Development of High Performance Backlight Unit Employing EEFL

  • Yoo, Hyeong-Suk (R&D Team AMLCD Division Device Solution Network Samsung electronics) ;
  • Kang, Moon-Shik (R&D Team AMLCD Division Device Solution Network Samsung electronics) ;
  • Lim, Jong-Sun (R&D Team AMLCD Division Device Solution Network Samsung electronics) ;
  • Lee, Keun-Woo (R&D Team AMLCD Division Device Solution Network Samsung electronics) ;
  • Oh, Weon-Sik (R&D Team AMLCD Division Device Solution Network Samsung electronics) ;
  • Park, Jong-Dae (R&D Team AMLCD Division Device Solution Network Samsung electronics) ;
  • Kang, Sung-Chul (R&D Team AMLCD Division Device Solution Network Samsung electronics)
  • Published : 2002.08.21

Abstract

The 17" Backlight Unit (BLU) employing twelve EEFLs (External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp) has been developed for LCD-TV The characteristics of the EEFL BLU without dual brightness enhancement film (DBEF) were equivalent to those of CCFL (Cold cathode Fluorescent Lamp) BLU employing eight CCFLs with DBEF. Luminance, power consumption and uniformity were 12,000nits, 32watt and 80%, respectively. The inverter of EEFL Backlight Unit is composed of 2 transformers and driven by the sinusoidal waveform.

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