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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Applicant:
Hitoshi Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hitoshi Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A liquid crystal televisiondisplays an image on a liquid crystal display by transmitting a light source from a backlight unit. The backlight unitdrives two cold-cathode tubesas the backlightat the high frequency voltages each with different polarity generated by a self-excited inverter circuitto generate a light source. The backlight unitconnects an inter-lamp coil Lbetween two U-shaped cold-cathode tubesto form a series circuit, and further connects capacitors C, Cin parallel with the cold-cathode tubes