ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,179, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LX SEMICON Co. LTD. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Backlight pixel driving circuit and display device" was invented by Sang Suk Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Hwan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyeong Rok Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight pixel driving circuit includes an interface unit configured to receive dimming data, a storage unit configured to store the received dimming data, a controller configured to drive a backlight pixel based on the dimming data, and an analog circuit block, wherein the controller generates a channel enable signal synchronized with a pul...