Liquid crystal display with back-light control function

Abstract

A liquid crystal display with a back-light control function is provided with a PWM dimmer driving circuit section for applying a PWM dimming to a fluorescent tube provided on the back surface of a liquid crystal panel by controlling an inverter section. The PWM dimming frequency by the PWM dimmer driving circuit section is set such that m flashes occur (m is an integer of not less than n, and is not a multiple of n) in n screen display periods of the liquid crystal panel (n is an integer of not less than 2), for example, 5 frequency occurs in 2 display periods. Based on a display panel vertical synchronizing signal corresponding to the vertical driving frequency of the liquid crystal panel, the PWM dimmer driving circuit section controls the inverter section while synchronizing a lighting timing of the fluorescent tube with a driving timing of the liquid crystal panel. As a result, an occurrence of flicker and flutter can be prevented effectively. Moreover, a sound noise generated in the inverter section can be reduced. Furthermore, variations in dimming can be reduced.

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