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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charlie McAndrew, Cypress, TX (US);
Assignee:
Innova Electronics, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/700 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for illuminating an electronic display such as an LCD. A single hot wire is connected to multiple capacitors each dedicated to a cold cathode fluorescent tube, and multiple tubes are incorporated to illuminate the electronic display. Multiple hot wires are eliminated to eliminate excessive electrical losses and to reduce manufacturing cost.