公开(公告)号：HU0104749A2

公开(公告)日：2002-03-28

申请号：HU0104749

申请日：1999-11-12

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： FRANCIS LORRAINE F ,  KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A

IPC: H01J9/395 ,  H01J9/20 ,  H01J9/22 ,  H01J9/40 ,  H01J61/35 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H01J17/16

Abstract: A lamp bulb (1) includes a light transmissive envelope (2), a fill material disposed inside the envelope including a rare earth metal which forms a plasma discharge when excited, and a coating (3) disposed on an interior surface of the envelope which inhibits reaction between the plasma discharge and the envelope (2), wherein the coating (3) comprises an oxide of the same rare earth metal of the fill material. A process for coating the interior of a lamp bulb envelope (2) includes preparing a sol gel solution having a precursor of the desired coating, introducing the sol gel solution into a lamp preform, distributing the sol gel along an interior surface of the bulb, and drying and firing the sol gel to obtain the coated bulb.

公开(公告)号：BR9906932A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-10

申请号：BR9906932

申请日：1999-01-11

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： MACLENNAN DONALD A ,  TURNER BRIAN P ,  GITSEVICH ALEKSANDR ,  BASS GARY K ,  DOLAN JAMES T ,  KIPLING KENT ,  KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A ,  LENG YONGZHANG ,  LEVIN IZRAIL ,  SHANKS BRUCE ,  SMITH MALCOLM ,  TRIMBLE WILLIAM C ,  TSAI PETER ,  ROY ROBERT J

IPC: H01J61/12 ,  H01J61/52 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/24

Abstract: A high frequency inductively coupled electrodeless lamp includes an excitation coil with an effective electrical length which is less than one half wavelength of a driving frequency applied thereto, preferably much less. The driving frequency may be greater than 100 MHz and is preferably as high as 915 MHz. Preferably, the excitation coil is configured as a non-helical, semi-cylindrical conductive surface having less than one turn, in the general shape of a wedding ring. At high frequencies, the current in the coil forms two loops which are spaced apart and parallel to each other. Configured appropriately, the coil approximates a Helmholtz configuration. The lamp preferably utilizes a bulb encased in a reflective ceramic cup with a pre-formed aperture defined therethrough. The ceramic cup may include structural features to aid in alignment and/or a flanged face to aid in thermal management. The lamp head is preferably an integrated lamp head comprising a metal matrix composite surrounding an insulating ceramic with the excitation integrally formed on the ceramic. A novel solid-state oscillator preferably provides RF power to the lamp. The oscillator is a single active element device capable of providing over 70 watts of power at over 70 % efficiency. Various control circuits may be employed to match the driving frequency of the oscillator to a plurality of tuning states of the lamp.

公开(公告)号：AU2003241581A1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-31

申请号：AU2003241581

申请日：2003-06-13

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： TARRILLO ALBERT G ,  DOLAN JAMES T ,  SIMPSON JAMES E ,  KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A ,  LIDSTROM KJELL ,  SKOLD NICKLAS

IPC: H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/24 ,  H05B41/16

公开(公告)号：ZA200102783B

公开(公告)日：2002-10-04

申请号：ZA200102783

申请日：2001-04-04

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A ,  FRANCIS LORRAINE F

IPC: H01J20060101 ,  H01J

公开(公告)号：AU749932B2

公开(公告)日：2002-07-04

申请号：AU2101499

申请日：1999-01-11

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： MACLENNAN DONALD A ,  TURNER BRIAN P ,  DOLAN JAMES T ,  KIPLING KENT ,  KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A ,  LENG YONGZHANG ,  SHANKS BRUCE ,  SMITH MALCOLM

IPC: H01J61/12 ,  H01J61/52 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/24

Abstract: A high frequency inductively coupled electrodeless lamp includes an excitation coil with an effective electrical length which is less than one half wavelength of a driving frequency applied thereto, preferably much less. The driving frequency may be greater than 100 MHz and is preferably as high as 915 MHz. Preferably, the excitation coil is configured as a non-helical, semi-cylindrical conductive surface having less than one turn, in the general shape of a wedding ring. At high frequencies, the current in the coil forms two loops which are spaced apart and parallel to each other. Configured appropriately, the coil approximates a Helmholtz configuration. The lamp preferably utilizes a bulb encased in a reflective ceramic cup with a pre-formed aperture defined therethrough. The ceramic cup may include structural features to aid in alignment and/or a flanged face to aid in thermal management. The lamp head is preferably an integrated lamp head comprising a metal matrix composite surrounding an insulating ceramic with the excitation integrally formed on the ceramic. A novel solid-state oscillator preferably provides RF power to the lamp. The oscillator is a single active element device capable of providing over 70 watts of power at over 70 % efficiency. Various control circuits may be employed to match the driving frequency of the oscillator to a plurality of tuning states of the lamp.

