• DocumentCode
    2370329
  • Title

    Lumen Efficiency of Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (CCFL) Improvement with MgO Coated Cathode

  • Author

    Zhang, Xiaobing ; Den Engelsen, Daniel ; Raper, Keith ; Lei, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Southeast Univ.
  • fYear
    0
  • fDate
    0-0 0
  • Firstpage
    131
  • Lastpage
    132
  • Abstract
    MgO coated Ni cup cathodes are used to improve the lumen efficiency of CCFL. The preliminary work has indicated that e-beam evaporated layers of magnesium oxide (MgO), which has a large secondary electron emission coefficient, can increase the lumen efficiency of CCFLs by 15-20%
  • Keywords
    fluorescent lamps; magnesium compounds; nickel; oxide coated cathodes; secondary electron emission; thermionic cathodes; MgO; Ni; cold cathode fluorescent lamp; cup cathodes; electron-beam evaporated layers; lumen efficiency; magnesium oxide; oxide coated cathode; secondary electron emission; Cathodes; Costs; Electrodes; Electron emission; Fluorescent lamps; Glass; Magnesium oxide; Nickel; Phosphors; Voltage; Cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL); Lumen efficiency; MgO;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2006 held Jointly with 2006 IEEE International Vacuum Electron Sources., IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0108-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVELEC.2006.1666219
  • Filename
    1666219