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Device for generating UV radiation

US7298077B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

15Claims

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Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Thomas Justel · Witten, DE
Heinrich von Busch · Aachen, DE
Gero Heusler · Eindhoven, NL
Walter Mayr · Alsdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 26, 2003
Grant date	Nov 20, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 26, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC09K11/778
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device for generating ultraviolet radiation by an excimer discharge is equipped with an at least partly UV-transparent discharge vessel whose discharge space is filled with a gas filling. The device includes electrodes for triggering and maintaining the excimer discharge in the discharge space. The device further has a coating that contains a phosphor including a host lattice and neodymium(III) as an activator.

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