Patent Publication Number: US-9408267-B2

Title: LED backlight for liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is the U.S. national phase of PCT Application No. PCT/CN2014/078006 filed on May 21, 2014, which claims priority to CN Patent Application No. 201410204299.2 filed on May 14, 2014, the disclosures of which are incorporated in their entirety by reference herein. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present application relates to liquid crystal display technology, in particular, relates to a LED (Light Emitting Diode) backlight for a LCD apparatus. 
     DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART 
     With the development of displaying technology, the backlight technology of the liquid crystal display apparatus is under continuous progress. Backlight of a traditional LCD apparatus uses a Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (CCFL). However, since the CCFL backlight has disadvantages such as a worse color restoration ability, low light emitting efficiency, high discharge voltage, poor discharge characteristic at low temperature and a long time for heating to a stable gray and so on, the backlight technology using LED backlight has been developed currently. 
     Since LED is a low voltage nonlinear semiconductor device, and a positive voltage of the LED varies with change of the current and temperature, it is necessary to provide a driving voltage to LED through a special driving circuit so as to drive LED. 
     So far, in the driving circuit of the LED backlight, the current flowing through LED in 2D and 3D display modes is fixed, that is to say, a ratio of the current flowing through LED in 3D display mode and the current flowing through LED in 2D display mode is fixed. Since among different types (such as different sizes) of LCD apparatus, the ratio of the current flowing through LED in 3D display mode and the current flowing through LED in 2D display mode is different, in case the ratio of the current flowing through LED in 3D display mode and the current flowing through LED in 2D display mode is fixed, the application of the driving circuit of the LED backlight to different types of the LCD display apparatus is limited. 
     SUMMARY 
     In order to solve above problems existing in the conventional art, a purpose of the present invention is to provide a LED backlight for a LCD apparatus which can change a ratio of a current flowing through the LED in a 3D display mode and the current flowing through the LED in a 2D display mode. 
     According to an aspect of the present invention, a LED backlight for a LCD apparatus is provided, the apparatus including: a boost circuit for boosting, in different display modes, an input voltage to a working voltage required for operating each LED string in a current display mode, wherein the display modes include a 2D display mode and a 3D display mode; a plurality of LED strings which are connected in parallel, wherein each LED string comprises a predetermined number of LEDs which are connected in series and receives the working voltage required for operating from the boost circuit; a current regulation circuit for regulating, in the different display modes, a current flowing through each LED string, such that a ratio of the current flowing through each LED string in the 3D display mode and the current flowing through each LED string in the 2D display mode is varied; a controller for providing a driving signal to drive the boost circuit, and providing different display mode voltages to the current regulation circuit in the different display modes. 
     Furthermore, in each LED string, the predetermined number of LEDs are connected to a first resistor in series. 
     Furthermore, the current regulation circuit comprises: a plurality of voltage regulation circuits, wherein each voltage regulation circuit changes a voltage between the predetermined number of LEDs in a corresponding LED string and the first resistor in the different display modes, thereby regulating the current flowing through the LED string; a resistance regulation circuit for changing, in the different display modes, an output resistance of each voltage regulation circuit, such that each voltage regulation circuit changes the voltage between the predetermined number of LEDs in the corresponding LED string and the first resistor. 
