Patent ID: 7283186

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, the display comprising: a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixel rows, each of which includes a plurality of pixels, wherein the liquid crystal panel has a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of data electrodes, which extend in directions to intersect each other, and wherein each pixel is formed at the intersecting portion of one of the scanning electrodes and one of the data electrodes, and each pixel is driven in accordance with the voltage applied to the corresponding scanning electrode and the corresponding data electrode; and a backlight located at the rear of the liquid crystal panel, wherein the backlight includes a plurality of thin-film organic electroluminescent elements, which extend along the lengthwise direction of the scanning electrodes, wherein each organic electroluminescent element emits white light independently from the other organic electroluminescent elements, and each organic electroluminescent element corresponds to at least one of the scanning electrodes, and wherein light emitted from one of the organic electroluminescent elements is radiated at a pixel row that is activated in synchronization with the light emission of the organic electroluminescent element.