Patent ID: 8194203

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal panel; and a backlight for illuminating said liquid crystal panel, characterized in that when the side of said liquid crystal panel on which said backlight is placed is a rear side and the side of said liquid crystal panel which is opposite to the rear side of said liquid crystal panel is a front side, said backlight has: a housing having a side with an opening; a number of fluorescent lamps in long tube form which are placed inside said housing; and a light source drive circuit with a coil which drives said number of fluorescent lamps, wherein said number of fluorescent lamps are placed at the bottom of a lower frame which forms said housing, the bottom of said lower frame has such a form that a recess towards the front side is provided at a predetermined location, said light source drive circuit is placed on the rear side of said lower frame and in a region in the recess towards the front side at the bottom of said lower frame, and a metal plate is provided between the rear side of said lower frame and the coil mounted in said light source drive circuit.