     Furthermore, the voltage regulation circuit comprises a second resistor, a third resistor and a fourth resistor, wherein a first end of the second resistor is coupled to a node between the predetermined number of LEDs and the first resistor, a second end of the second resistor is coupled to a first end of the third resistor and receives the different display mode voltage, a second end of the third resistor is coupled to a first end of the fourth resistor and is coupled to the resistance regulation circuit, and a second end of the fourth resistor is coupled to the resistance regulation circuit. 
     Furthermore, the resistance regulation circuit comprises a first MOS transistor, a second MOS transistor, a third MOS transistor, a fifth resistor and a sixth resistor, wherein a gate of the first MOS transistor receives 2D/3D display signals, a drain of the first MOS transistor is coupled to the second end of the third resistor of each voltage regulation circuit, a source of the first MOS transistor is electrically grounded, a gate of the second MOS transistor receives the 2D/3D display signals, a drain of the second MOS transistor is coupled to a first end of the fifth resistor, a source of the second MOS transistor is electrically grounded, a second end of the fifth resistor receives a pull-up voltage, a first end of the sixth resistor is coupled to the drain of the second MOS transistor, a second end of the sixth resistor is electrically grounded, a gate of the third MOS transistor is coupled to the drain of the second MOS transistor, a drain of the third MOS transistor is coupled to the second end of the fourth resistor of each voltage regulation circuit, and a source of the third MOS transistor is electrically grounded. 
     According to another aspect of the present invention, a LED backlight for a LCD apparatus is provided, the apparatus including: a boost circuit for boosting, in different display modes, an input voltage to a working voltage required for operating each LED string in a current display mode, wherein the display modes include a 2D display mode and a 3D display mode; a LED string comprising a predetermined number of LEDs which are connected in series and receiving the working voltage required for operating from the boost circuit; a current regulation circuit for regulating, in the different display modes, a current flowing through the LED string, such that a ratio of the current flowing through the LED string in the 3D display mode and the current flowing through the LED string in the 2D display mode is varied; a controller for providing a driving signal to drive the boost circuit, and providing different display mode voltages to the current regulation circuit in the different display modes. 
     Furthermore, in the LED string, the predetermined number of LEDs are connected to a first resistor in series. 
     Furthermore, the current regulation circuit comprises: a voltage regulation circuit for changing a voltage between the predetermined number of LEDs in the LED string and the first resistor in the different display modes, thereby regulating a current flowing through the LED string; a resistance regulation circuit for changing, in the different display modes, an output resistance of the voltage regulation circuit, such that the voltage regulation circuit changes the voltage between the predetermined number of LEDs in the LED string and the first resistor. 
     Furthermore, the voltage regulation circuit comprises a second resistor, a third resistor and a fourth resistor, wherein a first end of the second resistor is coupled to a node between the predetermined number of LEDs and the first resistor, a second end of the second resistor is coupled to a first end of the third resistor and receives the different display mode voltage, a second end of the third resistor is coupled to a first end of the fourth resistor and is coupled to the resistance regulation circuit, and a second end of the fourth resistor is coupled to the resistance regulation circuit. 
     Furthermore, the resistance regulation circuit comprises a first MOS transistor, a second MOS transistor, a third MOS transistor, a fifth resistor and a sixth resistor, wherein a gate of the first MOS transistor receives 2D/3D display signals, a drain of the first MOS transistor is coupled to the second end of the third resistor of the voltage regulation circuit, a source of the first MOS transistor is electrically grounded, a gate of the second MOS transistor receives the 2D/3D display signals, a drain of the second MOS transistor is coupled to a first end of the fifth resistor, a source of the second MOS transistor is electrically grounded, a second end of the fifth resistor receives a pull-up voltage, a first end of the sixth resistor is coupled to the drain of the second MOS transistor, a second end of the sixth resistor is electrically grounded, a gate of the third MOS transistor is coupled to the drain of the second MOS transistor, a drain of the third MOS transistor is coupled to the second end of the fourth resistor of the voltage regulation circuit, and a source of the third MOS transistor is electrically grounded. 
