Patent ID: 7687995

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a panel assembly having a front panel and a rear panel coupled to the front panel and a plurality of discharge electrodes; a chassis base assembly that is combined with the panel assembly and on which a driving circuit unit is formed; a plurality of signal transmitting units that electrically connect the discharge electrodes and the driving circuit unit; and a silicon protection member which is formed on at least one end of at least one of the signal transmitting units configured to surround connection portions between the signal transmitting units and the discharge electrodes of the driving circuit unit, wherein the silicon protection member comprises a silicon layer that seals the connection portions from the outside and an electromagnetic wave shielding material that is mixed with the silicon layer configured to block electromagnetic waves generated by the discharge electrodes or the driving circuit unit and; wherein the silicon protection member has an electromagnetic wave shielding range from about 1 to about 200 dB.