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US 12,061,395 · App. 18/247,782 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Flat lighting device and display device using light-emitting diode

Inventors: Sungmin Park (Seoul, KR); Wonseok Choi (Seoul, KR); Soohyun Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G02F1/133611G02F1/133603G09G3/32H01L27/124G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0842G09G2310/08H01L25/167
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Patent No.
US 12,061,395
App. No.
18/247,782
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is applicable to a display device-related technical field, and relates to, for example, a flat lighting device and a display device using a light-emitting diode (LED). The present invention relates to a display device including a plurality of individual unit compartment regions, comprising: at least one light-emitting diode provided in the individual unit compartment regions; a gate-on voltage line connected to the light-emitting diode; a first scan line for applying a common voltage to the plurality of individual unit compartment regions; a second scan line for applying a voltage inverted from the common voltage to the plurality of individual unit compartment regions; a data line for applying individual switching voltages to the plurality of individual unit compartment regions; a driving unit including a driving MOSFET device connected to the light-emitting diode; and a switching unit including a switching MOSFET device connected to the first scan line and the data line to perform a switching operation.

Claims (39)

1. A display device including multiple individual unit compartment areas, the display device comprising:

at least one light emitting device disposed in an individual unit compartment area;

a gate-on voltage line connected to the at least one light emitting device;

a first scan line for applying a common voltage to the multiple individual unit compartment areas;

a second scan line for applying a voltage reversed to the common voltage to the multiple individual unit compartment areas;

a data line for applying individual switching voltages to the multiple individual unit compartment areas;

a driver including a driving MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) connected to the at least one light emitting device; and

a switching unit including a switching MOSFET connected to the first scan line and the data line to perform a switching operation,

wherein the switching unit includes:

a first switching MOSFET; and

a second switching MOSFET connected in parallel with the first switching MOSFET with respect to the first scan line,

wherein the first switching MOSFET and the second switching MOSFET are connected in a reverse direction.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first switching MOSFET and the second switching MOSFET are connected such that source terminals thereof face each other.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a parasitic capacitance between a gate and a drain of the switching MOSFET is smaller than a parasitic capacitance between a gate and a source of the driving MOSFET.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one light emitting device is driven in units of the multiple individual unit compartment areas.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the driving MOSFET or the switching MOSFET is mounted on a wiring layer formed on a substrate.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second scan line is connected between the driver and the switching unit via a capacitor.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the capacitor is formed on a gate-off voltage line connected to the driver.

8. A planar lighting device using a light emitting device for driving the light emitting device in units of multiple individual unit compartment areas, the planar lighting device comprising:

at least one light emitting device disposed in an individual unit compartment area;

a gate-on voltage line connected to the light emitting device;

a first scan line for applying a common voltage to the multiple individual unit compartment areas;

a second scan line for applying a voltage reversed to the common voltage to the multiple individual unit compartment areas;

a data line for applying individual switching voltages to the multiple individual unit compartment areas;

a driver including a driving MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) connected to the light emitting device;

a switching unit including a switching MOSFET connected to the first scan line and the data line to perform a switching operation; and

an optical sheet located on the light emitting device,

wherein a parasitic capacitance between a gate and a drain of the switching MOSFET is smaller than a parasitic capacitance between a gate and a source of the driving MOSFET.

9. The planar lighting device of claim 8 , wherein the individual unit compartment area corresponds to a unit of local dimming.

10. The planar lighting device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one light emitting device disposed in the individual unit compartment area emits light of a single color.

11. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the switching unit includes:

a first switching MOSFET; and

a second switching MOSFET connected in parallel with the first switching MOSFET with respect to the first scan line.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first switching MOSFET and the second switching MOSFET are connected in a reverse direction.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the first switching MOSFET and the second switching MOSFET are connected such that source terminals thereof face each other.

14. The planar lighting device of claim 8 , wherein the light emitting device is driven in the units of the multiple individual unit compartment areas.

15. The planar lighting device of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the driving MOSFET or the switching MOSFET is mounted on a wiring layer formed on a substrate.

16. The planar lighting device of claim 8 , wherein the second scan line is connected between the driver and the switching unit via a capacitor.

17. The planar lighting device of claim 16 , wherein the capacitor is formed on a gate-off voltage line connected to the driver.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2023
From: PARK, SUNGMIN; CHOI, WONSEOK; KIM, SOOHYUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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