Patent ID: 7660089

Claim:
A panel television that includes a voltage rise suppression circuit that suppresses an excessive rise in an output voltage under a control of a microcomputer that monitors a voltage output line of a flyback power supply circuit, and that displays a picture on a flat panel display according to a television signal while being supplied a supply voltage from the flyback power supply circuit, comprising: the flyback power supply circuit is controlled based on a feedback signal that is fed back over the voltage output line; the voltage rise suppression circuit includes: a first Zener diode having a cathode coupled with the voltage output line and having an anode that is grounded; a second Zener diode having a cathode coupled with the voltage output line; dividing resistors having one terminal coupled with an anode of the second Zener diode and having the other terminal grounded; a first transistor having a base coupled with a junction point between the dividing resistors via a first resistor and having an emitter that is grounded; a second transistor having a base coupled with the junction point between the dividing resistors via a second resistor and having an emitter that is grounded; and a microcomputer having an undervoltage detection terminal that is connected to a collector of the first transistor and to which a fixed voltage is externally applied and a power supply terminal that is connected to a collector of the second transistor and via which a P-ON-H signal that starts the flyback power supply circuit when the power supply is turned on is transmitted; when the output voltage rises, a Zener current flows through the second Zener diode, a voltage is developed at the junction point, and the voltage is applied to the bases of the first and second transistors respectively; the first and second transistors are turned on; the voltage at the undervoltage detection terminal is routed to a ground, and the P-ON-H signal to be sent to the flyback power supply circuit via the power supply terminal is also routed to the ground; the power supply circuit stops and the output voltage drops; when the output voltage drops to fall within a normal range, the Zener current does not flow through the second Zener diode any longer; the first and second transistors are turned off, and the undervoltage detection terminal and power supply terminal are not grounded any longer; and the P-ON-H signal sent via the power supply terminal reaches the flyback power supply circuit to start the power supply circuit; and the microcomputer obtains the voltage at the undervoltage detection terminal at intervals of a predetermined number of times; and when the microcomputer detects a voltage equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage plurality of consecutive times, the microcomputer ceases the transmission of the P-ON-H signal via the power supply terminal.