EP0674339A2 - Elektrodenlose Niederdruckqueckribberdampfentladungslampe - Google Patents

Elektrodenlose Niederdruckqueckribberdampfentladungslampe Download PDF

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EP0674339A2
EP0674339A2 EP95200649A EP95200649A EP0674339A2 EP 0674339 A2 EP0674339 A2 EP 0674339A2 EP 95200649 A EP95200649 A EP 95200649A EP 95200649 A EP95200649 A EP 95200649A EP 0674339 A2 EP0674339 A2 EP 0674339A2
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Jakob Schlejen
Johannes Jacobus Maria Buck
Christianus Josephus Roozekrans
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02—Details
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02—Details
    • H01J61/30—Vessels; Containers
    • H01J61/35—Vessels; Containers provided with coatings on the walls thereof; Selection of materials for the coatings
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02—Details
    • H01J61/38—Devices for influencing the colour or wavelength of the light
    • H01J61/42—Devices for influencing the colour or wavelength of the light by transforming the wavelength of the light by luminescence
    • H01J61/46—Devices characterised by the binder or other non-luminescent constituent of the luminescent material, e.g. for obtaining desired pouring or drying properties
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J65/00—Lamps without any electrode inside the vessel; Lamps with at least one main electrode outside the vessel
    • H01J65/04—Lamps in which a gas filling is excited to luminesce by an external electromagnetic field or by external corpuscular radiation, e.g. for indicating plasma display panels
    • H01J65/042—Lamps in which a gas filling is excited to luminesce by an external electromagnetic field or by external corpuscular radiation, e.g. for indicating plasma display panels by an external electromagnetic field
    • H01J65/048—Lamps in which a gas filling is excited to luminesce by an external electromagnetic field or by external corpuscular radiation, e.g. for indicating plasma display panels by an external electromagnetic field the field being produced by using an excitation coil

