Patent ID: 8289477

Claim:
A backlight apparatus that is used in a liquid crystal display apparatus having a liquid crystal panel as a display screen, the backlight apparatus comprising: a substrate having an opposed section placed opposite a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel; a plurality of light emitting diodes placed with nonuniform placement density on the opposed section; a diffuser plate upon which light emitted from the plurality of light emitting diodes is input and that has a diffusing action on the input light and outputs diffused light toward the liquid crystal panel side; and a current supplying section that supplies to the plurality of light emitting diodes a current that causes the plurality of light emitting diodes to emit light that illuminates the liquid crystal panel, wherein: the current supplying section supplies a lower current to a light emitting diode placed in an area having a higher ambient temperature within an area of the opposed section in proximity to a liquid crystal driver controlling a drive voltage of the liquid crystal panel; a light emitting diode to which a lower current is supplied is placed with highest placement density adjacent to another light emitting diode; and a light emitting diode placed at a position having the lowest placement density emits more widely-distributed light than that of a light emitting diode placed at a position having the highest placement density.