(19)
(11)EP 3 940 682 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
30.03.2022 Bulletin 2022/13

(43)Date of publication A2:
19.01.2022 Bulletin 2022/03

(21)Application number: 21180670.8

(22)Date of filing:  21.06.2021
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G09G 3/20(2006.01)
G09G 3/34(2006.01)
G02F 1/13357(2006.01)
G09G 3/32(2016.01)
G09G 3/3225(2016.01)
H01L 27/32(2006.01)
(52)Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G09G 3/2022; G09G 3/2077; G09G 3/2011; G09G 3/32; G09G 3/3426; G09G 3/3225; G09G 2300/0804; G09G 2300/0814; G02F 1/133603; G09G 2320/0276; G09G 2310/027; G02F 1/133612; G02F 1/133613; G02F 1/133601
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30)Priority: 22.06.2020 KR 20200076047

(71)Applicants:
  • Global Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do 18471 (KR)
  • Kim, Min Seon
    Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do 18440 (KR)
  • Kim, Yong Geun
    Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16709 (KR)

(72)Inventors:
  • KIM, Min Seon
    Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do 18440 (KR)
  • KIM, Yong Geun
    Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16709 (KR)

(74)Representative: Samson & Partner Patentanwälte mbB 
Widenmayerstraße 6
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

  


(54)BACKLIGHT APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY


(57) A backlight apparatus includes a backlight panel (40) including light-emitting diode (LED) channels (CH11, CH21 ..., CH93) having a matrix structure and divided into a plurality of control units, a column driver (10) configured to provide, in a horizontal period unit, column signals (D1, D2, D3, ...) corresponding to columns of the LED channels, a row driver (20) configured to provide, in a frame unit, row signals (G1, G2, G3, ...) corresponding to rows of the LED channels and to sequentially provide the row signals in the horizontal period included in the frame, and current control integrated circuits (T11, T12, ...) disposed in the backlight panel in a way to correspond to the control units, respectively, and each configured to receive the column signal and the row signals corresponding to LED channels of the control unit and to control emission of the LED channels of the control unit.







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