     The LED backlight for the LCD apparatus according to the present invention can arbitrarily change the ratio of the current flowing through each LED string in the 3D display mode and the current flowing through the LED string in the 2D display mode, thereby enlarging applications of a driving circuit of the LED backlight in different types of LCD apparatus. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the embodiments in the present invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram of a LED backlight for a LCD apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a circuit diagram of the LED backlight for the LCD apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram of a LED backlight for a LCD apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a circuit diagram of the LED backlight for the LCD apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS 
     Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below by referring to the accompany drawings. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different forms, and the present invention may not be explained to be limited thereto. Instead, these embodiments are provided for explaining a principle and actual applications of the present invention, and thus other skilled in the art can understand various embodiments and amendments which are suitable for specific intended applications of the present invention. 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram of a LED backlight for a LCD apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 2  is a circuit diagram of the LED backlight for the LCD apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1-2 , the LED backlight  100  according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a boost circuit  110 , a controller  120 , a current regulation circuit  130  and a plurality of LED strings  140  which are connected in parallel. 
     The boost circuit  110  may be for example an inductive-boost circuit for boosting, in different display modes (such as a 2D display mode and a 3D display mode), an input voltage to a working voltage required for operating each LED string  140  in a current display mode. The boost circuit  110  includes an inductor  111 , a Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) transistor  112 , a rectifying diode  113  and a capacitor  114 . 
     In the boost circuit  110 , the inductor  111  is an energy conversion device for electric energy and magnetic field energy conversion, and when a gate of the MOS transistor  112  receives a high level signal provided by the controller  120 , the inductor  111  converts the electric energy into the magnetic field energy and stores the magnetic field energy. When the gate of the MOS transistor  112  receives a low level signal provided by the controller  120 , the inductor  111  converts the stored magnetic field energy into the electric energy, and the electric energy is superimposed to the input voltage to obtain a DC voltage through filtering of the rectifying diode  113  and the capacitor  114 , the DC voltage, as the working voltage required for the normal work of each LED string  140 , being provided to each LED string  140 . Since the DC voltage is formed by superimposing the input voltage Vin and the electric energy into which the magnetic field energy of the inductor  111  is converted, the DC voltage is higher than the input voltage Vin. 
     The plurality of LED strings  140  which are connected in parallel are used as the backlight of the LCD apparatus, herein each LED string comprises a plurality of LEDs which are connected in series, a MOS transistor  142  and a first resistor  141 , and each LED string  140  receives its working voltage required for operating from the boost circuit  110 . Further, the controller  120  provides the high level signal or low level signal to control the MOS transistor  142  to be turned on or off, thereby controlling each LED string  140  to be turned on or off. 
     The number N (N is an integer greater than zero) of the LEDs in each LED string  140  is determined in following ways:
 
