Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof

US9224345B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9224345-B2
Application numberUS-201213570334-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 9, 2012
Priority dateAug 11, 2011
Publication dateDec 29, 2015
Grant dateDec 29, 2015

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A liquid crystal display comprises: a liquid crystal panel; a panel driver for driving the liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit providing light to the liquid crystal panel, and comprising light emitting sources having light emitting diodes connected in series and driving transistors driving the light emitting sources; and a backlight unit driver comprising a transistor driver that controls the driving transistors, a DC power source that supplies DC power to the light emitting sources, and a power controller that drives the DC power source, and enables or disables an output of the DC power source with reference to signals supplied to the driving transistors.

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What is claimed is: 1. A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a panel driver configured to drive the liquid crystal panel; light emitting sources configured to provide light to the liquid crystal panel; driving transistors configured to drive the light emitting sources; a transistor driver configured to control the driving transistors; a DC power source configured to supply DC power to the light emitting sources; and a power controller configured…

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What does patent US9224345B2 cover?
A liquid crystal display comprises: a liquid crystal panel; a panel driver for driving the liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit providing light to the liquid crystal panel, and comprising light emitting sources having light emitting diodes connected in series and driving transistors driving the light emitting sources; and a backlight unit driver comprising a transistor driver that controls th…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Yang Junhyeok, Lg Display Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G09G3/36. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).