• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.649-652
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 LCD TV의 전력 소비를 절감하기 위해 백라이트 유닛을 다분할하여 디밍 제어를 수행하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 최근 LED 백라이트 유닛을 채용한 대형 LCD TV가 출시됨에 따라서, 백라이트 유닛의 디밍 제어를 통해 LCD TV에서 전체 전력 소비를 절감하고자 하는 기술이 활발히 연구되어 왔다. 기존의 방식은 전체 화면을 MxN개의 분할로 나누어, 각 분할 영역마다 화면의 최대 밝기 정보를 추출하여 디밍 제어를 수행했지만, 본 논문에서는 각 분할영역마다 인접한 영역으로부터 간섭받는 빛의 양을 반영하여, 실제 디밍 제어 값을 다시 계산함으로써, 추가적인 전력 절감 효과를 얻을 수 있는 방식을 제안하고 성능 평가를 하였다.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.43 no.11
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• pp.1298-1306
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• 2016

Backlight has a major factor in power consumption of TFT-LCDs which are most popular in portable devices. There have been a lot of attempts to achieve power savings by backlight dimming. At the same time, the researches have shown image compensation due to decreased brightness of a displayed image. However, existing image compensation methods such as histogram equalization have some limits in completely satisfying the human visual system (HVS)-awareness. This paper proposes an enhanced dimming technique to obtain both power saving and HVS-awareness by combining pixel compensation and histogram specification for TFT-LCDs. This method executes a search algorithm and an automation algorithm employing simplified calculations for fast image processing. Experimental results showed that the proposed method achieved significant improvement in visual satisfaction per power saving over existing backlight dimming.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.8-17
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• 2010

This paper proposes a novel LCD CCFL-backlight electronic ballast using the phase-shift full-bridge inverter. The proposed electronic ballast reduces the ignition voltage and eliminates current spikes using the new digital dimming control applied with soft-starting. Thus the electronic ballast improves ignition behavior of the CCFL and hence increases the CCFL's life span. For this, this paper analyzes the full-bridge inverter topology of the proposed electronic ballast and explains the new digital dimming control algorithm applied to the ballast, briefly. And this paper shows a design example of the prototype circuit and explains an implementation method of the digital dimming control which is implemented on a single-chip microcontroller with software. This was implemented as actual prototype electronic ballast, and its experimental results showed that the proposed electronic ballast operates correctly. The ignition voltage of the prototype in the digital dimming operation was reduced about 30[%] compared with the conventional electronic ballast and there were not any current spikes.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.1155-1156
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• 2008

현재 에너지 소비를 줄이기 위한 연구들이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그 중 대형 LCD TV 분야는 전체 소비전력의 약 70%이상이 백라이트에 의한 소비이므로, 대형 LCD TV의 전력 절감을 위해서는 효율적인 백라이트 설계에 대한 연구가 매우 중요한 부분이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 백라이트의 효율적인 전력 소비를 위해 다채널 영상 분할 LED백라이트 밝기 제어를 통한 저전력 BLU 설계하였다. 본 연구를 통한 실험을 한 결과 60%이상의 전력 절감효과를 측정하여 연구의 유효함을 입증하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.11
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• pp.174-180
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose the random pixel sampling technique to solve the high computational complexity in the perceptual SSIM-based backlight dimming. Specifically, the proposed algorithm selects pixels in a total frame considering the pre-defined number, and generates the block by combining these pixels. Then, it estimates parameters, which are required in the SSIM calculation, in the combined block, and hence, it can reduce the computation time significantly. In the experimental results, the proposed algorithm reduced the average power consumption and computation time by up to 38.1776 % and 99.5828 %, respectively while preserving the average SSIM., compared with the conventional algorithm.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.73-74
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• 2013

본 논문은 LED Driver 휘도(Luminance) 제어 방식인 펄스폭 변조(PWM), 진폭변조 방식(PAM)을 조합한 스마트디밍 알고리즘에 대해 제안한다. 제안된 방식은 LED 구동 순방향 전류($I_f$)양에 따라 순방향 전압($V_f$)이 비례적으로 변화되는 특성을 이용한 것으로, LED Backlight 적용 LCM의 소비전력을 저감할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 스마트 디밍 (CPWAM=Conditional Pulse Width Amplitude Modulation) 알고리즘에 대해 소개하고 실험을 통해 제안된 알고리즘의 타당성을 검증한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.35 no.8B
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• pp.1204-1210
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• 2010

In this paper, in order to reduce the power consumption of LCD TV, we present a two-dimensional dimming algorithm for LED BLU(Backlight Unit) using light spread function and a pragmatic implementation method. In conventional two dimensional dimming algorithms, LED BLU is divided into MxN blocks and proper backlight luminance for each block is computed according to input image and used for dimming control. But, LED light of each block is diffused and affects the neighboring blocks so that luminance of each block becomes larger than that of intent. In the proposed algorithm, dimming control values are reduced by the amount of quantity affected by the neighboring blocks using light spread function, resulting in additional reduction of power consumption.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.347-348
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• 2007

Most of the power consumption of a LCD TV is form the back light unit. Therefore, technoledge for decreasing the power consumption of the backlight unit is crucial for LCD Tvs. This research suggests a method of decreasing the power comsumption of LCD TV by analyzing the image's RGB info to dimm partitioned backlights independently.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.461-468
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• 2010

This paper presents a simple digital LCD backlight inverter using a single-chip microcontroller. The proposed inverter reduces the ignition voltage and eliminates the current spikes and hence improves the ignition behavior of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp(CCFL). Thus it increases the CCFL's life span. This is achieved by implementing a digital dimming control algorithm, that contains the soft-starting algorithm, all on a single-chip microcontroller. The inverter utilizes the full-bridge resonant circuit topology. The design example along with a simple analysis for the inverter is shown, and the experimental results of the designed prototype results in close agreement with the theoretical analysis and explanation. The overall system's power efficiency is approximately 85%. Compared with conventional inverters, the ignition voltage is reduced by around 30% without any lamp current spike occurring during the dimming control operation.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.32-40
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• 2009

탄소나노튜브(CNT)는 나노 기술의 대표적인 물질로, 나노 크기의 팁 반경과 100:1 이상의 높은 종횡비, 그리고 물리 화학적 안정성 등으로 인해 이상적인 전자 방출원 재료로 여겨져 많은 연구기관들이 CNT를 이용한 응용 소자를 개발하고 있다. 나노 기술을 바탕으로 한 CNT 백 라이트 유닛(BLU)은 CNT에 인가된 전기장에 의해 전자가 방출되고 방출된 전자가 고전압으로 가속되어 형광체를 때려서 발광하는 원리로 작동되며, 면광윈으로서 고정세의 로컬 디밍, 고속 순간 발광에 의한 잔상 제거 등의 장점으로 고품질의 LCD TV에 적용될 수 있으며, 냉음극형광램프와 발광다이오드를 대체할 만한 차세대 BLU로서 뛰어난 특성을 가지고 있다.