 N×Vd≦Vs,  
 
     in which, Vd is a normal lighting voltage of each LED, Vs is the working voltage of each LED string received from boost circuit  110 . 
     For example, when Vd is 6.5V and Vs is 24V, N is greater or equal to 3. 
     The controller (usually a backlight driver IC)  120  provides a first driving signal (such as the high level signal or low level signal) so as to drive the boost circuit  110 , and the controller  120  provides different display mode voltages (such as a 2D display mode voltage V b-2D  and a 3D display mode voltage V b-3D ) to the current regulation circuit  130  in the different display modes. In addition, the controller  120  also can provide a second driving signal (such as the high level signal or low level signal) so as to control the MOS transistor  142  to be turned on or off, thereby controlling each LED string  140  to be turned on or off. Thus the controller  120  includes a GATE end which is coupled to the gate of the MOS transistor  112  of the boost circuit  110 , a plurality of display mode voltage output ends S which are coupled to the current regulation circuit  130  and a plurality of driving signal output ends G which are respectively coupled to gates of the MOS transistors  142  in the plurality of LED strings  140 . 
     The current regulation circuit  130  receives the display mode voltages output by the display mode voltage output ends S of the controller  120  and regulates, in the different display modes, the current flowing through each LED string  140 , such that a ratio of the current flowing through LED in the 3D display mode and the current flowing through LED in the 2D display mode can be varied arbitrarily. 
     The current regulation circuit  130  includes: voltage regulation circuits  131  and a resistance regulation circuit  132 . Herein, the number of the voltage regulation circuits  131  is equal to that of the LED strings  140 , in other words, a voltage regulation circuit  131  regulates a LED string  140  correspondingly. 
     Each voltage regulation circuit  131  changes a voltage between the plurality of LEDs in the corresponding LED string  140  and the first resistor  141  (that is, a voltage of a negative terminal of the plurality LEDs which are connected in series) in the different display modes, and thus regulates the current flowing through the LED string  140 . The resistance regulation circuit  132  changes, in the different display modes, an output resistance of each voltage regulation circuit, such that each voltage regulation circuit  131  changes the voltage between the plurality of LEDs in the corresponding LED string  140  and the first resistor  141 . 
     Hereinafter, specific circuit structures of the voltage regulation circuit  131  and the resistance regulation circuit  132  will be explained in details. 
     Each voltage regulation circuit  131  includes a second resistor  1311 , a third resistor  1312  and a fourth resistor  1313 . 
     A first end of the second resistor  1311  is coupled to a node between the plurality LEDs in the LED string  140  and the first resistor  141 , a second end of the second resistor  1311  is coupled to a first end of the third resistor  1312  and receives the display mode voltage output from the display mode voltage output end S of the controller  120 , a second end of the third resistor  1312  is coupled to a first end of the fourth resistor  1313  and is coupled to a drain of a first MOS transistor  1321  of the resistance regulation circuit  132 , and a second end of the fourth resistor  1313  is coupled to a drain of a third MOS transistor  1323  of the resistance regulation circuit  132 . 
     The resistance regulation circuit  132  includes the first MOS transistor  1321 , a second MOS transistor  1322 , the third MOS transistor  1323 , a fifth resistor  1324  and a sixth resistor  1325 . 
     A gate of the first MOS transistor  1321  receives 2D/3D display signals, the drain of the first MOS transistor  1321  is coupled to the second end of the third resistor  1312  of each voltage regulation circuit  131 , and a source of the first MOS transistor  1321  is electrically grounded. A gate of the second MOS transistor  1322  receives the 2D/3D display signals, a drain of the second MOS transistor  1322  is coupled to a first end of the fifth resistor  1324 , and a source of the second MOS transistor  1322  is electrically grounded. A second end of the fifth resistor  1324  receives a pull-up voltage (for example, a voltage of 5V). A first end of the sixth resistor  1325  is coupled to the drain of the second MOS transistor  1322  and a second end thereof is electrically grounded. A gate of the third MOS transistor  1323  is coupled to the drain of the second MOS transistor  1322 , a drain of the third MOS transistor  1323  is coupled to the second end of the fourth resistor  1313  of each voltage regulation circuit  131 , and a source of the third MOS transistor  1323  is electrically grounded. The fifth resistor  1324  mainly plays a current-limiting role when the second MOS transistor  1322  is turned on. 
     In addition, in this embodiment, the 2D display signal is a low level signal, and the 3D display signal is a high level signal, but the present invention is not limited thereto. 
     Hereinafter, it is specifically explained how to regulate the current flowing through each LED string  140  by using the current regulation circuit  130  in the different display modes. 
