EP1119868A1 - Lampe a decharge gazeuse et procede de production correspondant - Google Patents

Lampe a decharge gazeuse et procede de production correspondant

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EP1119868A1
EP1119868A1 EP00958191A EP00958191A EP1119868A1 EP 1119868 A1 EP1119868 A1 EP 1119868A1 EP 00958191 A EP00958191 A EP 00958191A EP 00958191 A EP00958191 A EP 00958191A EP 1119868 A1 EP1119868 A1 EP 1119868A1
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Prior art keywords
closure element
discharge vessel
opening
gas
discharge lamp
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English (en)
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Michael Seibold
Michael Ilmer
Angela Eberhardt
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Osram GmbH
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Patent Treuhand Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J9/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture, installation, removal, maintenance of electric discharge tubes, discharge lamps, or parts thereof; Recovery of material from discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J9/40—Closing vessels
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01J61/302—Vessels; Containers characterised by the material of the vessel
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01J65/046—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 capacitive means around the vessel

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a gas discharge lamp and its manufacture.
  • the invention is directed to a gas discharge lamp which is designed for dielectrically impeded discharges, in which at least the electrode (s) of one polarity is (are) separated from the discharge volume in the discharge vessel of the lamp by a dielectric layer (dielectrically impeded electrode) ,
  • the invention is also directed to flat radiator lamps and their manufacture - in particular for dielectrically impeded discharges.
  • the technology of gas discharge lamps, in particular of gas discharge lamps for dielectrically impeded discharges and in particular of flat radiator gas discharge lamps, is assumed to be state of the art here.
  • the invention is also directed to rod-shaped discharge lamps, in particular for dielectrically impeded discharges.
  • WO98 / 49712 the disclosure content of which is included with reference to the lamp technology of rod-shaped discharge lamps for dielectrically disabled discharges.
  • a rod-shaped aperture discharge lamp with at least one internal strip-shaped electrode is disclosed.
  • One end of the tubular discharge vessel of the lamp is sealed gas-tight with a stopper which is fused to a part of the inner wall of the discharge vessel by means of glass solder.
  • the strip-shaped inner electrode is led through the glass solder as a power supply to the outside. It is disadvantageous that a glass solder layer is required as a gas-tight connecting means between the stopper and the vessel wall.
  • a gas discharge lamp with a discharge vessel characterized in that the discharge vessel has at least one closure element which has been fitted and melted into a discharge vessel opening and thereby closes the discharge vessel opening in a gas-tight manner.
  • Preferred embodiments of the gas discharge lamp according to the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.
  • the manufacturing process of the gas discharge lamp according to the invention is the subject of the process claim.
  • the basic idea of the invention is to close one or more openings in a discharge vessel of a discharge lamp by melting a closure element fitted into the or each discharge vessel opening.
  • an additional connection means e.g. a glass solder layer as in the prior art, see between the closure element and the wall of the discharge vessel opening.
  • the softening of the material of the closure element leads to a firm connection with and possibly to an adaptation of the shape to the wall of the discharge vessel opening.
  • the term melting does not necessarily mean a transition to a liquid phase in the literal sense of the word. Rather, sufficient softening is also included, which on the one hand leads to sufficient adhesion of the softened material to the vessel wall immediately adjacent to the discharge vessel opening and, if necessary, to an adaptation of the shape thereof.
  • a viscosity of the closure element of the order of 10 6 dPa s (decipascal seconds) or less is aimed for when melting.
  • the material of the closure element is selected such that its Softening temperature below that of remaining materials used, especially for the discharge vessel.
  • the softening temperature of the closure element is relatively low, so that typical melting temperatures are in the range between approximately 350 ° C. and 600 ° C., for example 400 ° C.
  • the outgassing from the materials of the discharge vessel that occurs at higher temperatures can thereby be prevented or at least kept relatively low.
  • the viscosity of the closure element is typically at least, two better at least three powers of ten less than that of the discharge vessel, with a significantly higher softening temperature, in the example 520 ° C.
  • the or each closure element is a prefabricated semi-finished product, e.g. a molded part made of sintered glass, for example lead borosilicate (Pb-Si-BO), bismuth borosilicate (Bi-Si-BO), zinc borosilicate (Zn-Si-BO), zinc bismuth borosilicate glass (Zn -Bi-Si-BO) or phosphate glass (SnO-ZnO-P 2 0 5 ).
