US 12,242,157 B2
Light source apparatus, method for manufacturing light source apparatus, and display apparatus comprising light source apparatus
Taeyeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sungyeol Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyukjun Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Hyungsuk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Chunsoon Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/410,495.
Application 18/410,495 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/020082, filed on Dec. 7, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0034813 (KR), filed on Mar. 16, 2023; and application No. 10-2023-0097809 (KR), filed on Jul. 26, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0310675 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); H01L 25/16 (2023.01); H01L 33/62 (2010.01)
CPC G02F 1/133612 (2021.01) [G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); H01L 25/167 (2013.01); H01L 33/62 (2013.01); H01L 2933/0066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel; and
a light source apparatus comprising a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are arranged,
wherein the plurality of LEDs comprise:
a plurality of first LEDs configured to be connected in series to each other by a wiring formed on the substrate; and
a plurality of second LEDs configured to be connected in series to each other by a wiring formed on the substrate,
wherein the substrate comprises a first connection portion formed between a first LED of the plurality of first LEDs and a second LED of the plurality of second LEDs, and
wherein based on the first connection portion electrically connecting the first LED of the plurality of first LEDs and the second LED of the plurality of second LEDs, the plurality of first LEDs and the plurality of second LEDs are configured to operate as a same dimming block, and based on the first connection portion not electrically connecting the first LED of the plurality of first LEDs and the second LED of the plurality of second LEDs, the plurality of first LEDs and the plurality of second LEDs are configured to operate as different dimming blocks.