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  • the invention relates to an electrodeless low-pressure mercury vapour discharge lamp with a discharge vessel which encloses a discharge space provided with a filling of mercury and rare gas in a gastight manner, which discharge vessel comprises a light-transmitting enveloping portion and in addition a recessed portion in which a coil for generating a high-frequency magnetic field is enclosed, and which discharge vessel is provided with a luminescent layer at least on a portion of a surface facing towards the discharge space.
  • Such a lamp is known from EP 0.162.504 B1.
  • the lamp is operated in that the coil is connected to a high-frequency electric supply source.
  • the magnetic field generated by the coil induces an electric discharge in the discharge space.
  • the coil in addition generates a comparatively strong electric field in the discharge space as a result of potential differences across this coil.
  • the electric field strength may be very great especially near the recessed portion of the discharge vessel.
  • comparatively high temperatures prevail in the wall of the discharge vessel. The temperature of the recessed portion may even assume values above 200° C.
  • luminescent materials present in the luminescent layer may react with particles from the discharge space which collide with these materials. Depending on the application of the lamp, this may give rise to disadvantages.
  • the lumen output of the lamp may be adjusted between, for example, 10% and 100% of its rated lumen output in this mode of operation in that the ratio of the pulse duration to the time interval between the pulses is varied.
  • comparatively high voltages are required for re-igniting the lamp at the start of each pulse. Electric fields will then occur, especially near the recessed portion, which are even stronger than those during nominal operation.
  • mercury is bound to material in the luminescent layer under these circumstances, which mercury is no longer available for lamp operation. A comparatively large quantity of mercury is necessary if a sufficiently long lamp life is to be guaranteed in spite of this. This is bad for the environment in the case of inexpert disposal at the end of lamp life.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a measure in an electrodeless low-pressure mercury vapour discharge lamp of the kind described in the opening paragraph which counteracts the interaction between the luminescent layer and particles from the discharge space.
  • the electrodeless low-pressure mercury vapour discharge lamp according to the invention is for this purpose characterized in that at least a portion of the luminescent layer bears a protective layer of aluminium oxide particles with a coating weight of 10 to 500 ⁇ g/cm2. It was surprisingly found that this measure counteracts the interaction between the luminescent layer and particles from the discharge space in spite of the comparatively strong electric fields and the comparatively high temperatures prevalent in the lamp.
  • US 4,639,637 discloses a low-pressure mercury vapour discharge lamp with a tubular discharge vessel which is provided with a luminescent layer coated with an aluminium oxide layer at a surface facing towards the discharge space.
  • the lamp is ignited and the discharge is maintained by a pair of electrodes arranged in the discharge vessel.
  • the electric fields occurring near the luminescent layer are weak in such lamps.
  • the temperatures prevalent in the discharge vessel wall are comparatively low.
  • a first attractive embodiment of the lamp according to the invention is characterized in that the surface of the recessed portion facing towards the discharge space is provided with a luminescent layer which bears a protective layer having a coating weight of 100 to 500 ⁇ g/cm2.
  • This embodiment of the lamp according to the invention has the advantage that only little mercury is bound by the luminescent layer also during operation by means of a pulsatory supply.
  • a luminescent layer on the enveloping portion of the discharge vessel is, for example, absent. The lamp may then be used as a UV radiator.
  • a second attractive embodiment is characterized in that the surface of the enveloping portion facing towards the discharge space is provided with a luminescent layer bearing a protective layer having a coating weight of 10 to 50 ⁇ g/cm2.
  • Lamps according to this embodiment of the invention have the advantage that the colour point shift is so small that no difference is perceivable between the colour points of lamps of the same embodiment but differing in age.
  • the recessed portion may be provided, for example, with a reflecting layer.
  • the recessed portion is also provided with a luminescent layer. It was found in this modification of the second embodiment that the colour point shift is also very small without a protective layer on the luminescent layer of the recessed portion. It is favourable, however, if the luminescent layer on the recessed portion bears a protective layer corresponding to that of the first embodiment in this modification.
  • the lamp is then also suitable for pulsatory operation.
  • the protective layer may be readily provided in the form of a suspension of aluminium oxide powder, after which the layer is sintered, i.e. is heated for some time in order to drive out auxiliary substances such as binders from the layer.
  • the suspension is applied to the surface, for example, by spraying.
  • the layer may be provided, for example, through electrostatic coating.
  • lamp characteristics of electrodeless lamps such as the lumen output or the change therein during lamp life, depend on the production location of the lamp.
  • the change in lumen output depends much less on the production location than with the lamp not according to the invention.
  • the measure according to the invention thus improves the reproducibility of said lamp characteristic in the case of manufacture in different locations.
  • the embodiment of the electrodeless low-pressure mercury vapour discharge lamp according to the invention shown in Fig. 1 is provided with a pearshaped, gastight discharge vessel 1 which encloses a discharge space 2.
  • the discharge vessel 1 has a light-transmitting enveloping portion 3A and a tubular, recessed portion 3B.
  • the discharge vessel 1 further has a flanged portion 3C which connects the recessed portion 3B to the enveloping portion 3A.
  • the discharge space 2 is provided with a filling of mercury and a rare gas, here argon.
  • a coil 10 for generating a high-frequency magnetic field is accommodated in the recessed portion 3B.
  • the coil 10 has a length of 25 mm and is provided with a first and a second winding 11, 12, each of 15 turns around a core 13 of soft-magnetic material.
  • the coil may have, for example, an air core, or a core of ceramic material.
  • the first winding 11 is connected to a high-frequency supply source 20 by means of current supply conductors 14, 15 in order to operate the lamp.
  • the supply source 20 here has a frequency of 2.65 MHz.
  • the second winding 12 has an end which is connected to current supply conductor 15 and also has a further, free end.
  • the supply source 20 is connected to poles P and N of the mains and is earthed at pole M.
  • the recessed portion 3B of the discharge vessel 1 is provided with a luminescent layer 5B at a surface 4 facing towards the discharge space 2, this layer comprising red-luminescing yttrium oxide activated by trivalent europium (YOX) and green-luminescing cerium-magnesium aluminate activated by trivalent terbium (CAT).
  • the luminescent layer 5B has a coating weight of 8 mg/cm2.
  • a surface 4 of the enveloping portion 3A facing towards the discharge space 2 is provided with a luminescent layer 5A which comprises blue-luminescing barium-magnesium aluminate activated by bivalent europium (BAM) in addition to the luminescent materials YOX and CAT.
  • This luminescent layer 5A has a coating weight of 3.5 mg/cm2.
  • the luminescent layer 5b on the surface 4 of the recessed portion 3B facing towards the discharge space 2 bears a protective layer 6B of aluminium oxide particles.
  • the protective layer 6B was obtained in this case in that the recessed portion 3B was immersed in a suspension of Alon-C of the Degussa company, after which the layer remaining on the recessed portion 3B was dried and then sintered.
  • the coating weight depends on the concentration of the aluminium oxide powder present in the suspension.
  • Aluminium oxide powder of the Alon-C type comprises aluminium oxide particles with a size of approximately 0.01 to 0.04 ⁇ m, and has a specific area of approximately 100 m2/g.
  • Lamps corresponding to the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 and having a coating weight of 170 ⁇ g/cm2, of 250 ⁇ g/cm2, and of 300 ⁇ gcm2 were manufactured, two of each Kind.
  • the coating weights of the lamps accordingly lay between the limits of 100 and 500 ⁇ g/cm2.
  • Two reference lamps were also manufactured in which a protective layer of aluminium oxide particles on the luminescent layer of the recessed portion was absent.
  • the six lamps according to the invention and the two reference lamps were subjected to an endurance test of approximately 170 hours in order to assess the influence of strong electric fields of the kind which may arise during re-ignition. Each lamp was provided with a coil whose windings were interrupted for this purpose.
  • the windings jointly extend over a length of 30.5 mm around the coil core.
  • the interruption in the coil creates two coil parts each of 7.5 turns, approximately 5 mm spaced apart.
  • a voltage of 700 V was applied to this coil during the endurance test. Since the coil is interrupted, it does not generate a magnetic field, so that no arc discharge is generated in the discharge vessel.
  • the lamp accordingly remains permanently in a condition corresponding to that during re-ignition in reduced operation during the endurance test. In reduced operation of the lamp, the comparatively high re-ignition voltages occur during a fraction of each cycle only.
  • An electrodeless lamp was manufactured for comparison whose recessed portion was provided with a luminescent layer coated with a silicon oxide layer and one whose luminescent layer on the recessed portion was coated with an yttrium oxide layer.
  • the lamps were also subjected to an endurance test. After no more than 16 hours of operation at a voltage of 600 V, the lamp with the yttrium oxide layer exhibited a pale brown band between the coil parts. The section of the recessed portion lying between the coil parts in the lamp having the silicon oxide layer remained unchanged in colour. The recessed portion, however, did show a grey discoloration on either side thereof.
  • the average quantity of mercury bound to the wall in the reference lamps (REF) and the respective average quantities in the lamps having a coating weight of 170, 250 and 300 ⁇ g/cm2 are listed in the following Table. coating weight ( ⁇ g/cm2) m Hg ( ⁇ g) REF 62 170 33 250 30 300 18
  • the quantity of bound mercury in the lamps according to the invention with a protective layer having a coating weight of 170 and 250 ⁇ g/cm2 is approximately half that of the reference lamps.
  • the quantity of bound mercury is even about one third in the lamp according to the invention whose protective layer has a coating weight of 300 ⁇ g/cm2.
  • the drift in the lumen output between 1 and 100 hours of operation was measured for 10 lamps according to the invention whose luminescent layers on the recessed portions were coated with a protective layer of aluminium oxide particles, and for 10 lamps not according to the invention.
  • the lamps not according to the invention correspond to those according to the invention except for the absence of a protective layer.
  • Five of the lamps according to the invention were manufactured in a first production location (A), and five in a second production location (B).
  • five of the lamps not according to the invention were manufactured in the first production location (A) and five in the second production location (B).
  • Fig. 2 parts corresponding to those of Fig. 1 have reference numerals which are 100 higher.
  • the surface 104 of the enveloping portion 103A facing the discharge space 102 is provided with a luminescent layer 105A which bears a protective layer 106A with a coating weight of 28 ⁇ g/cm2.
  • the coating weight accordingly lies within the limits of 10 and 50 ⁇ g/cm2.
  • the flanged portion 103C has neither a luminescent nor a protective layer. In a modification, this portion 103C also has a luminescent layer, possibly be provided with a protective layer.
  • Fig. 3 shows the colour points at the beginning (open dots) and after completion of the endurance test (closed dots) for the six lamps according to the invention.
  • Fig. 4 shows the colour points of the five lamps which do not have a protective layer of aluminium oxide particles on the enveloping portion. In these Figures, the colour points at the beginning of lamp life are indicated with open dots and those at the end of lamp life with closed dots. Only four colour points are visible in Fig. 4 because two colour points had equal coordinates both at the beginning and at the end of the endurance test.
  • Fig. 4 shows that the colour points of lamps not having a protective layer on the enveloping portion differ considerably after completion of the endurance test from those at the beginning of the endurance test.
  • the average deviation of the x- and y-coordinates is 0.017 and 0.010, respectively.

