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US 2011/0085107 A1Published application
Backlight assembly and display device having the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsCheol-Yong NOH, Jae-Chang Choi, Seong-Sik Choi
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Abstract
A backlight assembly of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is provided with improved heat dissipation capabilities. The improved dissipation capabilities come from one or more light-sourcing unit fixing frames that have extensions which protrude to outside a housing that houses light sourcing units of the LCD. The light-sourcing unit fixing frames mechanically interlock with the housing.
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A backlight assembly comprising:
- a light sourcing unit which is configured to receive electrical power and produce light;
- a light-sourcing unit fixing frame to which the light sourcing unit is fixed and thermally coupled;
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- a housing which accommodates the light-sourcing unit fixing frame within an inside portion of the housing and has one or more openings communicating between the inside portion and an outside portion of the housing,
- wherein one or more portions of the light-sourcing unit fixing frame extend through the openings from the inside portion to the outside portion of the housing.
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A display device comprising:
- a display panel which displays an image;
- a light sourcing unit which provides light to the display panel;
- an light-sourcing unit fixing frame to which the light sourcing unit is fixed;
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- a housing having a interior portion and an exterior portion, the interior portion being configured to accommodate the light-sourcing unit fixing frame therein, where the housing has an aperture portion communicating being the interior and exterior portions,
- wherein part of the light-sourcing unit fixing frame is exposed to the exterior portion of the housing by way of the aperture portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.