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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2007.16.3.172

Light Emission and Plasma Property in the External Electrode Fluorescent Lamps  

Ahn, S. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
Lee, M. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
Jeong, J. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
Kim, J. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
Yoo, D. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
Koo, J. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
Kang, J. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
Hong, B. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
Choi, E. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
Cho, G. (Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.16, no.3, 2007 , pp. 172-180 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new diagnostics of plasma electron temperature and plasma density is introduced with the observation of the light emission along the tube of external electrode fluorescent lamps. With two different methods operating an external electrode fluorescent lamp of outer diameter 4.0 mm and length 860 mm for the back-light source of 37-inch LCD-TVs, the lighting modes and the plasma properties are investigated. In the center balance operation, the light-emission propagates simultaneously from both sides of the high voltage electrodes to the center of the lamp, while in conventional operation the light-emission propagates from the one end of a high voltage to the other ground electrode. In the operation value of luminance $10,000{\sim}15,000cd/m^2$, the electron plasma thermal energy $(kT_e)$ is about $1.3{\sim}2.7eV$ with the electron density $(n_e)$ is about $(1.6{\sim}3.6){\times}10^{16}m^{-3}$.
Keywords
Discharge; Plasma; Plasma diagnostics; External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp(EEFL); LCD; Back-light;
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