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Discharge tube arrangement

US5086258A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 1990
Grant dateFeb 4, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrodeless discharge tube containing a fill which comprises a metal carbonyl complex. Such a complex will be sufficiently volatile to produce a vapor pressure in a discharge tube in which a discharge can be generated. The discharge so generated emits a mixture of visible and infra-red radiation.

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