Backlight unit and display device
A backlight unit. The backlight unit is employed in a display device having a main screen and a sub screen. The backlight unit comprises a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit. When the display device uses the sub screen, the first light-emitting unit provides a first light to the sub screen. When the display device uses the main screen, the first and the second light-emitting units respectively emit a second light and a third light, and a first aggregate light comprising the second light and the third light is provided to the main screen.
1. A display device comprising:
a main screen disposed on an inner side of the display device;
a sub screen disposed on an outer side of the display device and opposite to the main screen;
a first light-emitting unit;
a second light-emitting unit; and
a control unit controlling the first and the second light-emitting units,
wherein the first light-emitting unit couples between a first output terminal of the control unit and a reference terminal having a reference voltage level, and the second light-emitting unit couples between a second output terminal of the control unit and the reference terminal, wherein the current path between the first output terminal and the reference terminal is electrically independent of the current path between the second output terminal and the reference terminal;
wherein the control unit drives the first light-emitting unit to emit a first light to the sub screen when the display device uses the sub screen; and
wherein when the display device uses the main screen, the control unit drives the first and the second light-emitting units to respectively emit the first light and a second light to the main screen.
2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second light-emitting units are respectively driven by a signal with a first voltage and a signal with a second voltage, the first light-emitting unit is coupled to the signal with the first voltage to emit the first light when the display device uses the sub screen, and the first and the second light-emitting units, coupled to the signal with the first voltage and the signal with the second voltage respectively, emit the first light and the second light when the display device uses the main screen.
3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting unit comprises a plurality of main light-emitting diodes coupled in series and the second light-emitting unit comprises a plurality of sub light-emitting diodes coupled in series.
4. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second light-emitting units respectively emit the first light and the second light when the display device uses the sub screen, and brightness of the second light when the display device uses the sub screen is lower than brightness of the second light when the display device uses the main screen.
5. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting unit corresponds to the sub screen and the main screen, and the second light-emitting unit corresponds to the main screen.
6. The display device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the signal with the first voltage is provided to the first light-emitting unit when the control unit receives a first signal indicating that the display device is using the sub screen, the signal with the first voltage and the signal with the second voltage are respectively provided to the first and the second light-emitting units when the control unit receives a second signal indicating that the display device is using the main screen.