Patent ID: 7798671

Claim:
A display device comprising: a plurality of pairs of fluorescent tubes arranged at the back of a display area of a display panel, wherein each fluorescent tube in each pair of fluorescent tubes includes a light emission portion separate from the light emission portion of any other fluorescent tube, and said fluorescent tubes paired in each pair are connected in series having an electrical connection connecting one electrode of a first fluorescent tube to an electrode of a second fluorescent tube of the pair of fluorescent tubes; wherein another electrode of said first fluorescent tube is connected to a first inverter circuit, and another electrode of said second fluorescent tube is connected to a second inverter circuit; wherein said pairs of fluorescent tubes are arranged at irregular intervals; wherein an arrangement interval between said fluorescent tubes paired in one pair of fluorescent tubes is the same as that of every other pair of fluorescent tubes, and wherein the arrangement intervals of the respective pairs of fluorescent tubes are narrowest in the vicinity of a predetermined boundary in the arrangement direction.