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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2005
IN Suk Jeong, Seoul, KR;
In Suk Jeong, Seoul, KR;
LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An external electrode fluorescent lamp includes an external electrode having an increased surface area. The external electrode fluorescent lamp includes a lamp tube, the lamp tube including a 'W'-like shaped end portion, and a double-tube external electrode formed on an outer surface of the 'W'-like shaped end portion, the double-tube external electrode including a first electrode on a concave outer surface of the “W”-like shaped end portion, and a second electrode formed on a non-concave outer surface of the “W”-like shaped end portion. Alternatively, the external electrode fluorescent lamp includes a lamp tube, the lamp tube having two end portions and an intermediate portion between the end portions and a diameter of the end portions being larger than a diameter of the intermediate portion, and external electrodes respectively formed on an outer surface of the end portions of the lamp tube.