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RF fluorescent lighting system

US5382879A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 15, 1994
Grant dateJan 17, 1995
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J65/046
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fluorescent lighting system that includes a gas containment vessel having an internal phosphor coating and containing an ionizable gas, field concentrator electrodes supported inside or outside the gas containment vessel, and an RF power source coupled directly or capacitively to the field concentrator electrodes.

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