  • the discharge vessel on the other hand, consists of a glass customary for this purpose, such as soda lime silicate glass.
  • Such an opening which according to the invention is closed by melting a closure element, can be a filling opening for pumping out and filling, which must be closed after filling.
  • the closure element can have the shape of a plug, for example, which is inserted into the filling opening after filling and then melted and then closes the filling opening in a gas-tight manner.
  • a sleeve with a thickened edge ie a type of collar with a bore, which serves here as the actual filling opening, is also suitable as the closure element.
  • This variant has the advantage that the closure element already before Filling can be used in the opening of the discharge vessel. After filling, the closure element only has to be melted and the opening thus closed in a gas-tight manner.
  • it can also be an opening through which, for example, an electrical feedthrough is placed and which is to be sealed, the feedthrough being to be melted down.
  • an electrical feedthrough is placed and which is to be sealed, the feedthrough being to be melted down.
  • the closure element it is favorable to provide the closure element to be melted as a thickened edge of the opening. Then, when the glass softens, it can evenly close the opening from all sides of the opening.
  • the opening is a filling opening, the diameter of the opening can be 1-5 mm, for example.
  • the invention is preferably directed to flat radiator discharge vessels.
  • These can be constructed from a base plate and a front plate and a frame connecting the two plates.
  • a favorable arrangement of a filling opening can lie in the frame because the light radiation is particularly little impaired thereby.
  • This also applies to electrical feedthroughs.
  • arrangements in the base plate or in the ceiling plate are also possible, with clever accommodation in an edge region being preferred in order not to disturb the light radiation and the discharge electrode profile.
  • Tubular discharge lamps are otherwise less affected by the problem of the targeted, favorable arrangement of a filling opening, since a discharge tube initially has an opening at both ends which is suitable for filling and which has to be closed, for example by the closure elements according to the invention.
  • the heating for melting the closure element can in any case be carried out by heat radiation, for example in an oven or by means of an IR radiator, or by a flame.
  • the invention is also directed to carrying out the process in a vacuum oven for pumping out and filling at a controlled elevated temperature at the same time.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view through a flat radiator discharge vessel before closing according to the invention according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a detail of FIG. 1 with the filling opening closed
  • Figure 3 shows a detail with an alternative filling opening to Figure 1 before closing according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 4 shows the embodiment of Figure 3 after closing
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a production line for the inventive method.
  • a filling opening in a discharge vessel is closed with a glass closure element by melting.
  • the closure element can be arranged in one of the plates, and after the second in the frame of a flat radiator discharge vessel.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross section through a flat radiator discharge vessel.
  • the number 1 designates a base plate and the number 2 a front plate and the number 3 a frame that connects the two plates. These components consist of soda-lime silicate glass and were connected to one another in a previous joining process step by means of a glass solder layer denoted by 4.
  • the resulting discharge vessel has an essentially rectangular cross section and a rectangular plan (not shown). It is used to produce a flat spotlight with dielectrically impeded discharges for backlighting a flat screen or for general lighting. Accordingly, electrode strips are printed on the top side of the base plate 1 in the figure within the area delimited by the frame 3, part of the electrodes being covered with a dielectric layer. These details are of no further interest here and are therefore not shown. Reference is made to the disclosure content of the application 19711 890.0 already cited.
  • the presence of the electrode strips on the base plate 1 is the reason for the arrangement of a filling opening 5 in the front plate 2.
  • the filling opening 5 in FIG. 1 lies essentially centrally for the sake of simplicity; in a specific embodiment, however, an edge position is preferred for reasons already explained.
  • a glass sleeve 6 is inserted into the filling opening 5 in the form of a thickened collar as a closure element.
  • the closure element 6 consists of a relatively low-melting sintered glass, for example lead borosilicate glass (Pb-Si-BO).
  • this closure element 6 is heated to a temperature of approximately 400 ° C., whereby it softens to a viscosity of less than 10 6 dPa s, and is drawn into the filling opening 5 as a drop by the surface tension.
  • the filling opening 5 is closed in the manner shown schematically in FIG. 2, the relatively low heating required for softening the closure element 6 not adversely affecting the rest of the discharge vessel. It is indicated in the drawing that the closure element 6 closing the filling opening 5 produces a slight ripple compared to the rest of the front plate 2. For this reason, the above-mentioned arrangement close to the wall is preferable.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 An alternative to this is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, with FIG. 3 showing the state of a filling opening 5 ′ which is still unlocked and FIG. 4 the closed state.
