Driving apparatus of discharge tube lamp

Abstract

A driving apparatus of a discharge tube lamp includes a voltage source; a plurality of AC conversion circuits for boosting a voltage supplied from the voltage source and generating a plurality of boosted AC signals; a plurality of discharge tubes for receiving the boosted AC signals and emitting a plurality of lights; a plurality of detection circuits arranged between each of the plurality of AC conversion circuits and a ground voltage source for detecting a voltage supplied to each of the plurality of discharge tubes; and a controller arranged between the voltage source and each of the plurality of the AC conversion circuits for controlling the voltage supplied to the plurality of AC conversion circuits in accordance with a plurality of detection signals supplied from the plurality of detection circuits.

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