Field Emission-Back Light Unit Fabricated Using Carbon Nanotube Emitter

  • Kim, H.S. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Lee, J.W. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Lee, S.K. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Lee, C.S. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Jung, K.W. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Lim, J.H. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Moon, J.W. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Hwang, M.I. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Kim, I.H. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Kim, Y.H. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Lee, B.G. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Choi, Y.C. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Seon, H.R. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Lee, S.J. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Park, J.H. (Display Lab, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI)
  • Published : 2007.08.27

Abstract

Field emission-back light unit (FE-BLU) was fabricated using carbon nanotube (CNT) emitter. Local dimming and local brightening techniques were achieved, which results in very high contrast ratio. In addition, the motion blur phenomenon, one of the serious problems of liquid crystal display (LCD) with cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL)-BLU, was removed from LCD-TV by using FE-BLU.

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