• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.15-18
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• 2005

As a display becomes large recently, Acquisition of high luminance and Luminance uniformity is becoming difficult in the existing CCFL or EEFL backlight system. So, study for a performance enhancement has enforced. but lamp development of flat type is asked for high luminance and a luminance uniformity security in of LCD and area anger trend ultimately. In this paper, we changed a tip shape of an electrode for production by the most suitable LCD backlight surface light source, and confirmed discharge characteristic along discharge gas pressure and voltage, and confirmed electric field distribution and discharge energy characteristic through a Maxwell 2D simulation. Therefore the discharge firing voltage characteristic showed a low characteristic than a rectangular type and round type in case of electrode which used tip of a triangle type, and displayed a discharge electric current as a same voltage was low.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.82-85
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• 2006

As a display becomes large recently, Acquisition of high luminance and Luminance uniformity is becoming difficult in the existing CCFL or EEFL backlight system. So, study for a performance enhancement has enforced. but lamp development of flat type is asked for high luminance and a luminance uniformity security in of LCD and area anger trend ultimately. In this paper, we changed a tip shape of an electrode for production by the most suitable LCD backlight surface light source, and confirmed discharge characteristic along discharge gas pressure and voltage, and confirmed electric field distribution and discharge energy characteristic through a Maxwell 2D simulation. Therefore the discharge firing voltage characteristic showed a low characteristic than a rectangular type and round type in case of electrode which used tip of a triangle type, and displayed a discharge electric current as a same voltage was low.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.393-395
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• 2006

This Paper represents a dimming control characteristics of an external electrode fluorescent lamp (EEFL) inverter, which is replacing a cold cathode (luorescent lamp (CCFL) in the area of the large-sized LCD backlight. The analog and burst dimming control methods for the EEFL are compared and the control characteristics are anlayzed through the experiments.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.79-84
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• 2004

A light-guide is one of several important components of backlight unit in TFT-LCD. The manufacturing technology and optical system design of the light guide is very sensitive to quality and cost of the TFT-LCD module. In the present study a new manufacturing method which is called as direct surface forming(DSF) has been tested under various conditions. DSF is very similar to the well-known hot embossing except for partial contact between mold and substrate. The final V-groove pattern shows different shapes depend on the temperature of mold surface, contact time of mold and depth of V-groove.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.754-757
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• 2005

액정 디스플레이 (LCD: Liquid Crystal Display)의 광원은 주로 냉음극 방전램프 (CCFL: Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp)가 사용되고 있으며, 19인치급 이하의 LCD 백라이트 인버터의 램프 구동방식은 가장 일반적인 램프 구동방식인 H-L(High-Low) 방식을 채택하여 사용하고 있다. 그러나 21인치 이상의 중 ${\cdot}$ 대형 LCD 백라이트 인버터는 소형 LCD 에 비해 보다 높은 구동 전압 ${\cdot}$ 전류가 필요함에 따라 기존의 H-L(High-Low) 방식이 아닌 H-H(High-High) 방식 사용하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 대형 LCD 백라이트 인버터에 주로 사용되고 있는 H-H(High-High) 방식을 압전 인버터(Piezoelectric Inverter)에 적용하여 H-L(High-Low) 램프구동 방식과 비교 하였으며, H-H(High-High) 램프구동방식을 통한 멀티램프 구동과 효율, 휘도가 우수함을 검증하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.38-45
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• 2009

Recently, LCD Backlight Unit is being replaced from cold cathode fluorescent lamp(CCFL) to external electrode fluorescent lamp(EEFL) because the EEFL has high energy efficiency and long life. Also, it can reduce energy consumption and weight. So far, external electrode ring for EEFL is produced by sheet metal press forming process. Therefore it had low precision and much material loss. To solve these problems, Multi-Forming process that has five step forming process was invented. However, low productivity is another barrier. Product speed that is controlled by the rotational speed cannot be increased due to the unsatisfied design specification. The reason is that the gap between rolled two edge parts of the sheet plate is tightly inspected. Regarding this factor, the understanding of forming behavior to each process is inevitable. This paper describes the CAE analysis of the multi-forming process by PAM-STAMP.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.1568-1569
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• 2007

TFT-LCD used in display area is not a light-emissive device itself but TFT-LCD can overcome through the employ of the backlight unit (BLU). BLU is very important device in TFT-LCD system. However, the old-fashion BLU of CCFL type is crucible to the health due to the contained material, mercury (Hg). Moreover, strong temperature dependency of lamp employed with Hg becomes the other disadvantage in practical usage. To solve these problems, Hg-Free lamp with strong thermal resistance property is required to displace the Hg lamp. We studied optical and electrical properties of Xe-Ne-He mixed gas that is dependent on change of mixed ratio and pressure. In our results, the designed lamp without the phosphorescent material has the lowest firing voltage at xe 50%(Ne:He=9:1).

• Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.105-124
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• 2011

TFT-LCD consists of LCD panel on the top, circuit unit on the side and BLU on the bottom. The recent development issues of BLU-dependent TFT-LCD have been power consumption minimization, slimmerization and size maximization. As a result of this trend, LED is adopted as BLU instead of CCFL to increase brightness and to reduce thickness. In liquid crystal displays, the light efficiency is below 10% due to the loss of light in the path from a light source to an LCD panel and presence of absorptive polarizer. This low efficiency results in low brightness and high power consumption. One way to circumvent this situation is to use a reflective polarizer between backlight units and LCD panels. Since a nano-wire grid polarizer has been known as a reflective polarizer, an idea was proposed that it can be used for the enhancement of the brightness of LCD. The use of reflective polarizing film is increasing as edge type LED TV and 3D TV markets are growing. This study has been carried out to fabrication of the nano-wire grid polarizer(NWGP) and investigated the brightness enhancement of LCD through polarization recycling by placing a NWGP between an c and a backlight unit. NWGPs with a pitch of 200nm were fabricated using laser interference lithography and aluminum sputtering and wet etching. And The NWGP fabrication process was using by the UV imprinting and was applied to plastic PET film. In this case, the brightness of an LCD with NWGPs was 1.21 times higher than that without NWGPs due to polarization recycling.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.1041-1043
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• 2001

LCD 모니터 화면의 대형화와 슬림화에 따른 모니터 내의 백 라이트용 냉음극 방전램프(CCFL)도 가늘어지고 길어지고 있으며, 하나의 램프를 이용한 백 라이트로는 휘도의 한계가 있어 램프를 병렬로 사용해 필요한 휘도를 만들고있다. 멀티램프 구동용 인버터는 소형, 고효율화 뿐만 아니라 대출력이 요구된다. 방전램프가 정밀하고 동일한 제작 과정을 거치더라도 점등, 주파수, 전압, 전류 등 여러 가지 특성이 동일하지 못하다. 이는 각기 상이한 램프특성 때문에 초기 점등조건이나 점등 후 동일한 휘도를 갖기 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 멀티램프를 최소의 인버터 개수로 같은 입력조건에서 같은 출력을 갖도록 설계한다. LCD 모니터 내부에 상하 각 2개씩 4개의 램프를 내장하고 있는 18인치형을 이용하였다. 하나의 구동용 인버터를 이용하였으며, 결과적으로 90%이상의 휘도대비 입출력 효율을 얻었으며, 램프간의 출력차이가 미소하여 상용화 가능하며, 또 다른 방전램프의 멀티구동에 이용 가능하다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1066-1069
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• 2003

요즘, LCD TV 가 등장하면서 LCD 백라이트로써 LCD TV 에 적용하기 위해서는 무엇보다도 휘도특성의 개선이 요구되고 있다. TV 대응 LCD Panel 은 Monitor 대응 제품에 비해서 일반적으로 해상도가 낮으므로, 투과율면에서 장점은 있으나, 현재의 백라이트 구조로는 만족할만한 성능을 낼 수 없는 상황이다. 그러므로 고휘도 백라이트를 위해서 EEFL(External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp) 혹은 CCFL(Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) 의 복수 사용을 전제로 한 직하방식에 대한 개발 검토가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 직하방식에 의한 고휘도화는 램프수는 증가되지만 프리즘시트를 사용하지 않아서 가격 경쟁력이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 EEFL 16등을 이용하여 17인치 직하형 백라이트를 제작하여 기구적, 전기적, 광학적 특성을 분석하였으며, 그 결과 11,700 nit 의 휘도를 달성하여 TV 대응 수준을 확보하였다.