     When the LCD apparatus is in the 2D display mode, the gate of the first MOS transistor  1321  and the gate of the second MOS transistor  1322  receive the 2D display signal (namely, the low level signal), the first MOS transistor  1321  and the second MOS transistor  1322  are turned off, and the third MOS transistor  1323  is turned on because a pull-up voltage is received by the gate thereof, thus a voltage between the plurality LEDs in each LED string  140  and the first resistor  141 , that is, a voltage V c-2D  of a node C, can be represented by the following equation (1): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     wherein V b-2D  represents the 2D display mode voltage provided by the controller  120 , that is, a voltage of a node B in the 2D display mode; R2 represents a resistance value of the second resistor  1311 ; R3 represents a resistance value of the third resistor  1312 ; R4 represents a resistance value of the fourth resistor  1313 . 
     As such, a current I 2D  flowing through each LED string  140  can be represented by the following equation (2): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     wherein R1 represents a resistance value of the first resistor  141 . 
     When the LCD apparatus is in the 3D display mode, the gate of the first MOS transistor  1321  and the gate of the second MOS transistor  1322  receive the 3D display signal (namely, the high level signal), the first MOS transistor  1321  and the second MOS transistor  1322  are turned on, and the third MOS transistor  1323  is turned-off, thus the voltage between the plurality LEDs in each LED string  140  and the first resistor  141 , that is, a voltage V c-3D  of the node C, can be represented by the following equation (3): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     wherein V b-3D  represents the 3D display mode voltage provided by the controller  120 , that is, the voltage of note B in 3D display mode; R2 represents the resistance value of the second resistor  1311 ; R3 represents the resistance value of the third resistor  1312 . 
     As such, a current I 3D  flowing through each LED string  140  can be represented by the following equation (4): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     wherein R1 represents the resistance value of the first resistor  141 . 
     Therefore, the ratio of the current I 3D  flowing through each LED string  140  in the 3D display mode and the current I 2D  flowing through each LED string  140  in the 2D display mode can be represent by the following equation (5): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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     In the equation (5), although 
               V     b   -     3   ⁢   D           V     b   -     2   ⁢   D               
is controlled by the controller  120 , the ratio of the current I 3D  flowing through each LED string  140  in the 3D display mode and the current I 2D  flowing through each LED string  140  in the 2D display mode can be arbitrarily adjusted by adjusting the resistance value R2 of the second resistor  1311 , the resistance value R3 of the third resistor  1312  and the resistance value R4 of the fourth resistor  1313 , thereby enlarging the application of the driving circuit of the LED backlight in different types of LCD apparatus.
 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram of a LED backlight for a LCD apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 4  is a circuit diagram of the LED backlight for the LCD apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 3 and 4 , the LED backlight for the LCD apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a boost circuit  110 , a controller  120 , a current regulation circuit  130  and LED strings  140 . 
     The boost circuit  110  may be for example an inductive-boost circuit for boosting, in different display modes (such as a 2D display mode and a 3D display mode), an input voltage to a working voltage required for operating LED strings in a current display mode. The boost circuit  110  includes: an inductor  111 , a Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) transistor  112 , a rectifying diode  113  and a capacitor  114 . 
     In the boost circuit  110 , the inductor  111  is an energy conversion device for electric energy and magnetic field energy conversion, and when a gate of the MOS transistor  112  receives a high level signal provided by the controller  120 , the inductor  111  converts the electric energy into the magnetic field energy and stores the magnetic field energy. When the gate of the MOS transistor  112  receives a low level signal provided by the controller  120 , the inductor  111  converts the stored magnetic field energy into the electric energy, and the electric energy is superimposed to the input voltage to obtain a DC voltage through filtering of the rectifying diode  113  and the capacitor  114 , the DC voltage, as the working voltage required for normal work of each LED string  140 , being provided to each LED string  140 . Since the DC voltage is formed by superimposing the input voltage Vin and the electric energy into which the magnetic field energy of the inductor  111  is converted, the DC voltage is higher than the input voltage Vin. 
     The LED string  140 , as the backlight of the LCD apparatus, includes a plurality of LEDs which are connected in series, a MOS transistor  142  and a first resistor  141 , and the LED string  140  receive their working voltages required for operating from the boost circuit  110 . Further, the controller  120  provides the high level signal or low level signal to control the MOS transistor  142  to be turned on or off, thereby controlling each LED string  140  to be turned on or off. 
     The number N (N is an integer greater than zero) of the LEDs in the LED string  140  is determined in following ways:
 
