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Arc discharge lamp with integral trigger electrode

US3993922A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 5, 1976
Grant dateNov 23, 1976
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Expiry dateJan 5, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/547
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high voltage xenon filled flash tube has a trigger conductor wire embedded in the glass envelope of the tube or in an aluminum reflector on the tube. The wire does not penetrate the glass envelope nor enter the gas filled volume through which arc discharge occurs.

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