A coupled lamp driving device is described, comprising an
alternating current (AC) power supply providing a sine-wave to two ends of each of a plurality of coupled transformers each having a primary side connected to each other at a primary side thereof and a
secondary side; the plurality of coupled transformers connected to each other at the primary side thereof directing the sine-wave
signal from the
AC power supply to the two sides of the primary side of each of the coupled transformers and connected to an end of one of a plurality of lamps at one end of the
secondary side thereof and connected to a
reference level at the other end thereof, and the plurality of lamps each having the other end connected to a
reference level. Since the primary sides of the coupled transformers are connected in series, a current flown on the primary side of each of the coupled transformers is equal to each other, respectively. Further, since the numbers of coils of the primary and secondary sides, respectively, are equal to each other, currents flown on the
secondary side of each of the coupled transformers are also the same. Therefore, the luminance of each of the plurality of lamps can be maintained uniformly.