Single DC/AC CCFL Inverter for Large Size LCD TV with Burst Control

Author

Chen, S.M. ; Liang, T.J. ; Chen, J.F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan

fYear

2006

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

844

Lastpage

847

Abstract

Currently, dual AC voltage sources are used in the large size LCDTV to drive long and straight CCFLs. These dual AC voltage sources are out-off phase and are applied to the two sides of CCFL to overcome non-uniformity problem. But, higher cost is the penalty of this solution. This paper presents a novel CCFL inverter driver technology for large size LCDTV. The proposed burst control technology is capable to driving 950mm length or even longer CCFL by single voltage source. The luminance of lamp output is above 80% uniformity. Due to the negative incremental resistance of the CCFL, the leakage current flowing through the parasitic capacitor can be efficiently reduced with the proposed control scheme. Finally, a 42-inch LCD TV CCFL inverter is implemented experimentally to demonstrate the high efficacy and uniform luminance of the backlight system

Keywords

driver circuits; invertors; liquid crystal displays; 42 in; DC/AC CCFL inverter; LCD TV; burst control; cold cathode fluorescent lamp; single source driving; uniform luminance backlight system; Circuits; Costs; Impedance; Lamps; Leakage current; Parasitic capacitance; Pulse width modulation inverters; Size control; TV; Voltage control; CCFL inverter; LCDTV; dual source driving; single source driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2006. APCCAS 2006. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0387-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342173

Filename

4145525