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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
Hitoshi Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A self-excited inverter circuit, includes: a booster transformer with a secondary coil, a feedback coil, and a primary coil respectively wound thereon, the primary coil including a center tap to which operating power can be supplied; a first N-channel FET having a drain to which is connected one terminal of the primary coil, and having a gate to which is connected one terminal of the feedback coil; and a second N-channel FET having a drain to which is connected the other terminal of the primary coil, and having a gate to which is connected the other terminal of the feedback coil, wherein: using a high voltage drive output generated in the secondary coil when the first and second N-channel FETs are turned on alternately, a discharge tube is driven and turned on; and the first and second N-channel FETs are both formed in a single package.