EP0002848A1 - Lampe à décharge électrique à vapeur métallique haute pression - Google Patents

Lampe à décharge électrique à vapeur métallique haute pression Download PDF

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EP0002848A1
EP0002848A1 EP78200339A EP78200339A EP0002848A1 EP 0002848 A1 EP0002848 A1 EP 0002848A1 EP 78200339 A EP78200339 A EP 78200339A EP 78200339 A EP78200339 A EP 78200339A EP 0002848 A1 EP0002848 A1 EP 0002848A1
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Cornelis Adrianus Joannes Jacobs
Johannes Van Esdonk
Josephus Maria Ruts
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    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02—Details
    • H01J61/54—Igniting arrangements, e.g. promoting ionisation for starting
    • H01J61/541—Igniting arrangements, e.g. promoting ionisation for starting using a bimetal switch
    • H01J61/544—Igniting arrangements, e.g. promoting ionisation for starting using a bimetal switch and an auxiliary electrode outside the vessel

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  • the invention relates to an electrical high-pressure metal vapour discharge lamp comprising an elongate discharge tube provided near each of its two ends with a respective internal main electrode, the wall of the discharge tube consisting substantially wholly of aluminium oxide, a strip-shaped coating being present over at least a portion of the outer surface of the wall of the discharge tube, this coating containing a first electrically conductive elementary material as well as a second material counteracting evaporation of the first material, and in which at least part of the first material is in direct contact with the aluminium oxide, the strip-shaped coating being fastened over substantially its whole length to the discharge tube and forming in use, part of a starting auxiliary device for starting a discharge between the main electrodes.
  • a prior art electrical high-pressure metal vapour discharge lamp of the type defined above is, for example, disclosed in Dutch Patent Application no. ;304860.
  • a drawback of that known high-pressure metal vapour discharge lamp is that, for promoting the starting of a discharge between the main electrodes, the strip-shaped wall coating is connected to an internal auxiliary electrode of the discharge tube. This requires an additional electric feed-through through the wall of the discharge tube.
  • An electrical high-pressure metal vapour discharge lamp comprising an elongate discharge tube provided near each of its two ends with a respective internal main electrode, the wall of the discharge tube consisting substantially wholly of aluminium oxide, a strip-shaped coating being present over at least a portion of the outer surface of the discharge tube wall, this coating containing a first electrically conductive elementary material as well as a second material counteracting evaporation of the first material of that coating and in which at least part of the first material is in direct contact with the aluminium oxide, the strip-shaped coating being fastened over substantially its whole length to the discharge tube and forming in use, part of a starting auxiliary device for starting a discharge between the main electrodes, is characterized in that the strip-shaped coating extends along substantially the whole path between the main electrodes, and in that this strip-shaped coating has a width smaller than 0.5 mm over at least 90% of its length.
  • the strip-shaped coating is here an external auxiliary electrode.
  • the narrow width, over the greater portion of the length, of this auxiliary electrode implies that the auxiliary electrode intercepts the light generated in the discharge tube to a very small extent only.
  • the strip-shaped coating may have a width exceeding 0.5 mm for a short length, for example where there is a connecting terminal for electrically connecting the strip-shaped coating to the circuit of the lamp.
  • the strip-shaped coating of an electrical high-pressure metal vapour discharge lamp according to the invention consists, for example, of a solid metal conductor, the second material being in the form of a protective coating protecting the solid conductor.
  • the first material of the strip-shaped coating consists for 16 to 90% by volume of an element from the group molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, niobium and carbon
  • the second material of the strip-shaped coating consists of one or more oxides which, at a temperature of 1500 Kelvin, have vapour pressures below 10 -6 torr.
  • An advantage of this embodiment is that more of the first material can be included in the strip-shaped coating than would be possible in the case of a solid strip on the discharge tube.
  • it is a good electrically-conducting material.
  • the following should be noted by way of explanation.
  • a sufficiently low ohmic resistance thereof per running centimetre of length can - in the case of a solid metal - only be realised with a fairly thick layer of that metal.
  • a very thick layer results in a poor adhesion of that metal to the discharge tube wall which mainly consists of aluminium oxide. This is caused by differences in the coefficients of expansion.
  • the first material of the strip-shaped coating is molybdenum or carbon, this first material being uniformly distributed in the second material of the strip-shaped coating.
  • the strip-shaped coating consists, by volume, of approximately 80% Molybdenum + 10% Al 2 O 3 + 10% CaO.
  • the first material of the strip-shaped coating is molybdenum and the second material is tungsten, the tungsten being applied as a top coating over the molybdenum.
