A capacitively coupled fluorescent lamp package having a capacitively coupled fluorescent lamp having cylindrical ceramic tubes is disclosed. The lamp package further includes an electronic driver or inverter circuit for driving the lamp and supply nodes for receiving a supply voltage. The inverter circuit is a conventional inverter circuit, such as, for example, current-fed push-pull, voltage-fed push-pull, active clamped Flyback, and voltage-fed half-bridge inverter circuits, used in conventional CCFLs. A ballast circuit may be connected to the inverter circuit for properly ballasting the lamp.