Abstract: A display device includes a container having a bottom plate, a light source disposed in the container, which provides light, a circuit board disposed in the container, a socket terminal electrically connected to the light source and the circuit board, and a display panel which receives the light from the light source and displays images. The circuit board and the light source are positioned on a same side of the bottom plate of the container. The socket terminal includes a socket part and a fixing part, the socket part and the fixing part are connected to the light source and circuit board, respectively.

Abstract: A lamp fixing unit capable of simplifying the manufacture of a backlight assembly by eliminating the need for manual procedures is presented. The lamp fixing unit includes a fixing member and a lamp holder. The fixing member includes a fixing body and at least one receiving portion. The lamp holder includes a holder body and a conductive socket. The holder body includes a board insertion portion, a power supply member, and a lamp fixing member. Thus, the power supply member may be easily coupled to and uncoupled from the lamp holder, and the lamp may be easily grounded.

Abstract: A lamp socket includes a socket body, a power supplying member and a socket cover. The socket body has a connecting hole formed in the socket body. The connecting hole is opened. The power supplying member is disposed in the connecting hole and an electrode supporting terminal having a supporting groove, so that supports an electrode portion of a lamp disposed in the power supplying member. The socket cover is partially and separably insertable in the connecting hole, to fix the electrode portion of the lamp. A backlight assembly includes a receiving container, a plurality of lamps and lamp sockets.

Abstract: A lamp holder includes a holder body and a power connector. A lamp guide groove is formed on an upper portion of the holder body. An inverter insertion groove is formed on a lower portion of the holder body, and a power supply board is slidably coupled to the inverter insertion groove. The power connector includes a first portion exposed to the inverter insertion groove, and a second portion disposed adjacent to the lamp guide groove. The lamp holder fixed to a fixing groove of an insulation plate is inserted into an opening formed through a bottom plate of a receiving container. Thus, a backlight assembly having the lamp holder may be easily assembled and repaired.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display capable of being minimized, in which a backlight assembly has a light source portion for generating light, a liquid crystal display panel receives the light from the backlight assembly to display images. A mold frame for sequentially accepting the backlight assembly and liquid crystal display panel is formed to be gradually thinner as further advancing from a first side of accepting to place the light source portion toward a second side opposing to the first side. Also, a chassis coupled to be opposite to the mold frame for closely fixing the backlight assembly and liquid crystal display panel to the mold frame is formed to be gradually thinner as further advancing from the first side of accepting to place the light source portion toward the second side opposing to the first side. Thus, the liquid crystal display can be slimmed.

Abstract: A light guiding plate capable of minimizing a thickness of a backlight assembly and an LCD device, a backlight assembly and an LCD device having the same are provided. The light guiding plate has a light incident surface, a light reflection surface having a plurality of dots for diffusing and reflecting the light emitted from the light incident surface and a light output surface having a predetermined roughness and further diffusing the light diffused and reflected by the light reflection surface. Thus, a conventional diffusion sheet disposed above the light guiding plate may be removed.

Abstract: A display device is held together by an upper container section and a lower container section joined together, where the upper and lower container sections interlock with one another by virtue of, for example, each having a shape corresponding to that of a frusto rectangular pyramid shell and the upper container section wrapping over and about the lower container section such that they cannot be readily separated.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display which includes a liquid crystal panel which displays an image, a middle frame in which the liquid crystal panel is positioned, an upper container which is disposed above the middle frame and includes the liquid crystal panel therein along with the middle frame, a lower container which has a bottom surface and a plurality of sidewalls that surround the bottom surface, is disposed below the middle frame and is coupled to the upper container, and at least one connection element which is disposed between the upper container and one of the sidewalls of the lower container and connects the lower container and the upper container.

Abstract: A display device including a display module and an information processing device having the same is described herein. The display device includes a display module, a supporting frame, and a fixing frame. The supporting frame supports a rear face of the display module corresponding to a peripheral area, a side face of the display module, and includes a coupling portion used for connecting the fixing frame to an information input device. A rear housing receives the display device. A front housing is connected to the rear housing and has an opening to expose a display screen of the display module.

Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a receiving container, a first side mold, a printed circuit board and a plurality of lamps. The first side mold is on the side of the receiving container. The printed circuit board is combined with the first side mold, the printed circuit board including a plurality of conductive clips and a power supply line assembly for transmitting a lamp driving electric power. The lamps are combined with the conductive clips to generate light based on the lamp driving electric power. The power supply line assembly includes a first conductive line electrically connected to a subgroup of conductive clips and a second conductive line electrically connected to the other conductive clips. The first and second conductive lines are supplied with the lamp driving electric powers that have reverse phases to each other. Therefore, noise is decreased according to its waterfall curve to improve an image display quality.

