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High pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus

US7253568B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 2005
Grant dateAug 7, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a high pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus, has a structure to control decrease of illuminance on a screen which is thought to be a cause of wear of an anode in an early stage of the life span. The high pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus has a high pressure discharge lamp in which a pair of electrodes is arranged so as to face each other at an interval of 2 mm or less in an arc tube which is made of quartz glass, and mercury of 0.16 mg/mm3 or more, rare gas, and halogen of 1×10−6 to 1×10−2 μmol/mm3 is enclosed, and a power supply apparatus supplying direct current to the discharge lamp, wherein the power supply apparatus superimposes an alternating component on the direct current and impress the superimposed current to the discharge lamp.

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