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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2007
Applicants:

Tatsuhisa Shimura, Tokyo, JP;

Osamu Sengoku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tatsuhisa Shimura, Tokyo, JP;

Osamu Sengoku, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 41/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An inverter circuit includes a power supply which outputs an alternating current voltage, an inverter transformer having one primary coil connected to an output terminal of the power supply and pairs of secondary coils which supply an alternating current high voltage, induced by the one primary coil, to pairs of discharge tubes and a plurality of balance transformers having primary coils serially connected between respective pairs of the pairs of secondary coils of the inverter transformer, and having secondary coils corresponding to the primary coils of the plurality of balance transformers, wherein the secondary coils of the plurality of balance transformers are serially connected to form a loop.


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