摘要 |
<p>A cold-cathode tube lamp is provided with a glass tube (1); first and second internal electrodes (2, 3) provided inside the glass tube; first and second external electrodes (4, 5) which are provided outside the glass tube and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively; and first and second insulating layers (8, 9) for covering the first and second external electrodes, respectively. The first and second insulating layers are brought into contact with first and second conductive members, which are not shown in the figure, respectively. The external electrodes and the conductive members are capacitively-coupled, and theexternal electrodes, the insulating layers and the conductive members configure a capacitor. Since the cold-cathode tube lamp is provided with the capacitor connected in series, even when the plurality of cold-cathode tube lamps are connected parallel, all the lamps can be lighted by applying an alternating voltage to the conductive members.</p> |