Abstract: Disclosed is a driving circuit and method for a fluorescent lamp. The driving circuit comprises a power factor correction (PFC) stage, a startup stage, an isolation stage, a square-wave driving stage and an output stage. The PFC stage receives and converts an input alternating current (AC) voltage into a direct current (DC) voltage. The startup stage receives the DC voltage and adjusts the DC voltage into an operating voltage. The startup stage is connected in parallel with the square-wave driving stage. The square-wave driving stage is connected to the isolation stage and converts the operating voltage into a boosted square-wave voltage, and the output stage receives the boosted square-wave voltage to ignite the fluorescent lamp. As such, the fluorescent lamp may be rapidly and properly ignited.

Abstract: A cold cathode flat fluorescent lamp (CCFFL) comprising a flat lamp chamber, fluorescent substance, discharge gas, and a patterned electrode is provided. The discharge gas is disposed in the gas discharge chamber. The fluorescent substance is disposed over the inner wall of the gas discharge chamber. The patterned electrode is disposed over a surface of the flat lamp chamber. In an embodiment, the patterned electrode comprises anode pairs and cathode pairs which are alternately arranged. Each anode pair comprises a first meandering anode with first protrusions and a second meandering anode with second protrusions, wherein the first protrusions and the second protrusions are staggered. Each cathode pair comprises a first meandering cathode with third protrusions and a second meandering cathode with fourth protrusions, wherein each third protrusion aligns with each second protrusion, and each fourth protrusion aligns with each first protrusion.

Abstract: A cold cathode flat fluorescent lamp and a driving method for a cold cathode flat fluorescent lamp are provided. The cold cathode flat fluorescent lamp includes a lamp, a transformer and a full-bridge circuit. The lamp has at least a first electrode having a first voltage and a second electrode having a second voltage. The transformer has a primary side and a secondary side, and the full-bridge circuit is used for driving the lamp. In addition, the transformer is connected to the lamp on the secondary side and is connected to the full-bridge circuit on the primary side.

Abstract: A light-emitting cell, includes a light-emitting material which can emit light in response to a collision of an electron beam; an electron-emitting unit having a carbon nanotube as an electron source for releasing the electron beam and emitting the electron beam to ram against the light-emitting material; and a gate disposed above the carbon nanotube for controlling the electron beam emitting from the carbon nanotube whether to pass through the gate to ram against the light-emitting material at a specific address wherein the gate comprises a network conductor including a first metal layer for determining an x-coordinate of the address, a second metal layer for determining a y-coordinate of the address, and an extracting electrode placed between the carbon nanotube and the first metal layer for extracting the electron beam from the carbon nanotube.

Abstract: A flat fluorescent lamp is disclosed. The flat fluorescent lamp comprises a gas discharge chamber, a fluorescent substance, a discharge gas, and a plurality of first and second electrodes. The fluorescent substance is disposed on an inner surface of the gas discharge chamber and the discharge gas is filled in the gas discharge chamber. An electrode pair includes the first and the second electrodes. The first and the second electrodes are disposed on different planes so that the discharge area formed between the first and the second electrodes is larger than that formed between the two electrodes on a same plane to perform better efficiency of luminance.

Abstract: A lighting testing method and a testing structure for a display device are provided.

Abstract: A flat lamp structure is disclosed. The flat lamp structure includes a gas discharge chamber, a fluorescence substance, a discharge gas, and a plurality of electrodes. The fluorescence substance is disposed on the inner wall of the gas discharge chamber, and the discharge gas is disposed in the gas discharge chamber. The electrodes are disposed on the outer wall of the gas discharge chamber, wherein the gas discharge chamber comprises a dielectric substrate, a plate, and a plurality of rods, and the plate is disposed on the upper portion of the dielectric substrate and the rods are disposed between the plate and the dielectric substrate, and the plate and the edge of dielectric are connected. Additionally, the gas discharge chamber, for example, can dispose with at least a spacer to enhance the strength of the gas discharge chamber.

