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Electrodeless lamp system

US6774581B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 2002
Grant dateAug 10, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/54
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an electrodeless lamp system, including a microwave generator generating microwaves, a microwave resonator including a cavity coupled with the microwave generator and an LC resonance circuit constituted with an inductor and a capacitor so as to make the microwaves trapped inside the cavity to resonate with the LC resonance circuit, and a light-emitting unit coupled with the cavity to form plasma by the resonating microwaves so as to emit light.

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