Mercury‐free flat discharge lamps with diagonal sizes ranging from 5.0 to 5.2 inches have been developed for LCD backlights. The lamps have simple structures with insulated electrodes. Uniform discharges are obtained by adjusting drive pulse voltage and waveforms. As lamp diagonal becomes larger, luminance and efficacy increa‐se, and the dimming can be varied in wider range.
A flat lamp is developed for an 18‐in.‐diagonal LCD backlighting, using 8 electric‐field‐coupled discharge tubes. All the tubes can be driven with a single inverter circuit. Luminance, efficacy, and input power are 3500cd/m2, 34 lm/W, and 35W when the lamp is driven at 5.24MHz and 790V.
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