• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08a
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• pp.363-366
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• 2007

A new current control technique called Amplitude Shift Modulation (ASM) for cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) has been developed. This new technique sets and continuously controls the current of each individual CCFL in an LCD backlight lamp array.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.1068-1071
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• 2004

We report the techniques to obtain the high uniformity of the phosphor film thickness in the cold cathode fluorescent lamps, which are widely used as a back-light for the liquid crystal display. The thickness variation of the phosphor layer was sensitive to blowing conditions. The optimum conditions were obtained at flow rate of 15 sccm for 30 min at 40 $^{\circ}C$. The optimum and uniform thickness of a phosphor layer gives good luminous output.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.215-217
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• 2007

Recently, color reproduction properties have attracted lots of attention with mass production of LCD especially corresponding to TV application and achievement of color reproduction properties such as CRT have been considered one of technical goals for high quality display. However, revision of the color reproduction properties only with CF(color filter) have fundamental limitations and resultant decrease in the transmittance of panel causes demand on high brightness of BL(Back Light). In this paper, we present such a method in which by optimization of original light spectrum from the BL source will improves the color reproduction properties corresponding to them of the CRT. When the intensity of RED and Green-Blue from ramp is revised densely, the characteristics different from CCFL(Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) used before become added so that about 11 % of the color reproduction properties is improved compare to the existing LCD panel.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.27-31
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• 2015

Flat panel display devices are mainly used as information display devices in the 21st century. The worldwide waste flat panel displays are expected at 2-3 million units but most of them are land-filled for want of a proper recycling technology More specifically, rare earth metals of La and Eu are used as fluorescent materials of Cold Cathode Flourscent Lamp(CCFL)s in the waste flat panel displays and they are critically vulnerable and irreplaceable strategic mineral resources. At present, most of the waste CCFLs are disposed of by land-filling and incineration and proper recovery of 80-plus tons per annum of the rare earth fluorescent materials will significantly contribute to steady supply of them. A dearth of Korean domestic research results on recovery and recycling of rare earth elements in the CCFLs prompts to initiate this status report on overseas research trends and noteworthy research results in related fields.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.465-469
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• 2004

액정 디스플레이의 백라이트 광원으로 냉음극 방전램프(CCFL: Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp)가 일반적으로 사용된다 최근 LCD 모니터의 두께는 갈수록 얇아지며, 화면은 넓어지고 있는 대형화 추세이다. 기존의 권선형 변압기를 이용 인버터를 구성하여 멀티램프를 구동하고 있지만 이는 코어나 권선 손실에 의한 효율 저하와 부피나 중량의 증가, 그리고 과열에 의한 화재의 위험성을 가지고 있다. 이러한 문제들을 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 압전 변압기를 이용한 멀티램프 구동용 인버터를 설계 지침에 따라 구성하였다. 인버터 하나로 압전변압기를 병렬로 연결하는 방식을 이용하였고, 또한 전류 부담이 적은 외관 전극 형광 램프(EEFL: External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp)를 이용한 멀티램프 구동 방법을 압전 인버터에 적용 가능한지 고찰하였다. 적용한 방식으로는 풀-브리지 (Full-Bridge)회로를 응용하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.393-395
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• 2006

This Paper represents a dimming control characteristics of an external electrode fluorescent lamp (EEFL) inverter, which is replacing a cold cathode (luorescent lamp (CCFL) in the area of the large-sized LCD backlight. The analog and burst dimming control methods for the EEFL are compared and the control characteristics are anlayzed through the experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1066-1069
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• 2003

요즘, LCD TV 가 등장하면서 LCD 백라이트로써 LCD TV 에 적용하기 위해서는 무엇보다도 휘도특성의 개선이 요구되고 있다. TV 대응 LCD Panel 은 Monitor 대응 제품에 비해서 일반적으로 해상도가 낮으므로, 투과율면에서 장점은 있으나, 현재의 백라이트 구조로는 만족할만한 성능을 낼 수 없는 상황이다. 그러므로 고휘도 백라이트를 위해서 EEFL(External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp) 혹은 CCFL(Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) 의 복수 사용을 전제로 한 직하방식에 대한 개발 검토가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 직하방식에 의한 고휘도화는 램프수는 증가되지만 프리즘시트를 사용하지 않아서 가격 경쟁력이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 EEFL 16등을 이용하여 17인치 직하형 백라이트를 제작하여 기구적, 전기적, 광학적 특성을 분석하였으며, 그 결과 11,700 nit 의 휘도를 달성하여 TV 대응 수준을 확보하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.504-507
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• 2006

현재 LCD(Liquid Crystal Display)용 광원으로서 주로 냉음극 방전램프(CCFL : Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp)가 사용되고 있으며, 그 외 LED를 비롯해서 외부전극 방전램프(EEFL: External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp), 면광원(FFL : Flat Fluorescent Lamp), 전계 방출램프(FEL : Field Emission Lamp)등 다른 광원에 대한 적용도 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 멀티램프 구동이 유리하여 인버터 개수를 줄일 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있는 EEFL을 사용하였으며, 변압기의 자체 손실을 줄이고 소형화가 가능하며, 높은 승압 비를 갖는 압전 변압기를 병렬로 연결하여 멀티램프 구동이 가능하도록 하였다. 최적의 EEFL 구동회로를 구성하기 위해서 Push-Pull 타입의 압전 인버터를 설계하였으며, 설계된 인버터 회로에 대한 시뮬레이션 분석을 수행하고, 향후 여러 형태의 구동 방법을 적용하므로 서 압전 변압기로도 대화면 멀티 램프 구동용 인버터의 제작이 가능함을 제시하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.130-137
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• 2005

LCD needs a backlight that is a light source as a photodetector that has a light modulation function and CCFL is used usually. Inverter that composes using existent winding transformer operates multi lamps, however, this efficiency falls by losses of core or winding and volume or weight increases or there is danger of fire by overheating. In order to solve these problems, a multi lamp driving Inverter using PT is composed according to the design guideline in this paper. We conformed whether the multi lamp drive method using EEFL that a current burden is less in applicable to piezoelectric inverter, and used the method that connect two piezoelectric transformers by parallel to an inverter.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.268-273
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• 2007

In this study, It was studied about the luminance characteristics of 17 inch direct-type back light using EEFL(external electrode fluorescent lamp) and CCFL(cold cathode fluorescent lamp). The EEFL has a long life time because the electrode is installed outside of lamp. And it is produced in lower price than conventional CCFL. Moreover, it does not need process of installing internal electrode. However, the EEFL technology has several problems such as difficulty of designing driving inverter and preventing this phenomenon along the skin of lamps. We suggested two types of backlight unit for LCD TV application using the EEFL and the CCFL. We found optimized optical design parameters. We set the optical variation parameters such as lamp height, lamp distance, total thickness, and angles of inner walls. We achieved 7580 nits of center luminance, 82% of luminance uniformity by using 20 lamps of the EEFL and 7297 nits of center luminance, 78% of luminance uniformity by using 16 lamps of the CCFL.