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Backlight and display device provided with same

US10935843B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2020
Grant dateMar 2, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/0252
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A backlight is configured by a power supply switching circuit configured to switch a supply destination of a power source voltage for LED driving among a plurality of blocks, a plurality of power source lines which are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of blocks and are each connected to an upstream end of each of LED units included in a corresponding block, an LED drive circuit including the same number of turn-on control switches, which are for controlling whether to supply a current to LEDs, as LED units included in each block, and one or more discharge control circuits provided for each block. The discharge control circuit lowers a voltage level at the upstream end of each of LED snits included in a corresponding block after an end of a period in which the power source voltage is supplied to the corresponding block.

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