Rosen type piezoelectric transformer with multiple output...

Details Rosen type piezoelectric transformer with multiple output... Rosen type piezoelectric transformer with multiple output...

2002-09-20

2003-08-05

Wong, Don (Department: 2821)

Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems

Periodic switch in the supply circuit

Silicon controlled rectifier ignition

C310S359000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06603272

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to Rosen type Piezoelectric Transformer constituting a stabilizer for cold cathode fluorescent lamp being used for back light of liquid crystal display (LCD) device, more particularly, to a Rosen type Piezoelectric Transformer with multiple output electrodes for lighting a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamp at the same time by forming multiple output electrodes as one body and a stabilizer for multiple light source using that.
2. Description of the Prior Art
As well known to those skilled in the art, a fluorescent lamp needs high voltage at initial lighting in order to emit required thermal electrons for an electric discharge. And, after electric discharge, the voltage impressed on the fluorescent lamp has negative resistance characteristics reduced when lamp current increases.
Especially, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp being used for backlight of liquid crystal display (LCD) device is light source using cold emission (electron emission caused by forcing strong electric field to cathode surface). In order to light the Backlight comprised of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp, it needs about 500 V need. And, generally, a step-up transformer is used for convert the commercial AC power source to the driving voltage.
The stabilizer is a lamp lighting device applying the driving voltage for lighting on the fluorescent lamp with properties mentioned above, and comprises, as shown in
FIG. 6
, rectifying section
621
which rectifies AC commercial source
61
to DC voltage in some level, power factor compensation section
622
compensating for the power factor caused by the fluctuation of AC commercial voltage source in respect of the output voltage of the rectifying section
621
, AC voltage generating section
623
converting the DC voltage inputted through the power factor compensation section
622
to proposed AC voltage of high frequency, and a resonating section
624
for resonating with the output voltage of a AC voltage generating section
623
and supplying the AC voltage on the fluorescent lamp
63
.
As above-mentioned, AC voltage generating section
623
is called an inverter.
And, said resonating section
624
is conventionally constructed to generate the resonance by the inductance of the winding type transformer and the capacitance of a resonance capacitor with connection of the winding type transformer. But the winding type transformer has some problems that the rate of producing poor quality is high and the credibility of the stabilizer is reduced because the deviation of the quality of core is excessive, so said winding type transformer is recently replaced with a piezoelectric transformer such that the resonance is generated by the inductance of the inductor with the capacitance of the piezoelectric transformer.
But the above statement is the case of connecting one fluorescent lamp to one stabilizer. On the other hand, in case of lighting more than two fluorescent lamps by connecting the fluorescent lamps into one stabilizer, if one of numerous fluorescent lamps is lighted, other fluorescent lamps connected to the wound-type transformer in parallel is not lighted because a lower voltage is supplied to the other fluorescent lamps by lighting the one fluorescent lamp.
Accordingly, in the case of connecting two or more fluorescent lamps to the one stabilizer, as shown in
FIGS. 8 and 9
, the ballast capacitor is directly connected between fluorescent lamps
72
,
82
and transformers
712
,
812
such that the voltage required for initial lightening is impressed on the fluorescent lamp even if a certain fluorescent lamp is lighted ahead.
Hence, the conventional stabilizer used for a plurality of light sources is constructed as shown in
FIGS. 8 and 9
.
As shown in
FIG. 8
, the stabilizer comprises a circuit section
711
, which includes the rectifying section
621
, the power compensating section
622
, the AC voltage generating section
623
, and the resonance capacitor of the resonating section
624
, the piezoelectric transformer
712
of which input electrode is connected to the resonance capacitor of the circuit section
711
, and a plurality of ballast capacitors
713
being connected to output electrode of the piezoelectric transformer
712
in parallel. Wherein the number of ballast capacitors is same that of lamps. Furthermore, a plurality of fluorescent lamps
72
is connected to other terminal of the plurality of ballast capacitors
713
of the stabilizer
71
respectively.
As shown in
FIG. 9
, the stabilizer for a plurality of fluorescent lamps having a wound-type transformer comprises a circuit section
811
, which includes the rectifying section
621
, the power compensating section
622
, the AC voltage generating section
623
, and the resonance capacitor of the resonating section
624
. And the stabilizer comprises the wound-type transformer
812
of which input electrode is connected to a resonance capacitor of the circuit section
811
, and a plurality of ballast capacitors
813
being connected to output electrode of the wound-type transformer
812
in parallel. Furthermore, the plurality of fluorescent lamps
82
is connected to other terminal of the plurality of ballast capacitors
713
of the stabilizer
71
respectively.
In the stabilizer above, because AC voltage supplied by the wound-type transformer
712
or the piezoelectric transformer
812
is divided equally among the plurality of fluorescent lamps via the ballast capacitor
713
,
813
, the plurality of fluorescent lamps can be lighted at the same time. Wherein the ballast capacitor
713
,
813
has a high withstand voltage characteristic, and its size is also big.
Accordingly, as shown in
FIG. 7
or
FIG. 8
, because the stabilizer needs the ballast capacitors in proportion to the number of the connected fluorescent lamp, a volume and the number of components increase, and a cost increases also.
Thus, in the case of constituting a stabilizer as mentioned above, there have been some problems that numbers of components and the volume increase and the production cost rise because a ballast capacitor is required proportion to numbers of connected fluorescent lamp.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a Rosen type piezoelectric transformer having a plurality of output electrodes with uniform output property which makes the fluorescent lamp light stably, the operation be simple, and the cost be reduced. The present invention provides a Rosen type Piezoelectric Transformer with multiple output electrodes, being used for a stabilizer to light a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps, comprising: a piezoelectric plate; an input electrode formed at an upper surface of the plate; a plurality of output electrodes having an identical band shape, arranged in equal distance in the longitudinal direction of the plate at an outer side of the input electrode, and connected electrically to one ends of the plurality of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps respectively; and a common electrode formed at a bottom surface of the plate, confronting to the input electrode, commonly connected to ground of the stabilizer and other ends of the plurality of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps.


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