Patent · US Expired

Fluorescent lamp with non-scattering phosphor

US4469980A · kind A · utility

13Cited by
10References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1981
Grant dateSep 4, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 21, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/44
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fluorescent lamp comprises a source of near ultraviolet radiation together with an outer shell at least partially surrounding the ultraviolet source and comprising an ultraviolet transmissive material, the shell having embedded or dissolved therein a phosphor material having an indexed refraction approximately, but not quite equal, to the index of refraction of the shell.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.