A backlight inverter for an LCD panel which is capable of detecting a fault in a transformer device or an open-lamp condition and performing a control operation to stop its operation upon detecting the fault in the transformer device or the open-lamp condition. The inverter supplies a PWM signal through a switch in normal operation. The inverter also detects a voltage corresponding to current flowing through each lamp in a lamp device and determines from the detected voltage whether the open-lamp condition has occurred. The inverter further detects a voltage at a midpoint of secondary windings of the transformer device and determines from the detected voltage whether the fault exists in the transformer device. In the event of the open-lamp condition or the fault in the transformer device, the inverter turns off the switch.

 
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