Cold cathode fluorescent display
AssigneeGL Displays, Inc.
InventorXiaoqin Ge
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Abstract
A monochromic, multi-color and full-color cold cathode fluorescent display (CFD), comprises of some shaped white or multi-color or red, green blue color cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL), reflector, base plate, temperature control means, luminance and contrast enhancement face plate, shades and its driving electronics. CFD is a large screen display device which has high luminance, high efficiency, long lifetime, high contrast and excellent color. CFD can be used for both outdoor and indoor applications even at direct sunlight, to display a character, or graphic and video image.
Claims20
A fluorescent display device comprising;
- at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp having at least one electrode;
- a glass tube defining a vacuum chamber therein housing said at least one lamp so as to reduce heat loss, to increase the luminous efficiency and to eliminate the effect of the ambient temperature on the at least one fluorescent lamp;
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- a support member connected to the tube supporting the at least one lamp.
A cold cathode gas discharge apparatus, comprising:
- at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp;
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- a light transmitting container housing said at least one lamp;
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- a support member connected to the container and supporting the at least one lamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.