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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Applicant:
Sin Kyun Park, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Inventor:
Sin Kyun Park, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Assignee:
LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A backlight unit includes at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp arranged at a lower end of a bottom cover, external electrode fluorescent lamps arranged on the bottom cover above the cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and inverters disposed on a rear side of the bottom cover for driving the at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp and the external electrode fluorescent lamps.