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- the present invention relates to a fluorescent lamp, and in particular, to a fluorescent lamp suitable for a light source for a backlight used in a liquid crystal display device used in electronic devices such as a personal convenience device and a power navigation device. It is about. 2. Description of the Related Art A fluorescent lamp is used as a backlight light source for irradiating uniform light from the back of a liquid crystal panel in a liquid crystal display device used for electronic devices such as a personal convenience display or a car navigation system. You. Fluorescent lamps as such a backlight light source are required to have a larger display area, thinner, and higher performance of the liquid crystal display device, and the fluorescent lamp itself has a smaller arc tube diameter and a longer lamp length. With stable and sufficient light intensity in a wide ambient temperature of _40 ° C to 85 ° C or under the control of light intensity ranging from several% to 100%, A uniform light emission distribution and the like are required.
- a small discharge lamp or a fluorescent lamp using an inert gas such as neon gas, krypton gas or xenon gas as a discharge gas is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-63756.
- this discharge lamp of the two electrodes, one electrode is provided inside the glass tube, the other electrode is provided outside the glass tube, and the electrodes in the glass tube are provided along the entire length of the glass tube along the longitudinal direction of the glass tube.
- the electrode outside the glass tube is provided on the outer periphery of the glass tube with respect to the electrode provided inside the glass tube.
- the discharge lamp is a small discharge lamp having a tube diameter of 2 to 10 and a tube length of 50 to 200, and a single or a combination of straight or curved discharge lamps. It is disclosed that it can be used as a display means for displaying characters, numbers, or symbols, etc. in a luminous manner, and also used as a pilot lamp or a marker lamp of an energy-saving lug overnight.
- a positive column cannot be formed over the entire length of the glass tube. That is, as a light source for a backlight device in a liquid crystal display device, for example, an elongated fluorescent lamp having an outer diameter of about 1.6 mm to 10 mm and a length of about 100 to 500 mm of a glass tube is used. It is extremely difficult in terms of manufacturing technology to arrange the electrodes so that the discharge distance is uniform over the entire length of the glass tube.
- the fluorescent lamp is often affected by vibrations in the state of use, which causes local deformation of the internal electrodes, making it difficult to always maintain a constant discharge distance. .
- a glass tube may be processed into a complicated shape such as a W tube or a U-shaped tube as a light source for a backlight, and in such a structure, the entire length thereof is reduced. It is extremely difficult to form the internal electrode so that the discharge distance between the internal electrode and the external electrode is uniform.
- an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional fluorescent lamp. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a fluorescent lamp for a backlight light source of a liquid crystal display device, which performs stable light emission with sufficient brightness, using a rare gas containing xenon gas as a discharge medium. It is.
- the fluorescent lamp of the present invention includes a glass tube having both ends hermetically sealed and a discharge medium sealed therein, a phosphor layer formed on the inner wall surface of the glass tube, and one end in the glass tube.
- An external S provided with one potential applied thereto, and a conductive wire spirally wound at a predetermined pitch along the tube axis between both ends of the glass tube and the other potential applied thereto. S3 ⁇ 4.
- the discharge medium is made of xenon gas or a mixed gas of xenon gas and another rare gas.
- the outer electrode and the glass tube are coated on their outer peripheral surfaces with a light-transmitting resin film layer, whereby the outer electrode is connected to the outer periphery of the glass tube. It is characterized by being integrally fixed to the surface.
- the fluorescent lamp of the present invention has a glass tube having a sealing film formed on both ends so that a phosphor film is formed on the inner wall surface and a discharge medium is sealed therein, and one of the glass tubes is sealed.
- a first power supply lead wire hermetically penetrating the stop portion, an internal electrode connected to a leading end of the power supply lead wire extended into the glass tube, and the other of the glass tube.
- a second power supply lead wire having one end buried in the sealing portion and the other end led out of the glass tube, and spirally wound around the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube along the tube axis direction; And an external electrode that is electrically connected to the second power supply lead wire and is made of a conductive wire that is mechanically fixed.
- the second power supply lead wire having one end buried in the other sealing portion of the glass tube is characterized in that the end is not exposed to the inside of the glass tube. It is assumed that. Further, in the fluorescent lamp of the present invention, the end of the conductive wire constituting the external electrode is wound around the second power supply lead wire. .
- an end of the conductive wire forming the external electrode is provided around the second power supply lead wire, and a conductive wire forming the external electrode on an outer peripheral surface of the glass tube. Is wound in the same direction as the winding direction.
- the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube including the external electrode is covered with a light-transmitting resin film layer, whereby the external electrode is integrally fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube. It is characterized by having been done. Further, in the fluorescent lamp of the present invention, the second power supply lead wire having one end buried in the other sealing portion of the glass tube has a locking portion formed at an end thereof. It is characterized by the following.
- the electrically conductive medium is characterized by being composed of xenon gas or a mixed gas of xenon gas and another rare gas.
- the fluorescent lamp of the present invention includes a glass tube having sealing portions formed at both ends, a phosphor coating formed on an inner wall surface of the glass tube, and a discharge medium containing a rare gas sealed in the glass tube.
- a first power supply lead wire that penetrates one sealing portion of the glass tube and is hermetically sealed; and an internal electrode provided at a distal end of the first power supply lead wire.
