US 11,934,064 B2
Display apparatus and light source apparatus thereof
Taeyeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sungyeol Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyungsuk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Chunsoon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyukjun Jang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,898.
Application 18/101,898 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/000468, filed on Jan. 11, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0039225 (KR), filed on Mar. 29, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0070393 (KR), filed on Jun. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0314870 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01)
CPC G02F 1/133601 (2021.01) [G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02F 1/133612 (2021.01); G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); G09G 3/3406 (2013.01); G09G 3/36 (2013.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); G02F 2203/48 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0842 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0233 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0686 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a liquid crystal panel;
a plurality of light sources configured to emit light; and
a substrate comprising a plurality of dimming blocks arranged in rows and columns,
wherein each of the plurality of dimming blocks comprises at least four light sources from among the plurality of light sources, and the least four light sources are connected in series with each other and arranged in rows and columns on a first surface of the substrate,
wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of holes extending from the first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate,
wherein the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the substrate are electrically connected through the plurality of holes, and
wherein each of the plurality of holes is in a region surrounded by the at least four light sources of each respective dimming block of the plurality of dimming blocks.