Liquid crystal display, backlight of such display, and a method of lighting a liquid crystal display

摘要

A liquid crystal display includes a backlight device which having a housing in which at least one tube-like fluorescent lamp is present. The housing forms a substantially dust-proof space. Part of the lamp extends outside the housing through a wall of the housing, which wall abuts against the lamp in a substantially dust-tight manner at the location where the lamp passes through the wall.