Cantor Colburn LLP
Backlight unit, method of operating the same and liquid crystal display device having the same
A backlight unit includes; a light source, an inverter which provides the light source with an input voltage, and a printed circuit board (“PCB”) connected to the light source, wherein the PCB includes a protection circuit which detects an open-lamp-protection voltage which varies according to a change of the input voltage and changes a reference voltage according to the change of the input voltage, wherein the protection circuit turns off the inverter when the detected open-lamp-protection voltage is higher than the changed reference voltage.
Samsung Display Co., Ltd. Korea Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
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Sung-Kyu Moon-Shik Hyun-Ho Yun-Gun Ki-Bok
Park Kang Seo Lee Jang