 N×Vd≦Vs,  
 
     in which, Vd is a normal lighting voltage of each LED, Vs is the working voltage of each LED string received from boost circuit  110 . 
     For example, when Vd is 6.5V and Vs is 24V, N is greater or equal to 3. 
     The controller (usually a backlight driver IC)  120  provides a first driving signal (such as the high level signal or low level signal) so as to drive the boost circuit  110 , and the controller  120  provides different display mode voltages (such as a 2D display mode voltage V b-2D  and a 3D display mode voltage V b-3D ) to the current regulation circuit  130  in the different display modes. In addition, the controller  120  also can provide a second driving signal (such as the high level signal or low level signal) so as to control the MOS transistor  142  to be turned on or off, thereby controlling the LED string  140  to be turned on or off Thus the controller  120  includes a GATE end which is coupled to the gate of the MOS transistor  112  of the boost circuit  110 , an output end S which is coupled to the current regulation circuit  130  and a plurality of driving signal output ends G which are respectively coupled to the gates of the MOS transistors  142  in the LED string  140 . 
     The current regulation circuit  130  receives the display mode voltages output by the display mode voltage output end S of the controller  120  and regulates, in the different display modes, the current flowing through the LED string  140 , such that a ratio of the current flowing through LED in the 3D display mode and the current flowing through the LED string  140  in the 2D display mode can be varied arbitrarily. 
     The current regulation circuit  130  includes a voltage regulation circuit  131  and a resistance regulation circuit  132 . 
     The voltage regulation circuit  131  changes a voltage between the plurality of LEDs in the LED string  140  and the first resistor  141  in the different display modes, and thus regulates the current flowing through the LED string  140 . The resistance regulation circuit  132  changes, in the different display modes, an output resistance of the voltage regulation circuit  131 , such that the voltage regulation circuit  131  changes the voltage between the plurality of LEDs in the LED string  140  and the first resistor  141 . 
     Hereinafter, specific circuit structures of the voltage regulation circuit  131  and the resistance regulation circuit  132  will be explained in details. 
     The voltage regulation circuit  131  includes a second resistor  1311 , a third resistor  1312  and a fourth resistor  1313 . 
     A first end of the second resistor  1311  is coupled to a node between the plurality LEDs in the LED string  140  and the first resistor  141 , a second end of the second resistor  1311  is coupled to a first end of the third resistor  1312  and receives the display mode voltage output from the display mode voltage output end S of the controller  120 , a second end of the third resistor  1312  is coupled to a first end of the fourth resistor  1313  and is coupled to a drain of a first MOS transistor  1321  of the resistance regulation circuit  132 , and a second end of the fourth resistor  1313  is coupled to a drain of a third MOS transistor  1323  of the resistance regulation circuit  132 . 
     The resistance regulation circuit  132  includes the first MOS transistor  1321 , a second MOS transistor  1322 , the third MOS transistor  1323 , a fifth resistor  1324  and a sixth resistor  1325 . 
     A gate of the first MOS transistor  1321  receives 2D/3D display signals, the drain of the first MOS transistor  1321  is coupled to the second end of the third resistor  1312  of the voltage regulation circuit  131 , and a source of the first MOS transistor  1321  is electrically grounded. A gate of the second MOS transistor  1322  receives the 2D/3D display signals, a drain of the second MOS transistor  1322  is coupled to a first end of the fifth resistor  1324 , and a source of the second MOS transistor  1322  is electrically grounded. A second end of the fifth resistor  1324  receives a pull-up voltage (for example, a voltage of 5V). A first end of the sixth resistor  1325  is coupled to the drain of the second MOS transistor  1322  and a second end thereof is electrically grounded. A gate of the third MOS transistor  1323  is coupled to the drain of the second MOS transistor  1322 , a drain of the third MOS transistor  1323  is coupled to the second end of the fourth resistor  1313  of the voltage regulation circuit  131 , and a source of the third MOS transistor  1323  is electrically grounded. The fifth resistor  1324  mainly plays a current-limiting role when the second MOS transistor  1322  is turned on. 
     In addition, in this embodiment, the 2D display signal is the low level signal, the 3D display signal is the high level signal, but the present invention is not limited thereto. 
     Hereinafter, it is specifically explained how to regulate the current flowing through each LED string  140  by using the current regulation circuit  130  in the different display modes. 
     When the LCD apparatus is in the 2D display mode, the gate of the first MOS transistor  1321  and the gate of the second MOS transistor  1322  receive the 2D display signal (namely, the low level signal), the first MOS transistor  1321  and the second MOS transistor  1322  are turned off, and the third MOS transistor  1323  is turned on because a pull-up voltage is received by the gate thereof, thus a voltage between the plurality LEDs in the LED string  140  and the first resistor  141 , that is, a voltage V c-2D  of a node C, can be represented by the following equation (1): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     V 
                     
                       c 
                       - 
                       
                         2 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         D 
                       
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       V 
                       
                         b 
                         - 
                         
                           2 
                           ⁢ 
                           D 
                         
                       
                     
                     × 
                     
                       
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           2 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           3 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           4 
                         
                       
                       
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           3 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           4 
                         
