LED backlight device
First Claim
1. An LED backlight device comprising:
- an inverter having an input connected to a DC power supply and configured to output an AC current;
a plurality of transformers each configured to drop the AC current input from the inverter, input sides of the transformers being connected in series with respect to an output of the inverter and output sides of the transformers being disposed in parallel;
a plurality of full-wave rectification circuits respectively connected to the output sides of the transformers, and configured to full-wave rectify the dropped AC currents, respectively;
a plurality of smoothing circuits respectively connected to outputs of the plurality of full-wave rectification circuits, and configured to smooth the full-wave rectified currents to output DC currents, respectively; and
a plurality of LED strings respectively connected to outputs of the smoothing circuits and each of the LED strings having a plurality of LEDs connected in series cathode to anode respectively,wherein respective turn ratios of the input and output sides of the transformers are the same as one another.
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Abstract
An LED backlight device includes an inverter having an input connected to a DC power supply to provide an output AC current. A plurality of transformers are each configured to drop AC current input from the inverter. Input sides of the transformers are connected in series to an output of the inverter and output sides of the transformers are disposed in parallel. A plurality of full-wave rectification circuits are respectively connected to the output sides of the transformers and full-wave rectify the dropped AC currents, respectively. A plurality of smoothing circuits are respectively connected to outputs of the full-wave rectification circuits, and are configured to smooth the full-wave rectified currents to output DC currents, respectively. A plurality of LED strings are respectively connected to the outputs of the smoothing circuits and each of the LED strings have a plurality of LEDs.
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18 Claims
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1. An LED backlight device comprising:
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an inverter having an input connected to a DC power supply and configured to output an AC current; a plurality of transformers each configured to drop the AC current input from the inverter, input sides of the transformers being connected in series with respect to an output of the inverter and output sides of the transformers being disposed in parallel; a plurality of full-wave rectification circuits respectively connected to the output sides of the transformers, and configured to full-wave rectify the dropped AC currents, respectively; a plurality of smoothing circuits respectively connected to outputs of the plurality of full-wave rectification circuits, and configured to smooth the full-wave rectified currents to output DC currents, respectively; and a plurality of LED strings respectively connected to outputs of the smoothing circuits and each of the LED strings having a plurality of LEDs connected in series cathode to anode respectively, wherein respective turn ratios of the input and output sides of the transformers are the same as one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An LED backlight device comprising:
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an inverter having an input connected to a DC power supply and configured to output an AC voltage; a plurality of transformers each configured to output AC currents, input windings of the transformers being connected in series to form a loop, output windings of transformers being disposed in parallel, and one end of the output windings of the transformers being connected in parallel to an output of the inverter; a plurality of rectification circuits respectively connected to the other ends of the output windings of the transformers, and configured to rectify the AC currents from the transformers to output positive currents and negative currents, respectively; a plurality of smoothing circuits respectively connected to outputs of the rectification circuits, and configured to smooth the positive and negative currents to output positive and negative DC currents, respectively; and
a plurality of LED strings respectively connected to outputs of the smoothing circuits and each of the LED strings having a plurality of LEDs. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An LED backlight device comprising:
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an inverter having an input connected to a DC power supply and configured to output an AC voltage; a transformer having an input winding and an output winding wound in a reverse direction and configured to output an AC current, one end of the input winding and one end of the output winding being connected in parallel to an output of the inverter; a plurality of rectification circuits respectively connected to the other end of the input winding and the other end of the output winding, and configured to rectify AC currents output from the other end of the input winding and the other end of the output winding to output positive currents and negative currents, respectively; a plurality of smoothing circuits respectively connected to outputs of the rectification circuits, and configured to smooth the positive and negative currents to output positive and negative DC currents, respectively; and a plurality of LED strings respectively connected to outputs of the smoothing circuits and each of the LED strings having a plurality of LEDs. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A backlight device for a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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a plurality of light emitting diode strings, each light emitting diode string comprising a series of diodes coupled in series, one end of each diode string coupled to ground; an inverter configured to convert a DC voltage supplied from a DC power source into an AC voltage having a predetermined frequency and amplitude; one or more transformers configured to receive the AC voltage; a plurality of rectification circuits whose respective input sides are configured to receive an AC voltage from a respective transformer; and a plurality of capacitors, each capacitor coupled between a non-grounded end of a respective light emitting diode string and an output of a respective rectification circuit, wherein one end of a first light emitting diode string of a pair of light emitting diode strings has its anode coupled to ground and one end of a second light emitting diode string of the pair of light emitting diode strings has its cathode coupled to ground. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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