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High-pressure discharge lamp with sealed UV-enhancer

US5942840A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 22, 1997
Grant dateAug 24, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/82
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high-pressure discharge lamp is disclosed having a discharge vessel, an outer bulb enclosing said discharge vessel and defining an intervening space therebetween, a UV-enhancer positioned in the space between the outer bulb and the discharge vessel, the UV-enhancer provided with a wall fabricated of a ceramic material and an internal electrode, wherein an end portion of the UV-enhancer is closed with a compressive seal.

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