US Patent 7397460 Display device including lamp driving circuit

A display device includes a display panel; a plurality of lamps facing the display panel and arranged in parallel; and at least one transformer connected to the plurality of lamps, wherein the at least one transformer is disposed at a lower portion of the display device adjacent to a ground. A transformer may include a driving transformer and a compensation transformer, where the compensation transformer may be connected to one or more lower lamps and the driving transformer may be connected to the remainder of the lamps. The output voltages of the compensation transformer and the driving transformer may differ.