Appellant’s invention relates to a flat lamp for emitting light in a
backlight assembly used in liquid display devices. According to Appellant
(Specification 5), placing the electric field generating means along opposing
lateral sides of the channel into which an arc-discharging gas in injected
reduces delay time for turning the lamp on despite applying low voltage. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
independent claim 15, which is reproduced as follows:
15. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a LCD panel;
a backlight assembly disposed adjacent to the LCD panel,
wherein the backlight unit comprises:
a bottom having a channel uniformly crossing an entire surface
thereof;
an arc-discharging gas injected into the channel;
a cover disposed on an upper junction surface of the bottom;
and
an electric field generating means for generating an electric
field, wherein the electric field generating means is disposed
along opposing lateral sides of the channel.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references:
Tyler US 6,373,185 B1 Apr. 16, 2002
(filed Jan. 22, 1999)
Paolini US 6,768,525 B2 Jul. 27, 2004
(filed Dec. 1, 2000)
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