Abstract: A receiving container includes a first frame contacting a first side of a liquid crystal panel, and a second frame contacting a second side of the liquid crystal panel, wherein the first frame and the second frame are combined to fix the liquid crystal panel and comprise different materials.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a panel assembly including a first panel provided with a first electrode, a second panel facing the first panel and provided with a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first panel and the second panel, the panel assembly partitioned into a display area displaying images and a peripheral area located around the display area; a polarizer disposed on a first surface of the panel assembly; a first light blocking member disposed on the first surface of the panel assembly; and a second light blocking member facing an interposing area between the polarizer and the first light blocking member.

Abstract: A lamp fixing member includes a first body part and a second body part. The first body part includes at least one first lamp fixing portion disposed on an upper surface of the first body part. The second body part is slidably combined with the first body part. The second body part includes a second lamp fixing portion being combined with the first lamp fixing portion and defining a space through which a lamp is inserted to be fixed.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel, a driver printed circuit board, a backlight assembly and a receiving container. The driver printed circuit board is electrically connected to the liquid crystal display panel to provide the liquid crystal display panel with the image date. The backlight assembly is disposed under the liquid crystal display panel. The receiving container has front side and back side. The front side supports the backlight assembly. First and second protrusion portions are formed on a backside to support the driver printed circuit board, such that the driver printed circuit board is spaced apart from the backside of the receiving container. Thus, a work for lifting up the data PCB to insert the digitizer into between the data PCB and the receiving container is not required, so that productivity is enhanced.

Abstract: A backlight assembly includes at least one lamp including a lamp electrode, at least one lamp socket holding the lamp, an inverter applying electric power to the lamp, and a receiving container including a socket receiving portion corresponding to an end portion of the lamp to receive the lamp socket and an inverter receiving portion for receiving the inverter. Therefore, a manufacturing process may be simplified, and manufacturing costs is decreased.

Abstract: A backlight assembly with excellent light efficiency and a display device provided with the backlight assembly is provided where the backlight assembly includes a plurality of light sources longitudinally arranged in parallel to each other, and a fixing member receiving the plurality of light sources. When a display area, formed by light emitted from the plurality of light sources, is divided by the plurality of light sources into a plurality of display area sections, an average area of the display area sections between light sources adjacent to each other is less than or equal to an area of a display area section between an edge of the display area and the light source most adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A light source unit including light emitting diodes mounted on a printed circuit board by not using a soldering method but a fitting method, and a backlight unit and liquid crystal display including the light source unit. The light source unit includes light emitting diodes including lead terminals and a printed circuit board including a fitting hole. Each of the lead terminals includes a base part and a fitting part protruding from the base part. The fitting part of the light emitting diode is fitted into the fitting hole of the printed circuit board and so that the light emitting diode is mounted on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A lamp socket includes a socket body, a power supplying member and a socket cover. The socket body has a connecting hole formed in the socket body. The connecting hole is opened. The power supplying member is disposed in the connecting hole and an electrode supporting terminal having a supporting groove, so that supports an electrode portion of a lamp disposed in the power supplying member. The socket cover is partially and separably insertable in the connecting hole, to fix the electrode portion of the lamp. A backlight assembly includes a receiving container, a plurality of lamps and lamp sockets.

Abstract: A display device includes a backlight assembly and a panel assembly. The backlight assembly includes lamps which emit light when properly powered. Each of the lamps includes a lead terminal, and receives electric power through a lamp socket that is electrically connected to an external power supply. The lamp socket includes a socket cover inserted in the lamp socket. The socket cover supportively embraces a resilient contact terminal within the socket body and thus helps the contact terminal to maintain grip with the lead terminal. The socket cover includes a metal material that is able to absorb and safely dissipate heat impulses from nearby intermittent sparks, so that the socket cover is not substantially deformed by the heat impulses of multiple sparks that occur nearby at contact points between the lamp lead terminal and the socket contact terminal.

Abstract: A backlight assembly and a method of assembling the backlight assembly that includes a plurality of lamps having first and second electrodes, a receiving container and a lamp ground member. The receiving container has a bottom plate over which the lamps are disposed, and a side wall extending from the bottom plate to form a receiving space. The lamp ground member includes a ground plate grounded to the bottom plate, and a plurality of electrode ground portions protruded from the ground plate and making contact with the first electrode thereby eliminating the need for a separate part for grounding the first electrode of the lamp and permitting easier assembly of the backlight assembly.