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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Junming Zhang, Hanzhou, CN;
Xiaopeng Dong, Shenzhen, CN;
Yuancheng Ren, Hangzhou, CN;
Wei Chen, Campbell, CA (US);
Eric Yang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Junming Zhang, Hanzhou, CN;
Xiaopeng Dong, Shenzhen, CN;
Yuancheng Ren, Hangzhou, CN;
Wei Chen, Campbell, CA (US);
Eric Yang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a DC/AC converter in the backlight power supply system using cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL). The DC/AC converter comprises a front end DC/DC converter, a full-bridge or half bridge inverter, and a piezoelectric transformer. Even with a wide range of input voltages, the front end DC/DC converter produces a predetermined DC voltage or a DC voltage with a predetermined small range and the cascaded inverter operates with a switching frequency close to the resonant frequency of the piezoelectric transformer, which helps the backlight power supply system achieve high efficiency.