The Method to Improve the Luminance Efficiency by Auxiliary Capacitor in AC PDP

  • Lee, Ji-Hoon (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Don-Kyu (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Choi, Joon-Young (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Ok, Jung-Woo (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Hyun (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Ho-Jun (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park, Chung-Hoo (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Hae-June (Department of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • Published : 2006.08.22

Abstract

The improvement of luminous efficacy is one of the major issues in PDP industry. In this work, we propose the new driving method for high efficiency AC-PDP and analyze its discharge characteristics. The suggested method can control the effective capacitance of panel by external auxiliary capacitor. External capacitor induces reduction of gap voltage proportional to the panel current, this in turn modifies the transient behaviour of discharge. The peak current level is reduced and the discharge duration is increased. As a result of these modifications, the luminous efficacy is enhanced by about 200% compared with the conventional driving method

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