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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2007
Applicants:

Erin L. Price, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Asim M. Siddiqui, Austin, TX (US);

James A. Yasukawa, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Inventors:

Erin L. Price, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Asim M. Siddiqui, Austin, TX (US);

James A. Yasukawa, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); G09G 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods for backlighting an image display by independently driving multiple backlights for the display. The display may be, for example, a LCD display panel of a portable information handling system such as a battery-powered notebook computer that employs two or more cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) for backlighting the LCD display. The multiple backlights may be independently driven, for example, using a common inverter that is capable of independently driving two or more backlight lamps, or by driving each backlight lamp with a separate inverter.


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