Abstract: An electrode structure is provided. The electrode structure contains a first auxiliary electrode and a second auxiliary electrode, a first edge electrode and a second edge electrode disposed between the first auxiliary electrode and the second auxiliary electrode, wherein the first edge electrode forming an electrode pair with the first auxiliary electrode and having a same polarity as that of the first auxiliary electrode and the second edge electrode forming an electrode pair with the second auxiliary electrode and having a same polarity as that of the second auxiliary electrode, and at least one middle electrode disposed between the first edge electrode and the second edge electrode. The electrode structure respectively enhance an interaction between the first edge electrode and the second edge electrode and a neighboring electrode by means of the first auxiliary electrode and the second auxiliary electrode. Alternatively, the width of the edge electrode increase to be 1.

Abstract: A method is to form a thin film light emitting device. The method includes providing a transparent substrate. A transparent anode layer, a light emitting layer, a metal cathode layer are sequentially formed on the transparent substrate. A sealant layer is formed to at least cover the light emitting layer and the metal cathode layer. A covering layer having a covering surface is provided. An evaporation process is performed to form an active absorption layer on the covering surface of the covering layer. The covering surface of the covering layer covers on a portion of the sealant layer above the metal cathode layer. The covering layer can have a recess region that is to be formed the active absorption layer thereon. Alternatively, the active absorption layer can be evaporated before the sealant is formed. Moreover, the active absorption layer can be replaced with an insulating layer.

Abstract: A planar fluorescent lamp having a first panel, a second panel, a glass rim, a venting tube, and a set of electrodes. Fluorescent layers are formed on both the first panel and the second panel. The glass rim is mounted on edges of the first and second panels. A recess and a gap are formed in the glass rim; the recess is used for placing the electrodes while the gap is reserved for installing the venting tube. The first panel, the second panel, and the glass rim are so arranged so that a cavity is formed thereby. The cavity is vacuumed via the venting tube and mercury vapor and inert gas are then introduced into the cavity.

Abstract: An active matrix organic light-emitting diode and manufacturing method thereof is provided. A thin film transistor having a gate, a source and a drain is formed over a substrate. An anode layer is formed over the substrate such that the anode layer connects electrically with the source terminal of the thin film transistor. An organic layer is formed to cover the anode layer and the thin film transistor. The organic layer between the source and the drain serves as a channel region of the thin film transistor. A cathode layer is formed over the organic layer. Since the molecules inside the organic layer are aligned in a direction from the source to the drain and perpendicular to a direction from the anode layer to the cathode layer, electron mobility at the channel region is enhanced and the emitting efficiency of the diode is increased.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube (CNT) field emission display has a cathode substrate having a cathode layer patterned on a glass substrate. The surface of the cathode layer is defined as a plurality of electron-emitting areas apart from each other, and a plurality of CNT structures is grown on the plurality of electron-emitting areas respectively.

Abstract: A packaging structure for an OLED/PLED device. The packaging structure has a glass substrate on which a luminescent element is completed, and a sealing cap bonded to the rim of the glass substrate so as to seal the luminescent element within an airtight space. Also, a sealing agent is disposed between the rims of the sealing cap and the glass substrate, wherein the sealing agent is an alloy with a low eutectic point about 100˜300° C.

Abstract: A housing structure used for a display device. A transparent substrate is provided with a completed luminescent device. The rim of the transparent substrate is bonded to the rim of a sealing cap to form an airtight space. A sealing structure with a first sealing layer and a second sealing layer is provided on the bonding rim between the sealing cap and the transparent substrate. The materials used to form the first sealing layer and the second sealing layer are different.

