JP2004152715A - Planar fluorescent lamp - Google Patents

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JP2004152715A
JP2004152715A JP2002319243A JP2002319243A JP2004152715A JP 2004152715 A JP2004152715 A JP 2004152715A JP 2002319243 A JP2002319243 A JP 2002319243A JP 2002319243 A JP2002319243 A JP 2002319243A JP 2004152715 A JP2004152715 A JP 2004152715A
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Makoto Yasuda
誠 安田
Yasushi Ikuta
靖 生田
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Hitachi Lighting Ltd
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low cost planar fluorescent lamp of which the light is released in one direction. <P>SOLUTION: In a discharge container provided with translucency on at least one planar surface, at least light reflecting material is coated on an inside surface of the surface opposite to the surface from which the light is taken out. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、例えば液晶パネル用バックライト等の平板型光源、平面状の照明用光源に用いて好適な平面状に発光する平板型蛍光ランプに関するものである。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
液晶パネルは薄形軽量であり、かつ低消費電力であるため、ビデオカメラ等の携帯用機器や、パソコン、テレビ等各種の情報映像デバイスとして広く使用されている。しかし、液晶自体は発光素子ではなく、表示のためには液晶パネルの背面から光を供給するバックライトが必要である。
【0003】
従来用いられているバックライトは、水銀と希ガスを封入した冷陰極蛍光ランプとアクリル樹脂製の導光体を組み合わせたものが主であるが、携帯用の液晶表示装置のバックライトとして小電力の平板型光源も使用されている。
【0004】
例えば特開2000−149869号公報に記載されている従来の平板型光源は、断面が扁平状の放電空間を有し、内面に蛍光体が塗布された密閉容器で構成され、上記密閉容器内に表面が誘電体で覆われている一対の放電電極が設けられており、放電空間にはキセノンとアルゴンの混合ガスが封入されている。本構造による平板型蛍光ランプは、電極間に高周波電圧を印加することにより放電空間内に希ガス放電が発生し、これにより蛍光体が励起されて発光し、外部に放射される。
【0005】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
従来の平板型蛍光ランプでは、放電容器の両面に蛍光体を塗布している。このため、片方向のみに光を取り出す場合は、光を取り出す面の蛍光体を薄く塗布し、反対面の蛍光体を厚く塗布して蛍光体層の中で反射させていた。この場合、反対面の蛍光体を厚く塗布するため、高価な蛍光体の使用量が多くなり、価格の高いものとなっていた。本発明は、蛍光体の使用量を減らして、原価を低減しようとするものである。
【0006】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上記課題を解決するために、本発明では平板状をした少なくとも片面が透光性を有する放電容器において、透光性を有する面の内面には蛍光体が塗布され、他の面の内面には光反射材および蛍光体が塗布されているように構成する。
【0007】
また、本発明では平板状をした少なくとも片面が透光性を有する放電容器において、透光性を有する面の内面には蛍光体が塗布され、他の面の内面には光反射材が塗布されているように構成する。
【0008】
【発明の実施の形態】
つぎに本発明の実施の形態を図面を用いて詳細に説明する。
【0009】
図1は本発明による平板型蛍光ランプの一実施例の一部切欠き図である。図において1は板ガラス状の前面板、2は薄皿状の背面板で、ともにソーダガラスでできている。前面板1と背面板2は封着ガラス(図示せず)で封着され、密閉構造となっている。3および4は対になる電極であり、前面板1の内面に印刷されている。さらに電極3,4の放電空間に接する部分では、その上に誘電体膜5が厚膜印刷され、電極3,4を覆っている。
【0010】
前面板1の内面には蛍光体7が塗布されている。背面板2の内面には酸化チタンなどでできた光反射膜8が塗布され、その上に蛍光体9が塗布されている。容器内にはXe,Ne,Arの混合ガスが封入されている。
【0011】
図1の平板型蛍光ランプの動作は次の様になる。放電中でXeより発光した紫外光は蛍光体7および9に到達し、可視光に変換される。この時蛍光体9から背面板の方向に出た光は、反射膜8で前面板側に反射される。このため、もともと前面板の方向に出射する光と合わせて、前面板の輝度を高くし、大きな光量を取り出すことができる。本実施例では、背面板の方向に出た光を反射させるために、酸化チタンを用いたので、安価なランプが実現できた。
【0012】
本実施例は、変形・応用が可能である。例えば容器は板ガラス状の前面板と背面板とし、側面を別の側面用ガラス板を用いて、これらを封着して構成してもよい。また、電極上の誘電体膜の上にさらにMgO膜を形成してもよい。封入物としてHgとArガスであってもよい。
【0013】
また、背面板には蛍光体膜を設けず、反射膜のみの構成でもよい。図1の実施例において、Xe分圧を比較的高圧力にした場合は、放電から放射される紫外線に、波長172nmの紫外線の割合が多くなる。このとき放電ガスによる再吸収を受けないため、紫外線自身が前面板まで到着して可視光に変換されるからである。
【0014】
【発明の効果】
本発明によれば、片方向に光を取り出す平板型蛍光ランプの場合に、高価な蛍光体の使用量を減らして、安価な製品を提供できるようになる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明による平板型蛍光ランプの一実施例の部分断面斜視図。
【符号の説明】
1…前面板、2…背面板、3、4…電極、5…誘電体膜、7、9…蛍光体、8…反射膜。
[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a flat-type fluorescent lamp that emits light in a flat shape suitable for use as a flat-type light source such as a backlight for a liquid crystal panel and a flat-type illumination light source.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Liquid crystal panels are widely used as portable devices such as video cameras, and various information and video devices such as personal computers and televisions because of their thinness and light weight and low power consumption. However, the liquid crystal itself is not a light emitting element, and a backlight for supplying light from the back of the liquid crystal panel is required for display.
