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Discharge lamp and method of making same

US4303848A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 1979
Grant dateDec 1, 1981
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Expiry dateAug 29, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/04
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a discharge lamp comprising a sintered electrode comprising a high temperature melting metal such as tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum or mixtures thereof as a main ingredient of the sintered electrode and an electron emissive material of an alkaline earth metal or compound thereof, the sintered electrode further comprising at least one oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of yttrium, zirconium and aluminum.

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