| 摘要 |
An external electrode fluorescent lamp has external electrodes at opposite ends. The portions provided with the external electrodes are bent so that their axes are orthogonal to the axis of a light emitting sections. A conventional external electrode fluorescent lamp is not bent in its portions provided with external electrodes. Since the external electrodes of the external electrodes fluorescent lamps serve concurrently as holding sections for the fluorescent lamps the axial length is made greater than the outer diameter so as to provide sufficient strength. The width of the frame section of the fluorescent lamp of the invention when mounted on a backlight unit is smaller than the width of the frame section of conventional fluorescent lamp. Therefore, the effective light emitting area of the backlight unit can be enlarged.
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