Patent · US Expired

Shrouded pin electrode structure for RF excited gas discharge light sources

US5384515A · kind A · utility

6Cited by
4References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 2, 1992
Grant dateJan 24, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 2, 2012

Classification

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

Abstract

A shrouded pin electrode structure including an elongated pin that extends into the volume of a gas containment structure of an RF excited gas discharge light source and is physically isolated from the discharge gas contained in the volume of the gas containment structure by a shroud structure made for example of a gas impermeable dielectric coating or closed end tube.

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