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Granted Patent B2
US 12,493,216 · App. 18/882,301 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Display apparatus including antistatic portion

Inventors: Hyukjun Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Kyehoon Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G02F1/133612G02F1/133605H01L25/0753H05K1/0259G02F1/133603H05K1/0274H05K1/181H05K2201/10106H10H20/853
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Patent No.
US 12,493,216
App. No.
18/882,301
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus including: a liquid crystal panel; a substrate; a light source module disposed on the substrate. The light source module includes a light emitting diode disposed on the substrate, a feed pad provided on the substrate, an antistatic pad provided on the substrate; and an insulating dome provided on the substrate and covering the light emitting diode. The antistatic pad is divided into two parts by an outline of the insulating dome.

Claims (35)

1 . A light apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a light emitting diode disposed on the substrate;

a feed pad provided on the substrate;

at least one antistatic pad provided on the substrate; and

an optical dome provided on the substrate,

wherein the at least one antistatic pad is provided outside an area defined by an outline of the optical dome.

2 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the feed pad is provided inside the area defined by the outline of the optical dome.

3 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a reflective sheet covering the substrate.

4 . The light apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the reflective sheet has a hole through which the optical dome is exposed.

5 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the feed pad is in contact with the light emitting diode.

6 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one antistatic pad is not in contact with the light emitting diode.

7 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one antistatic pad is grounded.

8 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one antistatic pad comprises an antistatic line which is grounded, and the substrate comprises at least one window through which the antistatic line is exposed.

9 . The light apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the antistatic line is electrically directly connected to a ground or coupled with the ground by capacitance.

10 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a size of the at least one antistatic pad is 0.16% or more of the area defined by the outline of the optical dome.

11 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a shortest distance of the at least one antistatic pad to the outline of the optical dome is shorter than or equal to a radius of the area defined by the outline of the optical dome.

12 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one antistatic pad comprises a plurality of antistatic pads arranged on a circumference of a virtual circle surrounding the light emitting diode and the feed pad.

13 . The light apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of antistatic pads comprises a first antistatic pad and a second antistatic pad, wherein the first antistatic pad and the second antistatic pad are positioned to form an angle of 180 degrees with respect to each other along the circumference of the virtual circle surrounding the light emitting diode and the feed pad.

14 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting diode directly contacts the feed pad without a wire or a ball grid.

15 . The light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting diode directly contacts the feed pad without a Zener diode connected in parallel with the light emitting diode.

16 . A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel; and

a light apparatus configured to output light to the display panel,

wherein the light apparatus comprises:

a substrate;

a light emitting diode disposed on the substrate;

a feed pad provided on the substrate;

at least one antistatic pad provided on the substrate; and

an optical dome provided on the substrate, and

wherein the at least one antistatic pad is provided outside an area defined by an outline of the optical dome.

17 . The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the feed pad is provided inside the area defined by the outline of the optical dome.

18 . The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the light apparatus further comprises a reflective sheet covering the substrate, wherein the reflective sheet has a hole through which the optical dome is exposed.

19 . The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one antistatic pad comprises an antistatic line which is grounded, and the substrate comprises at least one window through which the antistatic line is exposed.

20 . The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one antistatic pad comprises a plurality of antistatic pads arranged on a circumference of a virtual circle surrounding the light emitting diode and the feed pad, wherein the plurality of antistatic pads comprises a first antistatic pad and a second antistatic pad, wherein the first antistatic pad and the second antistatic pad are positioned to form an angle of 180 degrees with respect to each other along the circumference of the virtual circle surrounding the light emitting diode and the feed pad.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0138630 · Oct 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18200253 · May 22, 2023
Continuation 17749782 · May 20, 2022
Continuation 17353427 · Jun 21, 2021
Continuation PCTKR2021002823 · Mar 8, 2021
Related Publication 20250004330A1 · Jan 2, 2025
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