Patent ID: 7753578

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; a back light unit disposed behind the liquid crystal display panel; wherein the back light unit has a first lamp tube and a second lamp tube; the first lamp tube and the second lamp tube having a shape elongated in a first direction; the first lamp tube and the second lamp tube have no inside electrode; the first lamp tube has a first outside electrode disposed at one end portion thereof and a second outside electrode disposed at another end portion thereof; the first lamp tube is discharged between the first outside electrode and the second outside electrode such that the first lamp tube irradiates light therebetween; the second lamp tube has a third outside electrode disposed at one end portion thereof and a fourth outside electrode disposed at another end portion thereof; the second lamp tube is discharged between the third outside electrode and the fourth outside electrode such that the second lamp tube irradiates light therebetween; the first lamp tube and the second lamp tube are adjacent to each other; a first conductive member directly electrically connects the first outside electrode of the first lamp tube and the third outside electrode of the second lamp tube such that the first outside electrode and the third outside electrode have a substantially same electric potential; a second conductive member which is separate from the first conductive member directly electrically connects the second outside electrode of the first lamp tube and the fourth outside electrode of the second lamp tube such that the second outside electrode and the fourth outside electrode have a substantially same electric potential; the first conductive member has a first portion which has a shape elongated in a second direction which crosses the first direction; the second conductive member has a second portion which has a shape elongated in the second direction; a distance between the first portion of the first conductive member and the second portion of the second conductive member is shorter than a length of the first lamp tube.