Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, a supporting member on a rear surface of the display panel, and a sound generator between the display panel and the supporting member. The sound generator includes a magnetic circuit unit and a voice coil unit on the rear surface of the display panel, and the magnetic circuit unit and the voice coil unit are configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound.
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light;
a supporting member on a rear surface of the display panel; and
a sound generator between the display panel and the supporting member,
wherein:
the sound generator includes a magnetic circuit unit and a voice coil unit on the rear surface of the display panel, and
the magnetic circuit unit and the voice coil unit are configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound.
2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit unit is on the supporting member and is attached to the supporting member by an adhesive.
3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the supporting member includes a supporting hole, and
the magnetic circuit unit is connected to the supporting hole.
4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit unit comprises:
a yoke including a groove;
a magnet in the groove of the yoke; and
a plate on the magnet.
5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the voice coil unit comprises:
a vibration plate; and
a voice coil on the vibration plate.
6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:
the display panel includes a driving circuit unit configured to drive the display panel, and
the voice coil is supplied with a signal from the driving circuit unit.
7. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:
the voice coil is arranged in plural number in a widthwise direction and a lengthwise direction of the vibration plate,
the voice coils in the lengthwise direction are serially connected to one another, and
the voice coils in the widthwise direction are connected to one another in parallel.
8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the voice coil unit comprises:
a vibration plate; and
a voice coil and a wiring on the vibration plate.
9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:
the display panel includes a driving circuit unit configured to drive the display panel, and
the wiring receives a signal from the driving circuit unit and applies the received signal to a corresponding voice coil.
10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the voice coil unit comprises:
a vibration plate; and
a voice coil on the vibration plate, and
the voice coil is attached to the vibration plate by an adhesive.
11. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the voice coil unit is attached on the display panel by an adhesive.
12. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the display apparatus further comprises a frame, and the frame and the yoke are connected to each other and provided as one body through an insert injection molding process performed on the yoke.
13. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light;
a supporting member on a rear surface of the display panel;
a magnetic circuit unit between the display panel and the supporting member; and
a voice coil unit including a vibration plate on a rear surface of the display panel and a voice coil on the vibration plate,
wherein the magnetic circuit unit and the voice coil unit are configured to vibrate the display panel to generate a sound.
14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the magnetic circuit unit is on the supporting member and is attached to the supporting member by an adhesive.
15. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:
the supporting member includes a supporting hole, and
the magnetic circuit unit is connected to the supporting hole.
16. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the magnetic circuit unit comprises:
a yoke including a groove;
a magnet in the groove of the yoke; and
a plate on the magnet.
17. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the voice coil is attached to the vibration plate by an adhesive.
18. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:
the display panel includes a driving circuit unit configured to drive the display panel, and
the voice coil is supplied with a signal from the driving circuit unit.
19. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:
the voice coil is arranged in plural number in a widthwise direction and a lengthwise direction of the vibration plate,
the voice coils in the lengthwise direction are serially connected to one another, and
the voice coils in the widthwise direction are connected to one another in parallel.
20. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:
the display panel includes a driving circuit unit configured to drive the display panel,
the voice coil unit includes a wiring on the vibration plate, and
the wiring receives a signal from the driving circuit unit and applies the received signal to a corresponding voice coil.
21. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the voice coil unit is attached on the display panel by an adhesive.
22. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the display apparatus further comprises a frame, and the frame and the yoke are connected to each other and provided as one body through an insert injection molding process performed on the yoke.