  • a filling opening 5 ' is provided in a frame 3', the frame 3 'thus has a gap.
  • a collar sleeve 6 ' is inserted into the filling opening 5' in a manner similar to that shown in FIG. 1, which otherwise corresponds to the explanations given above for FIG.
  • the part of the manufacturing method according to the invention takes place in a schematically represented production line consisting of three stations 7, 8 and 9.
  • a structure composed of the base plate 1, the front plate 2, the frame 3 and the closure element 6 and provided with glass solder 4 at the appropriate points is inserted into the first station 7, a continuous furnace for joining these semi-finished products.
  • the discharge vessel is inserted therein by heating to a temperature between 240 ° and 520 ° C.
  • a protective gas atmosphere is present in the continuous furnace.
  • the temperature in the continuous furnace 7 is increased to such an extent that the glass solder 4 softens and the parts to be joined are joined when the joint solder has a viscosity of significantly less than 10 6 dPa s. Temperatures of 520 ° C are typically required for this.
  • the protective gas atmosphere essentially serves to prevent oxidation of the luminescent material (not shown in the figures) in the discharge vessel at the elevated temperatures. A (significantly more complex and therefore more expensive) vacuum oven is not required in station 7.
  • the discharge vessel After the joining and cooling to a temperature with a viscosity of the glass solder 4 of over 10 10 dPa s, the discharge vessel is introduced into the second station 8, the closure element 6 still corresponding to the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. Therefore, the interior of the discharge vessel via the filling opening 5 is still open. In the vacuum furnace 8 is therefore pumped through the filling opening 5, the discharge vessel being kept at a temperature of 250 ° -300 ° C. suitable for supporting further desorption processes and with regard to the elevated temperature suitable for the subsequent melting of the closure element 6.
  • closure element 6 can also be applied only in the vacuum oven 8. After sufficient pumping, an atmosphere corresponding to the desired gas filling of the gas discharge lamp is set in the vacuum furnace 8 and penetrates into the discharge vessel through the filling opening 5.
  • the lamp including the closure element 6, is heated to a temperature of approximately 400 ° C., as a result of which the latter melts and is drawn into the filling opening 5 as a drop by the surface tension.
  • the lamp or the closure element 6 is then cooled and solidifies in the form shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 and encloses the gas filling enclosed in the discharge vessel.
  • the closed discharge vessel is then introduced into the third station 9, a further continuous furnace, and is cooled there to about 50 ° C. by a defined control of the furnace temperature or by transporting the lamp along a distance corresponding to a defined temperature profile within the continuous furnace 9.
  • the finished discharge vessel can then be removed according to the arrow drawn on the right in FIG. 5. Since, as already mentioned, it is a discharge vessel which is already provided with electrode strips and bushings (compare the already cited application 197 11 890.9), the gas discharge lamp is essentially completed.
  • the closure element can only be inserted into the discharge vessel opening after the lamp has been filled and then melted.
  • the closing element of course, no longer have its own filling opening but can, for example, be designed as a type of stopper, which then, after it has been melted, also closes the discharge vessel opening in a gas-tight manner.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Manufacture Of Electron Tubes, Discharge Lamp Vessels, Lead-In Wires, And The Like (AREA)
  • Vessels And Coating Films For Discharge Lamps (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne une lampe à décharge gazeuse comportant un récipient de décharge, comprenant par exemple une plaque de base, une plaque avant (2) et un cadre (3), qui présente au moins un élément de fermeture (6) fermant de manière étanche aux gaz une ouverture du récipient de décharge, du fait que l'élément de fermeture (6) a été introduit, puis fondu dans l'ouverture du récipient de décharge. Ledit élément de fermeture (6) consiste en un matériau à moindre point de fusion que le reste du récipient de décharge, par ex. en verre fritté. Ce système permet de ne plus avoir recours à un élément de jonction supplémentaire entre l'élément de fermeture (6) et la paroi adjacente du récipient de décharge (2).
EP00958191A 1999-08-05 2000-07-28 Lampe a decharge gazeuse et procede de production correspondant Withdrawn EP1119868A1 (fr)

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DE19936865 1999-08-05
DE19936865A DE19936865A1 (de) 1999-08-05 1999-08-05 Gasentladungslampe und zugehöriges Herstellungsverfahren
PCT/DE2000/002500 WO2001011653A1 (fr) 1999-08-05 2000-07-28 Lampe a decharge gazeuse et procede de production correspondant

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HUP0200532A2 (en) 2002-06-29
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