Multiple layer composite electrodes for discharge lamps and low temperature co-sintering method for producing the same
US5847497A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J61/067
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Lamps that include composite sintered electrodes with improved properties that make them suitable for use in a variety of lamp types, are provided by a method for producing electrodes which comprise a refractory metal and a refractory emitter oxide, either single layer or multiple layer, the composites having been subjected to sintering at an elevated temperature effective to form a composite electrode having a density of at least 85%, preferably in the presence of a sintering activator, such as for example, Ni, or mixture thereof with a sintering aid such as, for example Li.sub.2 O.
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