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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Min-soo Choi, Cheonan-si, KR;
Osamu Sengoku, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuhisa Shimura, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inverter circuit for a backlight device includes an inverter transformer which supplies a high AC voltage to a plurality of discharge tubes, a filter circuit connected to an output terminal of the inverter transformer, and an abnormal discharge detection circuit. The filter circuit passes a current signal having a high frequency component of the high AC voltage to the abnormal discharge detection circuit, and the abnormal discharge detection circuit detects an abnormal discharge current based on the current signal.
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