  • the discharge lamp is, for example, a high-pressure sodium vapour discharge lamp the discharge tube of which also contains a starting gas, for example xenon, at a filling pressure of less than 20 torr.
  • a starting gas for example xenon
  • the discharge tube contains sodium and xenon, the filling pressure of the sodium exceeding 50 torr, the circumference of a transverse cross-section through the discharge tube being between 10 and 40 mm.
  • a high-pressure discharge lamp according to the invention may comprise a discharge tube, the strip-shaped coating of which is not electrically connected to the lamp circuit.
  • the strip-shaped coating has a floating potential in use, preferably, however, in a high-pressure metal vapour discharge lamp according to the invention, the strip-shaped coating is electrically connected to one of the main electrodes of the discharge tube.
  • reference numeral 1 denotes a discharge tube whose wall consists mainly of densely sintered aluminium oxide. This tube is located in an outer bulb 2.
  • Reference numeral 3 denotes a base of the lamp.
  • the discharge tube 1 comprises two internal main electrodes 4 and 5, respectively, located near the ends of this discharge tube. Via a feed-through 6 the main electrode 4 is connected to a metal conductor 7 connected to a pole wire 8 which is curved around the discharge tube 1. This form of the pole wire 8 has the advantage that annoying shadows are avoided.
  • Pole wire 8 is electrically connected to a contact of the base 3 of the lamp.
  • An extended portion 9 of the pole wire 8 serves, together with a support 10, for supporting and centring the discharge tube 1 in the outer bulb 2.
  • the main electrode 5 Via a tubular feed-through 11 the main electrode 5 is mechanically fastened to a metal conductor 12.
  • the electrical connection is effected via a metal conductor 13.
  • the other end of the conductor 12 is connected to a further contact in the base 3 of the lamp.
  • the discharge tube is provided with a strip-shaped external auxiliary electrode 20 in the form of a local ciating on the outer surface of the discharge tube 1.
  • the auxiliary electrode 20 extends over substantially the whole distance between the main electrodes 4 and 5.
  • the auxiliary electrode is approximately 0.2 mm wide, its composition by volume is: a mixture of 80% Molybdenum, 10% Al 2 O 3 and 10% CaO.
  • the two mentioned oxides Al 2 O 3 and Ca0 have, at a temperature of 1500 Kelvin, a vapour pressure below 10 -6 Torr.
  • the discharge tube 1 comprises a conducting nickel sleeve 21 which also extends over the auxiliary electrode 20 and is in electrical contact therewith.
  • the other electrode of capacitor 23 is constituted by a portion of the metal conductor 13 which provides the electrical connection between the main electrode 5 and the conductor 12.
  • the discharge tube 1 contains both sodium and mercury as well as xenon.
  • the xenon pressure at 300 Kelvin is approximately 200 torr.
  • the space between the discharge tube 1 and the outer bulb 2 is evacuated.
  • the described lamp is, for example ignited by means of a starter (not shown) provided with a thyristor, for example as disclosed in Dutch Patent Application no. 6904456.
  • the lamp In the operating condition of the lamp shown in Figure 1 the lamp is connected through an inductive stabilisation impedance of approximately 0.3 Henry to an a.c. mains supply of approximately 220 Volts, 50 Hertz. Further details of the described lamp are included in the following table.
  • the temperature of the coldest spot in the discharge tube 1 is - in the operating condition of the lamp according to the invention- approximately 1000 Kelvin.
  • a sodium vapour pressure in the discharge tube 1 of approximately 130 torr corresponds therewith.
  • the average temperature within the discharge tube 1 in the operating condition of the lamp is approximately 2400 Kelvin.
  • the average temperature of the wall of the discharge tube is approximately 1500 Kelvin. At this temperature of 1500 Kelvin the vapour pressure of the oxides of the strip-shaped auxiliary electrode is - as already mentioned above - small. So there is only a low degree of evaporation of said oxides.
  • the voltage required between the main electrodes 4 and 5 for starting the discharge is in the present case approximately 2 kVolts.
  • the strip-shaped coating 20 of Figure 1 is approximately 35 microns thick. Its ohmic resistance per running centimetre is approximately 0.1 k0hm.
  • the strip-shaped coating 20 is applied to the wall of the discharge tube by means of a pen.
  • this pen is first dipped into a suspension of 80% molybdenum powder with 10% aluminium oxide and 10% calcium oxide in butyl acetate.
  • a firing operation is performed at 1600 Kelvin for 30 minutes in a reducing atmosphere. This results in a proper adhesion to the wall of the discharge tube 1 over the full length of the strip-shaped coating 20.
  • that strip-shaped coating can, for example, also be applied to the discharge tube by means of a pen.
  • Figure ? shows a perpendicular cross-section 100 of a second discharge tube, enlarged three times relative to that of the discharge tube 1 of Figure 1.
  • tube 100 consists mainly of aluminium oxide.
  • a strip-shaped molybdenum coating 101 is provided on tube 100.
  • a tungsten top coating 102 is applied over coating 101.
  • the full width of the strip is approximately 0.2 mm. To indicate the various layers, the strip is not drawn to scale in Figure 2.
  • An advantage of the described strip-shaped coatings in a lamp according to the invention -as opposed to starting wires - is that the strip-shaped coatings are always very close to the main electrode path without requiring an additional measure such as subjecting it to a tensile load - as is the case with starting wires.

