Enhancement of on-axis luminance of flat fluorescent lamps (FFLs) by using micro-lens arrays

  • Park, Ji-Hee (Dept. of Physics, Hallym University) ;
  • Lee, Ji-Young (Dept. of Physics, Hallym University, Present address: R&D Center, MNTech. Co.) ;
  • Ko, Jae-Hyeon (Dept. of Physics, Hallym University)
  • Published : 2007.08.27

Abstract

The effect of the modification of the front surfaces of flat fluorescent lamps (FFLs) on the light-output distribution has been investigated by using a ray tracing method and several kinds of microlenses. It was found that microlenses have substantial effects on the light-output distribution, which might be used to reduce the number of optical films in the FFL-backlight unit for LCD applications.

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