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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Kwang Hoon Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Jun Young Lee, Yongin-Si, KR;
Sung Wook Kang, Seoul, KR;
Joon Gon Son, Asan-Si, KR;
Cheol Hun Lee, Yongin-Si, KR;
Pil Nam Lim, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Hoon Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Jun Young Lee, Yongin-Si, KR;
Sung Wook Kang, Seoul, KR;
Joon Gon Son, Asan-Si, KR;
Cheol Hun Lee, Yongin-Si, KR;
Pil Nam Lim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A backlight unit using a microwave plasma ultraviolet lamp as a light source and a liquid crystal display including the backlight unit. The backlight unit for a liquid crystal display comprises a tube filled with discharge gas, a cavity resonator in which one end of the tube is inserted, a magnetron for generating microwaves and supplying the generated microwaves to the cavity resonator, a magnetron driver for driving the magnetron, and a phosphor layer for converting ultraviolet light generated in the tube into visible light.