Abstract:
A lamp, containing ≦100 ppm Hg, includes a burner chamber having an axis, the axis having a section ≧0.05 mm. The burner chamber has a recess oriented toward a light arc produced in the burning chamber to suppress arc curvature. The lamp has an arc-luminescence profile of luminescence (measured in cd/m2)/mm with an average slope over that section which is ≧|300,000,000| (cd/m2)/mm. Preferably, the profile maximum value is ≧90,000,000 cd/m2. In one embodiment, the arc-making device includes two electrodes disposed for producing the light arc across their two tips, the depth of the recess being sufficiently small so as not to extend between the two tips.
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.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a discharge lamp with a reflector (1) and a burner (2), wherein the reflector (1) comprises at least a reflective contour (3) and a hollow reflector neck (4), the burner (2) is arranged in centered manner in the reflector (1) and the reflector (1) and the lower part (2.1) of the burner (2) are connected firmly together by a mechanical fastening unit and, during assembly, the burner (2) may be guided through the reflector neck (4), starting with its upper part (2.2), and the mechanical fastening unit exhibits such play in the x, y and z directions that the burner (2) can be brought into a defined position relative to the reflector during assembly.
Abstract:
A discharge lamp comprises a discharge vessel 20 defining a sealed inner discharge space 22 with two electrodes 24. A filling consists of a rare gas and a metal halide composition and is free of mercury. The discharge vessel 20 comprises outer grooves 36 where the electrodes 24 are embedded, arranged at a groove distance Ra between them. The discharge vessel 20 further comprises an inner diameter ID. In operation of the lamp, an arc discharge is formed between the electrodes and the metal halide composition is partly evaporated. After operation of the lamp, the metal halide composition forms a film on the inner wall of the discharge vessel 20. This film has a surface area AS measured in mm2. The metal halide composition is provided in such an amount within the discharge space 22, that a matching quotient Q, calculated as Q=Ra×ID/AS has a value of 2 or more, such that a high colour temperature is achieved.
Abstract:
The invention describes a gas-discharge lamp (1) comprising a vessel (5), which vessel (5) is partially coated with at least one longitudinal stripe (SH, SH′) arranged on the surface of the vessel (5) below a horizontal plane (P) through a longitudinal axis (X) through the centre of the lamp (1) such that, on each side of the lamp, an angle (βH1, βH2) subtended at the lamp centre by the horizontal plane (P) and an upper edge (16, 17) of the longitudinal stripe (SH, SH′) on that side of the lamp comprises at least 10°, more preferably at least 13°, most preferably at least 15°. The invention also describes a reflector (8) for a lamp (1), comprising a reflective interior surface realised to deflect light (L20A, L20B, L21A, L21B) originating from the lamp (1) outward to give a specific beam profile (3) with a bright/dark cut-off line (31) and a shoulder (32), and wherein the lamp (1), in particular a lamp (1) according to any of claims 1 to 12, is positioned horizontally in the reflector (8), and wherein the reflective interior surface comprises at least one beam-shaping region (81 A, 81B) realised to deflect a portion (L21A, L21B) of the light (L20A, L20B, L21A, L21B), emitted from the lamp (1) between 7.5° and 15° below a horizontal plane (P), at a specific region (21A, 21B) within the beam profile (3). The invention further describes a lighting assembly (9) comprising such a reflector (8) and a lamp (1), in particular a lamp (1) according to the invention.
Abstract:
A discharge lighting assembly and a method of operating a discharge lamp 10 are described. The discharge lamp 10 includes a discharge vessel 20 with two electrodes 24 for forming an arc discharge. A driver circuit 12 supplies electrical power to the lamp 10 as an alternating lamp current IL and/or an alternating lamp voltage UL with a commutation between half periods of positive and negative values. The driver circuit 12 is controlled to be able to deliver at a predetermined delivery time tD of 10-100 μs after commutation a voltage level Up which varies in dependence on the lifetime L of the lamp 10.
Abstract:
In order to achieve a discharge lamp suited to operate under reduced nominal power of e.g. 20-30 W, a lamp is proposed with two electrodes (24) arranged at a distance in a discharge vessel (20, 120) for generating an arc discharge. The discharge vessel (20, 120) has a filling with a substantially free of mercury and comprises a metal halide and a rare gas. The lamp (10, 110) further comprises an outer bulb (18) arranged around the discharge vessel at a distance (d2). The outer bulb (18) is sealed and has a gas filling of a thermal conductivity (λ). The inner diameter (d1) of the discharge vessel is preferably in a range from 2-2.7 mm. The wall thickness (w1) is in a range from 1.4-2 mm. A heat transition coefficient (λ/d2) is calculated as thermal conductivity (λ) at 800° C. of the outer bulb filling divided by the distance (d2). The so-defined heat 10 transition coefficient is below 150 W/(m2K).
Abstract:
A high pressure gas discharge lamp (10) is described with a discharge vessel (20). Electrodes (24) project into a discharge space (22) surrounded by a discharge vessel wall (30) of quartz 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 Sodium and Scandium of 0.9-1.5. In order to provide a lamp that can be easily manufactured and is well suited for operation at reduced power, the discharge vessel wall (30) is of externally and internally cylindrical shape.The lamp may be manufactured by providing a cylindrical tube (2) of quartz material, heating the tube (2) 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 high-pressure gas discharge lamp which comprises at least a lamp tube (1) and two electrodes (41, 42), wherein the two electrodes (41, 42) are each attached to the lamp tube (1) by a sealed area and, outside the sealed area, each electrode has a perpendicular minimum distance, with respect to its longitudinal axis, from the lamp tube (1).
Abstract:
A high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID [high intensity discharge] lamp) is described which is in particular free from mercury and suitable for use in automobile technology. The lamp is remarkable in particular for a discharge space (2) which has a volume which is reduced by a given factor in comparison with the volume of the discharge space of known mercury-containing discharge lamps. The quantity of the light-generating substances in the discharge space (2) is reduced by the same factor in the simplest case, or even more strongly. This avoids the risk of an impairment of the imaging properties of the lamp because of non-evaporated light-generating substances which may shade off a portion of the luminous discharge arc (21) and/or the tips of the electrodes (3).