公开(公告)号：AU2585902A

公开(公告)日：2002-07-01

申请号：AU2585902

申请日：2001-12-18

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A ,  RIEDELL ROBERT H ,  TURNER BRIAN P

IPC: H01J61/12

公开(公告)号：HU0100153A2

公开(公告)日：2001-06-28

申请号：HU0100153

申请日：1999-10-11

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： BASS GARY K ,  DOLAN JAMES T ,  GITSEVICH ALEKSANDR ,  KIPLING KENT ,  KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A ,  LENG YONGZHANG ,  LEVIN IZRAIL ,  MACLENNAN DONALD A ,  ROY ROBERT J ,  SHANKS BRUCE ,  SMITH MALCOLM ,  TRIMBLE WILLIAM C ,  TSAI PETER ,  TURNER BRIAN P

IPC: H01J61/12 ,  H01J61/52 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/24

Abstract: A high frequency inductively coupled electrodeless lamp includes an excitation coil with an effective electrical length which is less than one half wavelength of a driving frequency applied thereto, preferably much less. The driving frequency may be greater than 100 MHz and is preferably as high as 915 MHz. Preferably, the excitation coil is configured as a non-helical, semi-cylindrical conductive surface having less than one turn, in the general shape of a wedding ring. At high frequencies, the current in the coil forms two loops which are spaced apart and parallel to each other. Configured appropriately, the coil approximates a Helmholtz configuration. The lamp preferably utilizes a bulb encased in a reflective ceramic cup with a pre-formed aperture defined therethrough. The ceramic cup may include structural features to aid in alignment and/or a flanged face to aid in thermal management. The lamp head is preferably an integrated lamp head comprising a metal matrix composite surrounding an insulating ceramic with the excitation integrally formed on the ceramic. A novel solid-state oscillator preferably provides RF power to the lamp. The oscillator is a single active element device capable of providing over 70 watts of power at over 70 % efficiency. Various control circuits may be employed to match the driving frequency of the oscillator to a plurality of tuning states of the lamp.

公开(公告)号：AU1580901A

公开(公告)日：2001-06-04

申请号：AU1580901

申请日：2000-11-22

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： MACLENNAN DONALD A ,  KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A ,  TSAI PETER ,  DOLAN JAMES T ,  LENG YONGZHANG ,  FINCH PAUL ,  NAGEL JOHN J ,  HARKNESS BRUCE H ,  RAFFOUL GEORGE W ,  LIU RICHARD

IPC: F21S2/00 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/24 ,  H05B41/28

公开(公告)号：AU6335400A

公开(公告)日：2001-01-22

申请号：AU6335400

申请日：2000-06-29

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A ,  BASS GARY K ,  COPSEY JESSE F ,  DYMOND LAUREN E JR ,  GARBER WILLIAM E JR ,  GITSEVICH ALEKSANDR ,  GRIMM WILLIAM G ,  KWONG VINCENT H ,  LEVIN IZRAIL ,  MACLENNAN DONALD A ,  OLA SAMUEL A ,  PROCTOR JAMES ,  ROY ROBERT J ,  SIMPSON JAMES E ,  STEINER PAUL E ,  TSAI PETER ,  TURNER BRIAN P

IPC: H01J61/02 ,  H01J61/52 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/24 ,  H01G4/00

Abstract: An ultra bright, low wattage inductively coupled electrodeless aperture lamp is powered by a solid state RF source in the range of several tens to several hundreds of watts at various frequencies in the range of 400 to 900 MHz. Numerous novel lamp circuits and components are disclosed including a wedding ring shaped coil having one axial and one radial lead, a high accuracy capacitor stack, a high thermal conductivity aperture cup and various other aperture bulb configurations, a coaxial capacitor arrangement, and an integrated coil and capacitor assembly. Numerous novel RF circuits are also disclosed including a high power oscillator circuit with reduced complexity resonant pole configuration, parallel RF power FET transistors with soft gate switching, a continuously variable frequency tuning circuit, a six port directional coupler, an impedance switching RF source, and an RF source with controlled frequency-load characteristics. Numerous novel RF control methods are disclosed including controlled adjustment of the operating frequency to find a resonant frequency and reduce reflected RF power, controlled switching of an impedance switched lamp system, active power control and active gate bias control.

公开(公告)号：AU2149900A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-05

申请号：AU2149900

申请日：1999-11-12

Applicant: FUSION LIGHTING INC

Inventor： KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A ,  FRANCIS LORRAINE F

IPC: H01J9/395 ,  H01J9/20 ,  H01J9/22 ,  H01J9/40 ,  H01J61/35 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H01J17/16 ,  H01J17/20

Abstract: A lamp bulb (1) includes a light transmissive envelope (2), a fill material disposed inside the envelope including a rare earth metal which forms a plasma discharge when excited, and a coating (3) disposed on an interior surface of the envelope which inhibits reaction between the plasma discharge and the envelope (2), wherein the coating (3) comprises an oxide of the same rare earth metal of the fill material. A process for coating the interior of a lamp bulb envelope (2) includes preparing a sol gel solution having a precursor of the desired coating, introducing the sol gel solution into a lamp preform, distributing the sol gel along an interior surface of the bulb, and drying and firing the sol gel to obtain the coated bulb.