EP1074038B8 - Flat reflector lamp for dielectrically inhibited discharges with spacers - Google Patents

Flat reflector lamp for dielectrically inhibited discharges with spacers Download PDF

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EP1074038B8
EP1074038B8 EP99945734A EP99945734A EP1074038B8 EP 1074038 B8 EP1074038 B8 EP 1074038B8 EP 99945734 A EP99945734 A EP 99945734A EP 99945734 A EP99945734 A EP 99945734A EP 1074038 B8 EP1074038 B8 EP 1074038B8
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spacers
reflector lamp
flat reflector
dielectrically inhibited
discharges
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Frank Vollkommer
Lothar Hitzschke
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Osram GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F9/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
    • G09F9/30—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
    • G09F9/313—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements being gas discharge devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F13/00—Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising
    • G09F13/04—Signs, boards or panels, illuminated from behind the insignia
    • G09F13/0418—Constructional details
    • G09F13/0472—Traffic signs
    • 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
    • H01J61/305—Flat vessels or containers
    • 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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Vessels And Coating Films For Discharge Lamps (AREA)
EP99945734A 1998-04-20 1999-04-09 Flat reflector lamp for dielectrically inhibited discharges with spacers Expired - Lifetime EP1074038B8 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19817480 1998-04-20
DE19817480A DE19817480B4 (en) 1998-03-20 1998-04-20 Flat lamp for dielectrically disabled discharges with spacers
PCT/DE1999/001092 WO1999054916A2 (en) 1998-04-20 1999-04-09 Flat reflector lamp for dielectrically inhibited discharges with spacers

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EP1074038A2 EP1074038A2 (en) 2001-02-07
EP1074038B1 EP1074038B1 (en) 2009-04-01
EP1074038B8 true EP1074038B8 (en) 2009-06-17

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EP99945734A Expired - Lifetime EP1074038B8 (en) 1998-04-20 1999-04-09 Flat reflector lamp for dielectrically inhibited discharges with spacers

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US (1) US6531822B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1074038B8 (en)
JP (1) JP2002512425A (en)
KR (1) KR100417432B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2329085C (en)
DE (2) DE19817480B4 (en)
HU (1) HUP0103677A3 (en)
TW (1) TW439091B (en)
WO (1) WO1999054916A2 (en)

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WO1999054916A2 (en) 1999-10-28
TW439091B (en) 2001-06-07
KR20010042877A (en) 2001-05-25
HUP0103677A3 (en) 2002-04-29
KR100417432B1 (en) 2004-02-05
EP1074038A2 (en) 2001-02-07
WO1999054916A3 (en) 1999-12-02
DE59914995D1 (en) 2009-05-14
CA2329085A1 (en) 1999-10-28
CA2329085C (en) 2008-01-08
DE19817480B4 (en) 2004-03-25
DE19817480A1 (en) 1999-09-23
JP2002512425A (en) 2002-04-23
US6531822B1 (en) 2003-03-11
EP1074038B1 (en) 2009-04-01
HUP0103677A2 (en) 2002-02-28

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