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   1 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     wherein V b-2D  represents the 2D display mode voltage provided by the controller  120 , that is, a voltage of a node B in the 2D display mode; R2 represents a resistance value of the second resistor  1311 ; R3 represents a resistance value of the third resistor  1312 ; R4 represents a resistance value of the fourth resistor  1313 . 
     As such, a current I 2D  flowing through the LED string  140  can be represented by the following equation (2): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     I 
                     
                       2 
                       ⁢ 
                       
                           
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       D 
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       V 
                       
                         b 
                         - 
                         
                           2 
                           ⁢ 
                           D 
                         
                       
                     
                     × 
                     
                       
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           2 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           3 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           4 
                         
                       
                       
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             
                               R 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               3 
                             
                             + 
                             
                               R 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               4 
                             
                           
                           ) 
                         
                         × 
                         R 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         1 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   2 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     wherein R1 represents a resistance value of the first resistor  141 . 
     When the LCD apparatus is in the 3D display mode, the gate of the first MOS transistor  1321  and the gate of the second MOS transistor  1322  receive the 3D display signal (namely, the high level signal), the first MOS transistor  1321  and the second MOS transistor  1322  are turned-on, and the third MOS transistor  1323  is turned-off, thus the voltage between the plurality LEDs in the LED string  140  and the first resistor  141 , that is, a voltage V c-3D  of the node C, can be represented by the following equation (3): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     V 
                     
                       c 
                       - 
                       
                         3 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         D 
                       
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       V 
                       
                         b 
                         - 
                         
                           3 
                           ⁢ 
                           D 
                         
                       
                     
                     × 
                     
                       
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           2 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           3 
                         
                       
                       
                         R 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         3 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   3 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     wherein V b-3D  represents the 3D display mode voltage provided by the controller  120 , that is, the voltage of note B in 3D display mode; R2 represents the resistance value of the second resistor  1311 ; R3 represents the resistance value of the third resistor  1312 . 
     As such, a current I 3D  flowing through the LED string  140  can be represented by the following equation (4): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     I 
                     
                       3 
                       ⁢ 
                       
                           
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       D 
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       V 
                       
                         b 
                         - 
                         
                           3 
                           ⁢ 
                           D 
                         
                       
                     
                     × 
                     
                       
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           2 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           R 
                           ⁢ 
                           
                               
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           3 
                         
                       
                       
                         R 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         3 
                         × 
                         R 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         1 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   4 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     wherein R1 represents the resistance value of the first resistor  141 . 
     Therefore, the ratio of the current I 3D  flowing through the LED string  140  in the 3D display mode and the current I 2D  flowing through the LED string  140  in the 2D display mode can be represent by the following equation (5): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       I 
                       
                         3 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         D 
                       
                     
                     
                       I 
                       
                         2 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         D 
                       
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         V 
                         
                           b 
                           - 
                           
                             3 
                             ⁢ 
                             D 
                           
                         
                       
                       
                         V 
                         
                           b 
                           - 
                           
                             2 
                             ⁢ 
                             D 
                           
                         
                       
                     
                     × 
                     
                       
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             
                               R 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               2 
                             
                             + 
                             
                               R 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               3 
                             
                           
                           ) 
                         
                         × 
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             
                               R 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               3 
                             
                             + 
                             
                               R 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               4 
                             
                           
                           ) 
                         
                       
                       
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             
                               R 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               2 
                             
                             + 
                             
                               R 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               3 
                             
                             + 
                             
                               R 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               4 
                             
                           
                           ) 
                         
                         × 
                         R 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         3 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   5 
                   ) 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     In the equation (5), although 
               V     b   -     3   ⁢   D           V     b   -     2   ⁢   D               
is controlled by the controller  120 , the ratio of the current I 3D  flowing through the LED string  140  in the 3D display mode and the current I 20  flowing through the LED string  140  in the 2D display mode can be arbitrarily adjusted by adjusting the resistance value R2 of the second resistor  1311 , the resistance value R3 of the third resistor  1312  and the resistance value R4 of the fourth resistor  1313 , thereby enlarging the application of the driving circuit of the LED backlight in different types of LCD apparatus.
 
     Although the present invention is described with reference to the certain exemplary embodiments, while those skilled in the art will understand: various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims and its equivalents.