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US3886396A (en) * 1971-10-10 1975-05-27 Gen Electric Fluorescent lamp with protective coating
US3995191A (en) * 1975-12-05 1976-11-30 General Electric Company Reprographic fluorescent lamp having improved reflector layer
GB2091936A (en) * 1981-01-27 1982-08-04 Gte Prod Corp Arc discharge lamp having improved lumen maintenance
EP0162504A1 (de) * 1984-04-24 1985-11-27 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Elektrodenlose Niederdruckentladungslampe
US4607191A (en) * 1984-11-13 1986-08-19 Gte Products Corporation Protection film for improved phosphor maintenance and increased time-integrated light output
EP0507533A2 (de) * 1991-03-30 1992-10-07 Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation Quecksilberfreie elektrodenlose Metallhalogenidlampe
US5270615A (en) * 1991-11-22 1993-12-14 General Electric Company Multi-layer oxide coating for high intensity metal halide discharge lamps

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US3886396A (en) * 1971-10-10 1975-05-27 Gen Electric Fluorescent lamp with protective coating
US3995191A (en) * 1975-12-05 1976-11-30 General Electric Company Reprographic fluorescent lamp having improved reflector layer
GB2091936A (en) * 1981-01-27 1982-08-04 Gte Prod Corp Arc discharge lamp having improved lumen maintenance
EP0162504A1 (de) * 1984-04-24 1985-11-27 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Elektrodenlose Niederdruckentladungslampe
US4607191A (en) * 1984-11-13 1986-08-19 Gte Products Corporation Protection film for improved phosphor maintenance and increased time-integrated light output
EP0507533A2 (de) * 1991-03-30 1992-10-07 Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation Quecksilberfreie elektrodenlose Metallhalogenidlampe
US5270615A (en) * 1991-11-22 1993-12-14 General Electric Company Multi-layer oxide coating for high intensity metal halide discharge lamps

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