Abstract:
Provided is a flat lamp including a lower panel and an upper panel arranged to face each other and forming a discharge space therebetween, a plurality of discharge electrodes formed at least one of the lower and upper panels, and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes formed on a panel where the discharge electrodes are formed and generating a start discharge by a voltage induced in the auxiliary electrode by a voltage is applied to the discharge electrodes.
Abstract:
A low-pressure gas discharge lamp is described, which is equipped with a gas-discharge vessel containing an inert gas filling as the buffer gas and an indium, thallium and/or copper halide, and with electrodes and with means for generating and maintaining a low-pressure gas discharge, wherein it has, as the electron emitter substance, a mixture of BaO, SrO, CaO and MgO, wherein: a) the molar proportion of BaO is less than 1 percent by weight b) the molar proportion of SrO is less than 10 percent by weight c) the sum of the molar proportions of CaO and MgO is greater than 90 percent by weight, wherein the CaO proportion in the CaO/MgO mixture lies between 10 and 90 percent by weight.
Abstract:
A high-pressure discharge lamp comprises a lamp tube made of quartz glass and having a central portion formed in a spherical shape, and a pair of opposing tungsten electrodes inserted into the lamp tube. At least one of the tungsten electrodes is made of a tungsten material which contains more than 10 ppm of one of Co and Ni, or 10 ppm of Co and Ni in total, or a tungsten material which contains 20 ppm or more of at least two of Fe, Co and Ni in total, or a tungsten material which contains 20 ppm or more of Fe. Fe, Co and Ni belong to iron-group metals. The inter-electrode distance, i.e., distance between the leading ends of both tungsten electrodes is set to approximately 1-2 mm or less.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a flat type fluorescent lamp that is improved in its light emission efficiency and brightness by installing a tube spacer between 2 panels. A flat type fluorescent lamp includes an outer lamp body comprising front and rear panels, and circumference seal members, and tube spacers installed in the outer lamp body to divide the discharge spaces in plural sections communicating with each other to define a discharge path, a phosphor layer deposited on the outer lamp body and the tube spacers, and a discharge electrode supported on the outer lamp body.
Abstract:
A discharge lamp with high radiance in which constant feed of the emitter to the electrode tip is achieved, in which a good electron emission characteristic is maintained, and which has electrodes by which stable operation over a long time is maintained is obtained in a discharge lamp which has a translucent vessel which is hermetically closed and contains a pair of opposite electrodes that are electrically connected via hermetically sealed areas by at least one of the electrodes being made of a metal with a high melting point that has a hermetically sealed chamber that contains an emitter and a space which is not filled with the emitter.
Abstract:
A short arc high-pressure discharge lamp (1) for dc operation, includes a discharge vessel (2) that has two necks (4) diametrically opposite each other, in which an anode (26) and a cathode (7) made of tungsten are melted in a gastight manner, and which has a filling made of at least one noble gas and possibly mercury. According to the invention, at least the material of the cathode tip (11) contains lanthanum oxide La2O3 and at least another oxide from the group consisting of hafnium oxide HfO2 and zirconium oxide ZrO2 in addition to the above-mentioned tungsten.
Abstract translation:一种用于直流操作的短弧高压放电灯(1)包括具有两个直径相对的两个颈部(4)的放电容器(2),其中由钨制成的阳极(26)和阴极(7) 以气密的方式熔化,并且其具有由至少一种惰性气体和可能的汞制成的填充物。 根据本发明,至少阴极尖端(11)的材料包含氧化镧La 2 O 3 3和至少另一种氧化铪,氧化铪HfO 除了上述钨之外,还有二氧化锆和二氧化锆ZrO 2。
Abstract:
A discharge electrode emitting electrons into a discharge gas, encompasses an emitter and current supply terminals configured to supply electric current to the emitter. The emitter embraces a wide bandgap semiconductor having at 300 K a bandgap of 2.2 eV or wider. Acceptor impurity atoms and donor impurity atoms being doped in the wide bandgap semiconductor, the activation energy of the donor impurity atoms being larger than the activation energy of the acceptor impurity atoms.
Abstract:
The high-pressure metal halide discharge lamp comprises a quartz-glass lamp vessel (1) with an ionizable filling and two electrodes (2) which are connected to current conductors (3). The electrodes are provided with an emitter (6) which contains tungsten as a main component and at least three oxides, a first oxide which is chosen from hafnium oxide and zirconium oxide, a second oxide being lanthanum oxide, and a third oxide which is chosen from yttrium oxide.
Abstract:
Novel emitter materials, electrode assemblies amd lamps comprising the same are provided in which, in accordance with the invention, novel electrodes are provided having a lamp electrode structure, preferably including a hollow ferrule for sealing in a lamp to permit evacuation; an emitter material of the invention on at least one surface thereof, preferably on a protrusion attached to the hollow ferrule; a thermal isolator, preferably in the form of a low thermal conductivity wire or an incised or cut-out portion of the hollow ferrule body, for thermally isolating the protrusion from the ferrule to maintain a sufficiently high temperature for thermionic emission, and further comprising an emitter material requiring no in-lamp processing. The emitter materials are a mixed oxide of Ba, Sr and mixtures thereof with one or more of the metals from the series comprising Ta, Ti, Zr, Sc, Y, and La, are preferably selected from the group consisting of Ba.sub.4 Ta.sub.2 O.sub.9, Ba.sub.5 Ta.sub.4 O.sub.15, BaY.sub.2 O.sub.4, BaCeO.sub.3, Ba.sub.x Sr.sub.1-x Y.sub.2 O.sub.4, Ba.sub.2 TiO.sub.4, BaZrO.sub.3, Ba.sub.x Sr.sub.1-x TiO.sub.3, and Ba.sub.x Sr.sub.1-x ZrO.sub.3, wherein x ranges from a value of 0 to 1, and are most preferably one or more mixed oxides selected from the group consisting of Ba.sub.4 Ta.sub.2 O.sub.9, BaY.sub.2 O.sub.4, BaCeO.sub.3, Ba.sub.0.5 Sr.sub.0.5 Y.sub.2 O.sub.4, Ba.sub.0.75 Sr.sub.0.25 Y.sub.2 O.sub.4, Ba.sub.2 TiO.sub.4, BaZrO.sub.3, Ba.sub.0.5 Sr.sub.0.5 TiO.sub.3, and Ba.sub.0.5 Sr.sub.0.5 ZrO.sub.3.
Abstract:
A cold-cathode discharge display device which includes a fluorescent tube and electrodes containing R.sub.2 O.sub.3-z, where R is an atom or an atom group of rare earth elements, O is oxygen, and z is 0.0 to 1.0, to perform field emission of electrons and emission of secondary electrons. The electrodes are generated with an electron emitting film containing rare earth elements.
Abstract translation:一种冷阴极放电显示装置,包括荧光管和含有R 2 O 3 -z的电极,其中R是稀土元素的原子或原子团,O为氧,z为0.0至1.0,以进行电子的场发射 和二次电子的发射。 电极由含有稀土元素的电子发射膜产生。