Patent ID: 7248245

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal sandwiched between said first substrate and said second substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix on said second substrate, a counter electrode provided on one of said first substrate and said second substrate and a plurality of switching elements connected to said respective plurality of pixel electrodes; a display drive control unit for driving said liquid crystal sandwiched between each of said pixel electrodes and said counter electrode by switching each of said switching elements to apply a voltage to each of said pixel electrodes; a lighting unit having LEDs emitting light of respective red, green and blue colors, and applying said light of each color toward said liquid crystal display panel; and a lighting drive control unit for making said LED of each color perform time-division light emission in synchronization with the switching of each of said switching elements, wherein said lighting drive control unit comprises a switching transformer which generates a drive voltage for said LED of each color at its secondary side based on a light emission control signal input to its primary side, and said switching transformer comprises a primary winding and a secondary winding at the primary side and the secondary side, respectively, said secondary winding comprising an output tap at some midpoint of the winding, and wherein at least one of said LEDs of respective colors is connected to an end portion of said secondary winding and one of remaining LEDs is connected to said output tap.