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NL7713950A NL7713950A (nl) 1977-12-16 1977-12-16 Elektrische hogedrukmetaaldampontladingslamp.

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EP0049466A2 (fr) * 1980-10-02 1982-04-14 GTE Laboratories Incorporated Dispositif d'allumage à basse énergie pour lampes de décharge à haute intensité
EP0592040A1 (fr) * 1992-10-08 1994-04-13 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Lampe à décharge à haute pression
EP0822577A2 (fr) * 1996-08-02 1998-02-04 Heraeus Kulzer GmbH Dispositif de lampe à décharge
WO2001082332A1 (fr) * 2000-04-26 2001-11-01 Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. Lampe utilisant des fibres pour champ de depart renforce
WO2002037532A1 (fr) * 2000-11-06 2002-05-10 General Electric Company Application de poudres alliees sur des tubes a arc, en tant qu'elements conducteurs
WO2002037533A2 (fr) * 2000-10-31 2002-05-10 General Electric Company Nouveaux materiaux et procedes d'application d'elements conducteurs sur un tube a decharge
US6897615B2 (en) 2001-11-01 2005-05-24 Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Plasma process and apparatus
WO2005027184A3 (fr) * 2003-09-17 2006-12-07 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Lampe a decharge
WO2009030265A1 (fr) * 2007-08-29 2009-03-12 Osram Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Lampe à dispositif auxiliaire d'amorçage appliqué directement
US8456087B2 (en) 2008-07-10 2013-06-04 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. High-pressure sodium vapor discharge lamp with hybrid antenna
US10325769B2 (en) 2014-12-12 2019-06-18 Koninklijke Philips N.V. Gas-discharge lamp for a vehicle headlamp

