend from the height-adjusting portion and are fixed to a corresponding one of the sidewall portions. A centerline of the light sources is aligned with a centerline of the light guide plate. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100172124 | LIGHT SOURCE, LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE HAVING THE SAME AND BACKLIGHT UNIT HAVING THE SAME - A light source includes a heat-dissipating plate, a heat-dissipating pin protruding from the heat-dissipating plate, a light emitting chip for emitting light, and a housing surrounding the light emitting chip, the housing having a receiving space spanning from a top surface to a bottom surface of the housing, wherein the heat-dissipating plate is disposed on the bottom surface of the housing, wherein the light emitting chip is disposed on the heat-dissipating plate exposed by the receiving space. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100188840 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes a first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a connector. The connector is disposed on the second substrate and includes a second electrode connected to the first electrode, and an elastic member which applies a force to the second electrode. The connector increases a contact force between the first electrode and the second electrode by applying the force to the second electrode. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100246162 | LAMP SOCKET AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A lamp socket formed to facilitate the performance of a lamp assembly, and a display device having the lamp socket, are provided. The lamp socket includes a holding portion mounted on a board, and a terminal portion bent from the holding portion and having a lamp insertion hole into which a lamp is securely inserted, wherein the lamp insertion hole is formed through the terminal portion and has a cross-sectional width gradually decreasing toward a lower portion of the terminal portion. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100246209 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device for an embodiment in which a central axis of a light guide plate (LGP) and a central axis of one or more light sources are matched with each other to maximize efficiency of the light sources, and which has an ultra-slim structure. The display device may include: a display panel which displays an image; an LGP which guides light to the display panel; light sources which are disposed on a side of the LGP and provide light to the LGP; a circuit board which is disposed on a side of the display panel with the light sources mounted on a surface thereof, and driving chips which drive the display panel mounted on an opposite surface thereof; and a frame which houses the LGP and the light sources and on which the circuit board and the display panel are mounted. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100295876 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a display apparatus according to one or more embodiments, a boosting circuit boosts an input voltage to a backlight driving voltage, and a backlight unit receives the backlight driving voltage to generate light. A backlight driving circuit controls the boosting circuit in response to a dimming signal and compensates a plurality of feedback voltages fedback from the backlight unit to output a panel driving voltage. A panel driving circuit receives the panel driving voltage from the backlight driving circuit to output a data voltage corresponding to an image signal and receives a gate driving voltage to generate a gate voltage. A display panel displays an image in response to the gate voltage and the data voltage. Accordingly, a number of the boosting circuits for the display apparatus may decrease, thereby reducing a manufacturing cost of the display apparatus. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100328339 | Display Apparatus and Method of Driving the Same - A display apparatus includes a backlight unit generating light, a display panel including a plurality of pixels controlling transmittance of the light based upon pixel data, a timing controller compensating the pixel data, and a data driver driving the display panel based upon the compensated pixel data. The display panel includes a first area to which the light having a first brightness is supplied and a second area to which the light having a second brightness lower than the first brightness is supplied. The timing controller compensates for the pixel data supplied to at least one area of the first and second areas using a predetermined compensation value to reduce a brightness difference between the first and second areas. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110116256 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY - Provided is a backlight assembly which includes integral power supply sockets and ground sockets, in which the number of parts is reduced in addition to the manufacturing cost. The backlight assembly includes a lamp including a lamp tube and an electrode that protrudes beyond either end of the lamp tube, a power supply socket including a first plate that has a first guide groove through which the electrode is inserted and a plate spring that is disposed on one side of the first plate and fixes the electrode in the first guide groove by pressurizing the electrode, and a bottom chassis containing the lamp and the power supply socket therein, in which the first plate and the plate spring are formed of a conductive material. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110149557 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lamp socket includes a body receiving a lamp, and a power supplying member disposed inside the body, the power supplying member comprising an electrical conductive material having elasticity, wherein the power supplying member electrically interconnects the lamp and an inverter substrate on which an inverter is mounted, wherein the power supplying member includes a lamp connector receiving a lead wire of the lamp, and an inverter connector formed integrally with the lamp connector, wherein the inverter connector receives a protrusion of the inverter substrate to encircle the protrusion. | 06-23-2011 |