Abstract: Driving method and circuit of an organic light emitting diode, applied to an array of a plurality of organic light emitting diode. The array has several rows and columns of organic light emitting diodes. The row and column corresponding to the organic light emitting selected to illuminate are selected. A first voltage is applied to the selected column, and a second voltage is applied to the selected row. The difference between the first and second voltages is larger than the conducting voltage of the organic light emitting diode, so that the light emitting diode can illuminate. A third voltage and a fourth voltages are applied to other rows and columns which are not connected to the selected organic light emitting diode to provide a reverse bias to all the remaining light emitting diodes.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an emitter of a field emission display. A mixture of metal and silver paste with glass material is screen printed on a substrate as a silver electrode. The metal is selected from a hard solder alloy such as Al/Si alloy containing tin, zinc, aluminum or other low melting point metal. Alternatively, the metal and the silver paste with the glass material are separately screen printed on the substrate. The metal is selected from tin, zinc, aluminum, or an alloy with a low melting point such as aluminum/silicon alloy. A carbon nano-tube layer is formed on the silver electrode by coating the carbon nano-tube material with the electric arc. Alternately a catalyst layer can be formed on the silver electrode prior to the formation of the carbon nano-tube layer. A metal layer such as nickel and copper is formed on the carbon nano-tube layer to prevent the carbon nano-tube layer from absorbing gas.

Abstract: A light-emitting cell, includes a light-emitting material which can emit light in response to a collision of an electron beam; an electron-emitting unit having a carbon nanotube as an electron source for releasing the electron beam and emitting the electron beam to ram against the light-emitting material; and a gate disposed above the carbon nanotube for controlling the electron beam emitting from the carbon nanotube whether to pass through the gate to ram against the light-emitting material at a specific address wherein the gate comprises a network conductor including a first metal layer for determining an x-coordinate of the address, a second metal layer for determining a y-coordinate of the address, and an extracting electrode placed between the carbon nanotube and the first metal layer for extracting the electron beam from the carbon nanotube.

Abstract: A packaging method of electro-luminescence devices. By controlling the moisture and oxygen in an environment, a glass substrate with electro-luminescence devices and a glass covering plate corresponding thereto are provided. A frame glues with an opening is applied on each frame on the glass plate that corresponds to each electro-luminescence device on the substrate. The glass plate is laminated with the glass substrate via the frame glues. The glass substrate is cut into individual package including an electro-luminescence device enclosed by a part of the glass substrate, a part of the glass plate and the frame glue except that a side thereof is exposed to the environment via the opening. Each of the packages is disposed in a vacuum cavity with the opening facing the packaging material in a glue tub in the vacuum cavity. The pressure of the vacuum is raised up to a certain value to have the packaging material filling the cavity containing the electro-luminescence in the package.

Abstract: A method for driving a cold cathode flat fluorescent lamp (CCFFL). The method comprises the steps of generating a pulse-combined signal, applying the pulse-combined signal to an inverter driver circuit which is electrically connected to the CCFFL and causes it to light up, and adjusting the pulse width and the pulse period so that the CCFFL is at a maximum luminance while a luminance uniformity thereof is maximum. Based on the pulse width and the pulse period, the luminance uniformity of the CCFFL is constant while the CCFFL is adjusted for a desired luminance.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an organic light-emitting diode (LED). The organic light emitting diode is supported on an indium/tin oxide 110 (ITO) coated glass substrate 105. The organic light-emitting diode includes an amorphous-silicon (&agr;-Si) resistive layer 115 covering the ITO 110 coated glass substrate 105. The organic light-emitting diode 100 further includes a polyaniline (PANI) layer 120 covering the amorphous silicon (&agr;-Si) resistive layer 115 and an organic light emitting layer 125 overlying the PANI layer 120. And, the organic light-emitting diode 100 further has a conductive electrode layer 130 covering the light emitting layer 125. In a preferred embodiment, the amorphous silicon (&agr;-Si) resistive layer 115 functioning as a current limiting layer for limiting a current density conducted between the ITO 110 coated glass substrate 105 and the conductive electrode layer 130 under a maximum allowable current density of 1000 mA/cm2.