Patent · US Expired

Luminescent material for mercury discharge lamp including phosphor and a continuous protective layer

US5604396A · kind A · utility

60Cited by
1References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 29, 1994
Grant dateFeb 18, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/46
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A luminescent material for a mercury discharge lamp comprises a phosphor material including phosphor particles for emitting a luminous flux upon excitation by ultraviolet radiation at 254 nm and a protective layer continuously formed on the phosphor particle with at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of MgO, Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, La.sub.2 O.sub.3, Sm.sub.2 O.sub.3, Gd.sub.2 O.sub.3, Dy.sub.2 O.sub.3, Ho.sub.2 O.sub.3, Er.sub.2 O.sub.3, Yb.sub.2 O.sub.3, Lu.sub.2 O.sub.3, CaO, ZrO.sub.2, SrO, BaO, .alpha.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and BeO. A mercury discharge lamp has a luminescent layer coated with the luminescent material on the wall of the light transmissive bulb thereof.

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