# US 9,520,386 B2 · Light source unit and backlight assembly having the same

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- Number: US 9,520,386 B2
- Document ID: US9520386B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/262,438
- Filed: 2014-04-25
- Published: 2015-05-21
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2013-11-15
- Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Si Joon Song; Hyuk Hwan Kim; Seok Hyun Nam; Byoung Dae Ye; Young Keun Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9520386B2

## CPC

- H10W 90/00: Package configurations
- G02B 6/0073: {Light emitting diode [LED]}
- G02B 6/0083: {Details of electrical connections of light sources to drivers, circuit boards, or the like}
- H10W 90/756: {between a chip and a stacked lead frame, conducting package substrate or heat sink}
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

A method of protecting an LED chip from damage by ESD and EMI when the LED chip is housed in a light-emitting diode(s) housing package (LED package) and the LED package is mounted on a printed circuit board is provided. The method comprises a step of not including an ESD and EMI suppressing Zener diode within the combination of the printed circuit board and the LED package and of providing within the combination of the printed circuit board and the LED package a first conductive member and a spaced apart second conductive member which are electrically connected to the LED chip and which have defined between them at least one insulative ESD and/or EMI suppressing region which breaks down in its insulative properties when subjected to voltages of absolute magnitudes greater than a predetermined threshold voltage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A light source unit comprising:
a light-emitting diode(s) housing package (LED package) which houses at least one LED chip; and
a printed circuit board on which the LED package is mounted,
wherein the printed circuit board comprises a support plate, a first conductive member disposed directly on the support plate and electrically connected to the LED chip, and a second conductive member disposed directly on the support plate, the second conductive member is spaced apart from the first conductive member and is electrically connected to the LED chip,
wherein the first conductive member directly contacts a side of the LED package, the second conductive member directly contacts another side of the LED package which is opposite the side of the LED package, and the first conductive member comprises a first protrusion which protrudes toward the second conductive member, and the second conductive member comprises a second protrusion which protrudes toward the first protrusion,
wherein the LED package and the first protrusion are spaced apart and connected electrically in parallel,
wherein the first protrusion and second protrusion comprise a metal, and
wherein the first protrusion and the second protrusion are disposed between the support plate and the LED package and are not disposed below the LED package.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The light source unit of claim 1, wherein a minimum distance between the first protrusion and the second conductive member is smaller than a minimum distance between the first conductive member and the second conductive member in a portion where the first protrusion is not formed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The light source unit of claim 1, wherein the first protrusion and the second protrusion face each other.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The light source unit of claim 3, wherein the first protrusion and the second protrusion are symmetrical to each other with respect to a virtual line that halves an area between the first conductive member and the second conductive member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The light source unit of claim 1, wherein the first protrusion and the second protrusion are arranged alternately.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The light source unit of claim 1, wherein the LED package further comprises a first lead frame directly contact the first conductive member and a second lead frame directly contact the second conductive member.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The light source unit of claim 1, wherein the LED package further comprises a first lead frame and a second lead frame, and wherein the first lead frame is formed of the same material as the first conductive member or the second conductive member.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The light source unit of claim 1, wherein the LED package further comprises a first lead frame and a second lead frame, and wherein the second lead frame is formed of the same material as the first lead frame.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The light source unit of claim 1, wherein the LED package further comprises a first lead frame and a second lead frame, and wherein the LED chip is located on a surface of the second lead frame.