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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1986
Masaru Yamano, Hirakata, JP;
Katsuhiro Hinotani, Shijonawate, JP;
Hajime Hayama, Nara, JP;
Shunichi Kishimoto, Kaizuka, JP;
Nobutake Kawamori, Moriguchi, JP;
Katsumi Terada, Hirakata, JP;
Kazuhiro Kono, Hirakata, JP;
Yasuo Funozo, Hirakata, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a flat luminescent lamp fitted to an under surface of the liquid crystalline TV display panel to backlight its image, a pair of the electrode plates 14 of cold cathode type are opposingly positioned in the cavity. The electrode plate has a concave cross section, auxiliary electrodes on each electrode plate project toward the other electrode plate from both terminations and has a lead plate projecting outwardly in the same direction as the extract tube of the lamp.