Abstract:
A high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID [high intensity discharge] lamp) is described which is free from mercury and suitable in particular for use in automotive technology. The lamp is particularly remarkable in that a rise in temperature of the coldest (lowermost) bottom regions ( 10 ) is achieved by an asymmetrical electrode arrangement, such that the light-generating substances accumulated in said regions enter the gas phase in a sufficient quantity upon switching-on of the lamp. The temperature of the hottest (uppermost) wall regions ( 13 ) is not raised thereby, indeed, it may even be reduced. An essential advantage of this lamp is that its external shape, its dimensions, and the electrodes ( 3 ) themselves need not be changed when the lamp is operated in a horizontal position with vertically aligned pinches ( 5 ), while the electrodes ( 3 ) are fastened each to a metal foil ( 4 ) in a suitable downwardly-shifted position.
Abstract:
Mercury free gas discharge lighting elements that are used particularly in road vehicle headlights have inner and outer tubes. These are structured such that the arc diffusion has a curvature of between 0.01 to 1.5 mm that of those without the structure. Typically the mercury free unit is a mercury free Xenon gas discharge device. The tubes are glass or ceramic.
Abstract:
A high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID [high intensity discharge] lamp) is described which is free from mercury and suitable in particular for use in automotive technology. The lamp is particularly remarkable in that a rise in temperature of the coldest (lowermost) bottom regions ( 10 ) is achieved by an asymmetrical electrode arrangement, such that the light-generating substances accumulated in said regions enter the gas phase in a sufficient quantity upon switching-on of the lamp. The temperature of the hottest (uppermost) wall regions ( 13 ) is not raised thereby, indeed, it may even be reduced. An essential advantage of this lamp is that its external shape, its dimensions, and the electrodes ( 3 ) themselves need not be changed when the lamp is operated in a horizontal position with vertically aligned pinches ( 5 ), while the electrodes ( 3 ) are fastened each to a metal foil ( 4 ) in a suitable downwardly-shifted position.
Abstract:
A high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID [high intensity discharge] lamp) is described which is free from mercury and suitable in particular for use in automotive technology. The lamp is particularly remarkable in that a rise in temperature of the coldest (lowermost) bottom regions ( 10 ) is achieved by an asymmetrical electrode arrangement, such that the light-generating substances accumulated in said regions enter the gas phase in a sufficient quantity upon switching-on of the lamp. The temperature of the hottest (uppermost) wall regions ( 13 ) is not raised thereby, indeed, it may even be reduced. An essential advantage of this lamp is that its external shape, its dimensions, and the electrodes ( 3 ) themselves need not be changed when the lamp is operated in a horizontal position with vertically aligned pinches ( 5 ), while the electrodes ( 3 ) are fastened each to a metal foil ( 4 ) in a suitable downwardly-shifted position.
Abstract:
A high pressure gas discharge lamp (10) is described witha discharge vessel (20). Electrodes (24) project into a discharge space (22) surrounded by a dis- charge vessel wall (30) ofquartz material. The discharge space has a filling of rare gas and a metal halide composition which is free of mercury. The metal halide composition comprises at least halides of Sodium and Scandium with a mass ratio of halides of So- dium and Scandium of0.9-1.5.In order to provide a lamp that can be easily manufac- tured and is well suited for operation at reduced power, the discharge vessel wall (30) is ofexternally and internallycylindrical shape. The lamp may be manufactured by providing a cylindrical tube (2) of quartz material, heating the tube (2) at at least two distant portions and forming grooves (4) there, inserting two electrodes (24) into the tube and heating and pinching the tube(2) at both ends to seal the discharge space (22). Manufacture is carried out without a bulb forming step such that the discharge space (22) remains in externally and internally cylindrical shape.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a mercury-free gas discharge lamp suitable in particular for motor vehicles and having an enhanced discharge arc diffuseness, to its use, and to a method of its manufacture. The mercury-free gas discharge lamp according to the invention has an inner vessel and/or outer bulb with a structured arrangement, which structured arrangement is preferably made such that the discharge arc diffuseness of the mercury-free gas discharge lamp with structured arrangement is increased by dD 0.01 mm to 1.5 mm in comparison with the corresponding gas discharge lamp without structured arrangement.