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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
May. 13, 2009
Shih-chang Lee, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Yi-min Huang, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Chung-shu Lee, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A two-stage balancer for a multi-lamp backlight is electrically connected to a driving unit through a driving transformer. The two-stage balancer includes a plurality of first balancing transformers, second balancing transformers, and lighting units. Each of the first balancing transformers is electrically connected to the corresponding second balancing transformers to form a two-stage structure. In addition, a primary winding and a secondary winding of the second balancing transformer is electrically connected in series to one lighting unit, respectively, to form a circuit loop. Further, each of the circuit loops is electrically connected in parallel. Whereby the two-stage balancer provides much better current balance between the parallel circuit loops, and outputs a sinusoid-like driving current to increase lighting efficacy and further maintain uniform brightness of the multi-lamp backlight.