Edge-Disposed Backlight Drive Boards for Display Uniformity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing backlight drive systems face challenges in efficiently controlling and adjusting the brightness of backlight units due to long cables causing electromagnetic interference and reduced stability, with a need for improved heat dissipation and display uniformity.

Innovation Solution

A backlight drive system comprising a control board connected to multiple backlight drive boards at the edge of the display screen, with power supply boards and a transfer power board to reduce cable lengths, enhance signal transmission stability, and improve heat dissipation through strategic placement and design of heating components and heat dissipating layers on the backlight drive boards.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a single backlight drive board is disposed in the central position of the display screen, then the structure is simple, but the cable length becomes long causing electromagnetic interference and reduced stability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal transmission stabilityVSAvoidcable length
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the single backlight drive board into multiple backlight drive boards, with each board disposed at different edge positions of the display screen. This segmentation reduces the cable length between each drive board and its corresponding backlight unit, thereby reducing electromagnetic interference and improving signal transmission stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If multiple backlight drive boards are disposed at the edge of the display screen, then cable length is reduced and electromagnetic interference is minimized, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal transmission stabilityVSAvoidnumber of drive boards
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the backlight drive function into multiple independent boards disposed at different edge positions. Each board handles a specific region, which simplifies the overall signal transmission path and reduces electromagnetic interference despite increasing the number of components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a control board as an intermediary that coordinates multiple backlight drive boards. This control board manages the complexity by providing unified control signals to all edge-disposed drive boards, thereby maintaining system manageability while benefiting from the distributed architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Temperature

If backlight drive boards are disposed at the edge of the display screen, then heat dissipation is improved, but the control and coordination complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat dissipation efficiencyVSAvoidcontrol coordination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

By disposing backlight drive boards at different edge positions, the patent segments the heat generation and dissipation process. Each board handles a specific region's backlight units, allowing localized heat dissipation that is more efficient than centralized heat management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The control board serves as an intermediary that simplifies the control coordination among multiple edge-disposed backlight drive boards. It provides unified control signals and manages the complexity of coordinating multiple distributed boards, making the system manageable despite the increased number of components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11620957B2Backlight drive system, display device and backlight drive board
Publication Date: 2023.04.04 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

A backlight drive system, a display device and a backlight drive board, relates to the field of display technology. The backlight drive system is used for the display device, the display device comprises a display screen (20) and a plurality of backlight units, the backlight drive system comprises: a control board (10) and a plurality of backlight drive boards (11) electrically connected to the control board (10), the plurality of backlight drive boards (11) are disposed at the edge of display screen (20), the plurality of backlight drive boards (11) electrically connected to the plurality of backlight units by a backlight drive cable (111); the control board (10) is configured to output enabling control signal and brightness adjustment signal to the plurality of backlight drive board (11), to control the plurality of backlight drive boards (11) to drive the plurality of backlight units, to achieve enabling control and brightness adjustment.