[0003]
Conventional backlights mainly use a combination of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp filled with mercury and a rare gas and a light guide made of acrylic resin.However, as a backlight for portable liquid crystal display devices, low power is used. Are also used.
[0004]
For example, a conventional flat light source described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-149869 has a discharge space having a flat cross section, and is formed of a sealed container having a phosphor applied to the inner surface. A pair of discharge electrodes, the surfaces of which are covered with a dielectric, are provided, and the discharge space is filled with a mixed gas of xenon and argon. In the flat-type fluorescent lamp according to the present structure, a rare gas discharge is generated in the discharge space by applying a high-frequency voltage between the electrodes, whereby the phosphor is excited to emit light and is emitted to the outside.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In a conventional flat-type fluorescent lamp, a phosphor is applied to both surfaces of a discharge vessel. For this reason, when light is extracted only in one direction, the phosphor on the surface from which light is extracted is applied thinly, and the phosphor on the opposite surface is applied thickly and reflected in the phosphor layer. In this case, since the phosphor on the opposite surface is thickly applied, the amount of expensive phosphor used increases and the price is high. The present invention aims to reduce the cost by reducing the amount of phosphor used.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problem, in the present invention, in a discharge vessel having at least one side having a plate shape and having a light transmitting property, a phosphor is applied to an inner surface of a light transmitting surface, and The light reflecting material and the phosphor are configured to be applied.
[0007]
Further, in the present invention, in a flat discharge vessel having at least one surface that is translucent, a phosphor is applied to the inner surface of the translucent surface, and a light reflecting material is applied to the inner surface of the other surface. To be configured.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0009]
FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway view of one embodiment of a flat fluorescent lamp according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a front plate in the form of a glass plate, and 2 denotes a back plate in the form of a thin dish, both of which are made of soda glass. The front plate 1 and the back plate 2 are sealed with a sealing glass (not shown) to form a closed structure. Reference numerals 3 and 4 denote pairs of electrodes, which are printed on the inner surface of the front plate 1. Further, in a portion where the electrodes 3 and 4 are in contact with the discharge space, a thick dielectric film 5 is printed thereon to cover the electrodes 3 and 4.
[0010]
A phosphor 7 is applied to the inner surface of the front plate 1. A light reflection film 8 made of titanium oxide or the like is applied on the inner surface of the back plate 2, and a phosphor 9 is applied thereon. A mixed gas of Xe, Ne, and Ar is sealed in the container.
[0011]
The operation of the flat fluorescent lamp of FIG. 1 is as follows. Ultraviolet light emitted from Xe during discharge reaches phosphors 7 and 9 and is converted into visible light. At this time, light emitted from the phosphor 9 toward the rear plate is reflected by the reflection film 8 toward the front plate. For this reason, the luminance of the front plate can be increased together with the light originally emitted in the direction of the front plate, and a large amount of light can be extracted. In this embodiment, since titanium oxide was used to reflect the light emitted in the direction of the back plate, an inexpensive lamp was realized.
[0012]
This embodiment can be modified and applied. For example, the container may be constituted by a front glass plate and a rear glass plate, and the side surfaces thereof may be sealed by using another side glass plate. Further, an MgO film may be further formed on the dielectric film on the electrode. Hg and Ar gas may be used as the filling.
[0013]
Further, the back plate may not be provided with the phosphor film, and may be constituted only by the reflection film. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, when the Xe partial pressure is set to a relatively high pressure, the ratio of the ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 172 nm to the ultraviolet light radiated from the discharge increases. At this time, since no re-absorption is caused by the discharge gas, the ultraviolet light itself reaches the front plate and is converted into visible light.
[0014]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, in the case of a flat fluorescent lamp that extracts light in one direction, the amount of expensive phosphor used can be reduced, and an inexpensive product can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, of one embodiment of a flat fluorescent lamp according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Front plate, 2 ... Back plate, 3/4 ... Electrode, 5 ... Dielectric film, 7, 9 ... Phosphor, 8 ... Reflection film.

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平板状をした少なくとも片面が透光性を有する放電容器と、放電容器の内側にあって誘電体に覆われ、平行に配置された一対の電極と、放電空間にXeまたはXeを含む2種以上の希ガスの混合ガスまたはHgと希ガスとの混合物が封入され、透光性を有する面の内面には蛍光体が塗布され、他の面の内面には光反射材および蛍光体が塗布されていることを特徴とする平板型蛍光ランプ。A discharge vessel having a plate-like shape and having at least one surface having translucency, a pair of electrodes disposed inside and parallel to the discharge vessel and covered with a dielectric, and two or more kinds including Xe or Xe in the discharge space A mixture of a rare gas or a mixture of Hg and a rare gas is sealed, and a phosphor is applied to the inner surface of the light-transmitting surface, and a light reflecting material and a phosphor are applied to the inner surface of the other surface. A flat-type fluorescent lamp. 平板状をした少なくとも片面が透光性を有する放電容器と、放電容器の内側にあって誘電体に覆われ、平行に配置された一対の電極と、放電空間にXeまたはXeを含む2種以上の希ガスの混合ガスまたはHgと希ガスとの混合物が封入され、透光性を有する面の内面には蛍光体が塗布され、他の面の内面には光反射材が塗布されていることを特徴とする平板型蛍光ランプ。A discharge vessel having a plate-like shape and having at least one surface having translucency, a pair of electrodes disposed inside and parallel to the discharge vessel and covered with a dielectric, and two or more kinds including Xe or Xe in the discharge space A mixture of a rare gas or a mixture of Hg and a rare gas is sealed, a phosphor is applied to the inner surface of the light-transmitting surface, and a light reflecting material is applied to the inner surface of the other surface. A flat fluorescent lamp.
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