Premium
17.4: A High‐Efficiency Cold‐Cathode Fluorescent Lamp for a Backlighting Unit
Author(s) -
Noguchi H.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.1833738
Subject(s) - cold cathode , fluorescent lamp , backlight , cathode , fluorescence , materials science , hot cathode , electrode , tube (container) , optoelectronics , optics , voltage , liquid crystal display , electrical engineering , chemistry , engineering , physics , composite material
A cold cathode fluorescent lamp has been developed by optimizing dimensions of the tube and employing a Lanthanum‐based compound as the electrode material. Improvement in efficiency of the lamp has been obtained through the optimization of bulb temperature and reduction of cathode fall voltage.