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US2542345A (en) * 1948-08-16 1951-02-20 Gen Electric Electric discharge lamp
DE1764866A1 (de) * 1968-08-21 1971-11-18 Patra Patent Treuhand Anordnung zur Wiederzuendung einer betriebswarmen Quecksilberdampf-Hochdruckentladungslampe mit Zusaetzen
US4047064A (en) * 1976-06-16 1977-09-06 Gte Sylvania Incorporated Flash tube having enclosed trigger wire
US4065370A (en) * 1975-11-18 1977-12-27 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Method of ion plating a thin metallic strip for flashlamp starting

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US2542345A (en) * 1948-08-16 1951-02-20 Gen Electric Electric discharge lamp
DE1764866A1 (de) * 1968-08-21 1971-11-18 Patra Patent Treuhand Anordnung zur Wiederzuendung einer betriebswarmen Quecksilberdampf-Hochdruckentladungslampe mit Zusaetzen
US4065370A (en) * 1975-11-18 1977-12-27 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Method of ion plating a thin metallic strip for flashlamp starting
US4047064A (en) * 1976-06-16 1977-09-06 Gte Sylvania Incorporated Flash tube having enclosed trigger wire

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EP0049466A2 (fr) * 1980-10-02 1982-04-14 GTE Laboratories Incorporated Dispositif d'allumage à basse énergie pour lampes de décharge à haute intensité
EP0049466B1 (fr) * 1980-10-02 1987-06-03 GTE Laboratories Incorporated Dispositif d'allumage à basse énergie pour lampes de décharge à haute intensité
EP0592040A1 (fr) * 1992-10-08 1994-04-13 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Lampe à décharge à haute pression
US5541480A (en) * 1992-10-08 1996-07-30 U.S. Philips Corporation High-pressure discharge lamp with metal layer on outer surface
CN1048353C (zh) * 1992-10-08 2000-01-12 皇家菲利浦电子有限公司 高压放电灯及其制造方法
EP0822577A2 (fr) * 1996-08-02 1998-02-04 Heraeus Kulzer GmbH Dispositif de lampe à décharge
EP0822577A3 (fr) * 1996-08-02 1998-05-13 Heraeus Kulzer GmbH Dispositif de lampe à décharge
US6008583A (en) * 1996-08-02 1999-12-28 Heraeus Kulzer Gmbh Discharge lamp with secondary ignition electrode
WO2001082332A1 (fr) * 2000-04-26 2001-11-01 Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. Lampe utilisant des fibres pour champ de depart renforce
US6628079B2 (en) 2000-04-26 2003-09-30 Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. Lamp utilizing fiber for enhanced starting field
WO2002037533A2 (fr) * 2000-10-31 2002-05-10 General Electric Company Nouveaux materiaux et procedes d'application d'elements conducteurs sur un tube a decharge
WO2002037533A3 (fr) * 2000-10-31 2003-12-31 Gen Electric Nouveaux materiaux et procedes d'application d'elements conducteurs sur un tube a decharge
WO2002037532A1 (fr) * 2000-11-06 2002-05-10 General Electric Company Application de poudres alliees sur des tubes a arc, en tant qu'elements conducteurs
US6897615B2 (en) 2001-11-01 2005-05-24 Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Plasma process and apparatus
WO2005027184A3 (fr) * 2003-09-17 2006-12-07 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Lampe a decharge
WO2009030265A1 (fr) * 2007-08-29 2009-03-12 Osram Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Lampe à dispositif auxiliaire d'amorçage appliqué directement
US8456087B2 (en) 2008-07-10 2013-06-04 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. High-pressure sodium vapor discharge lamp with hybrid antenna
US10325769B2 (en) 2014-12-12 2019-06-18 Koninklijke Philips N.V. Gas-discharge lamp for a vehicle headlamp

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HU180274B (en) 1983-02-28
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