Flat panel display having a backlight module
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1. A backlight module, comprising:
- a lamp; and
a single side driving inverter that is coupled to one end of the lamp and configured to control an operating current of the lamp to be within 80% to 100% of a saturation luminance current,wherein the lamp has a characteristic such that when the operating current is lower than the saturation luminance current, the lamp luminance increases as the operating current increases, and when the operating current is substantially equal to or higher than the saturation luminance current, the lamp luminance does not increase as the operating current increases.
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Abstract
A backlight module that includes a lamp and a single side driving inverter that is coupled to one end of the lamp. The single side driving inverter is configured to control an operating current of the lamp to be within 80% to 100% of a saturation luminance current. The lamp has a characteristic such that when the operating current is lower than the saturation luminance current, the lamp luminance increases as the operating current increases, and when the operating current is substantially equal to or higher than the saturation luminance current, the lamp luminance does not increase as the operating current increases.
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1. A backlight module, comprising:
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a lamp; and a single side driving inverter that is coupled to one end of the lamp and configured to control an operating current of the lamp to be within 80% to 100% of a saturation luminance current, wherein the lamp has a characteristic such that when the operating current is lower than the saturation luminance current, the lamp luminance increases as the operating current increases, and when the operating current is substantially equal to or higher than the saturation luminance current, the lamp luminance does not increase as the operating current increases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
a backlight module for a flat panel display, the backlight module comprising; a fluorescent lamp having a current-luminance characteristic such that when a current lower than a saturation level is provided to the lamp, the luminance of the lamp increases as the current increases, and the lamp luminance saturates when the current is equal to or higher than the saturation level; and a driver configured to drive the lamp for at least a portion of the time using a current that is higher than 80% of the saturation level. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
a backlight module having a user-selectable maximum luminance, the backlight module comprising; one or more fluorescent lamps having current-luminance characteristics such that the backlight module has a luminance higher than the user-selectable maximum luminance when a continuous current higher than 80% of a saturation level is provided to each lamp, the saturation level being defined such that when a current lower than the saturation level is provided to the lamp, the luminance of the lamp increases as the current increases, and the lamp luminance saturates when the current is equal to or higher than the saturation level; and a driver configured to drive each of the one or more lamps using a current that alternates between a higher level and a lower level such that the lamp alternates between a brighter state and a darker state to cause the backlight module to have the user-selectable maximum luminance, the current being higher than 80% of the saturation level during the higher level and less than 80% of the saturation level during the lower level. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A flat panel display having a diagonal size larger than 37 inches, comprising:
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a fluorescent lamp having a first end and a second end for providing light that is modulated by a plurality of pixel circuits of the display; and a single side driving inverter configured to drive the lamp by providing an AC voltage and an AC current to the first end of the lamp, the single side driving inverter configured to control the AC voltage and the AC current to have levels such that more than 80% of the AC current provided to the first end flows in the lamp to the second end. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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driving a fluorescent lamp of a backlight module of a flat panel display by providing to the lamp a current higher than 80% of a saturation level of the lamp for at least a portion of the time, the lamp having a luminance-current characteristic such that when a current lower than the saturation level is provided to the lamp, the luminance of the lamp increases as the current increases, and the lamp luminance saturates when the current is equal to or higher than the saturation level. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method comprising:
driving a fluorescent lamp of a backlight module of a flat panel display having a diagonal size larger than 37 inches using single side driving by providing an AC voltage and an AC current to a first end of the lamp, the AC voltage and the AC current being selected such that more than 80% of the AC current provided to the first end flows in the lamp to a second end of the lamp. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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