| 摘要 |
The present invention discloses a backlight including external electrode fluorescent lamps and a method for driving the backlight. The backlight includes fluorescent lamps having external electrodes made of an electrically conductive material for wrapping the outer peripheral surfaces including edge cross-sections on both ends of a glass tube with a layer of fluorescent substance applied thereon. The backlight is constructed in a manner that a plurality of such fluorescent lamps are installed at the outer portions of a plastic light guide, and an alternating current type power source is applied from the outside to the fluorescent lamps by installing a plurality of the fluorescent lamps between a reflecting plate and a diffusing plate and electrically connecting them with one another. The backlight of the present invention is driven by a square wave from a switching inverter, and is characterized by the use of an overshooting waveform and a self-discharge effect favorable to an initial discharge, thereby driving it using a low frequency of several dozen kHz and thus realizing high luminance and high efficiency.
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