| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display in which constant electric power is supplied to a lamp without depending on the scanning duty of the lamp so as to obtain desired brightness, and decrease in reliability of the lamp due to deterioration of the lamp can be prevented by suppressing the current supplied to the lamp not to exceed a set upper limit. <P>SOLUTION: The liquid crystal display includes a lamp 110 for emitting light, a timing controller 102 for generating a lamp control signal to control a light-on time of the lamp 110, and an inverter 108 for controlling light-on and light-off of the lamp 110 according to the lamp control signal while maintaining the electric power constant supplied to the lamp 110 regardless of the light-on time for the lamp 110 and regulating the current in the lamp 110 not to exceed the set value. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