- a second power supply lead wire having one end embedded in the other sealing portion of the glass tube and the other end led out of the glass tube; and a positioning portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube.
- the glass tube is guided by the positioning portion, spirally wound on the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube over substantially the entire length in the tube axis direction, and one end is connected and fixed to the second power supply lead wire. And an external S3 ⁇ 4 made of a conductive wire.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of a fluorescent lamp showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the fluorescent lamp shown in FIG. 1 and an explanatory diagram showing a configuration provided with a lighting circuit.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view showing one end of the fluorescent lamp in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a fluorescent lamp according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the fluorescent lamp of FIG. 4 and an explanatory diagram showing a configuration provided with a lighting circuit.
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view showing one end of the fluorescent lamp in FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic view for explaining a winding step for winding an external electrode on the fluorescent lamp of FIG. 4, (a) is a top view, and (b) is a cross-sectional view.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing driving conditions of the fluorescent lamp of the present invention by the lighting power supply 18 shown in FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the driving conditions of the fluorescent lamp of the present invention by the lighting power supply 18 also shown in FIG.
- Fig. 10 plots the tube power (watt) and the driving pulse frequency shown in Fig. 4 on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, respectively, and shows the pulse frequency range for stable light emission at a given lamp tube power. It is a graph obtained and plotted.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing the luminous intensity with respect to the tube power of the fluorescent lamp in the above embodiment in comparison with conventional mercury-type and xenon-type fluorescent lamps.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the relative brightness of the fluorescent lamp of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 with respect to the duty ratio of the dimming signal when the brightness is adjusted using the PWM dimming method. It is a graph which shows target total luminous flux (%).
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the structure of a backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device incorporating the fluorescent lamp of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a fluorescent lamp according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 15 shows that the required high frequency voltage is applied to the fluorescent lamp of the above configuration during transportation or handling operation, after consciously applying the same external force as that normally applied, and the brightness in the axial direction of the glass tube is increased.
- 4 is a graph showing the results of measuring and determining the light emission distribution.
- FIG. 16 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a configuration of an end portion of a fluorescent lamp, showing still another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a view showing a modification of the second power supply lead wire 114b.
- FIG. 1 is a side view showing a configuration of the fluorescent lamp of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a configuration of the fluorescent lamp including a lighting circuit
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an end of the fluorescent lamp in FIG. FIG.
- the fluorescent lamp of the present invention includes a glass tube 11 functioning as an arc tube, and both ends of the glass tube 11 are hermetically sealed by sealing portions 12a and 12b. .
- a phosphor film 13 is formed on the inner wall surface of the glass tube 11.
- the glass tube 11 has, for example, an outer diameter of 1.6 to about L0 mm and a length of about 50 to 500 mm, and has a hermetically sealed internal space as a discharge medium, for example.
- a rare gas such as xenon gas or a mixed rare gas mainly composed of xenon gas is sealed.
- One sealing portion 12 a of the glass tube 11 is provided with a first power supply lead wire 14 a that penetrates the inside and is hermetically sealed, and has a tip extending into the hermetic space at the end.
- a cylindrical internal electrode 15 is provided.
- This internal electrode 15 is, for example, N It is a cylindrical body with an inner diameter of about 2.0mm and a length of about 4.0mm, one end of which is made of an i-plate. Further, in order to reduce the tube voltage, an electron-emitting substance can be provided on the inner and outer wall surfaces of the internal electrode.
- the electron-emitting substance is an emitter used in a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and is mainly composed of an oxide of an alkaline earth metal such as barium oxide, or a boride of a rare earth element such as lanthanum boride. is there.
- the internal electrode 15 may be formed in a columnar shape, a flat shape, or a V-shape using, for example, a Ni-based metal such as Ni or a Ni alloy. In the case of a cylindrical or columnar shape, it is desirable to have a truncated conical body or a conical body whose end face facing the discharge space is reduced in diameter.
- the dimensions of the internal electrode are generally about 0.6 to 2.0 mm in outer diameter and about 2 to 5 mm in length depending on the inner diameter of the glass tube used.
- the first power supply lead wire 14a is a linear body or a ⁇ K body made of, for example, Kovar or tungsten having a diameter of about 0.4 mm, and one end is welded or caulked to the bottom wall surface of the cylindrical body. It is connected, and the other end is led out of the sealing portion 12 a of the glass tube 11.
- an external electrode 16 formed by spirally winding a conductive wire of about 0.1 mm Ni wire over substantially the entire length in the direction of the tube axis (not shown).
- the external S ⁇ 16 can be made of a Ni wire or a Cu wire having a diameter of about 0.05 to 0.5 mm.
- the material of the external electrode 16 preferably has a resistivity of 210 to 4 ⁇ cm or less in order to reduce power loss in the external electrode, and its cross-sectional shape is a perfect circle, an ellipse, an ellipse, or the like.
- the shape may be a circle such as a semicircle, a polygon such as a triangle, a quadrangle, a rectangle or a trapezoid, or a shape similar thereto.
- the external electrode 16 is wound at a predetermined pitch along the tube axis of the glass tube 11 in order to obtain a substantially uniform light distribution along the tube axis. That is, the winding pitch of the external electrode is about 0.1 to 10 mm depending on the outer diameter (or inner diameter) of the glass tube, and is changed according to the position of the glass tube in order to obtain a predetermined light distribution. Adjusting. For example, if the winding pitch is reduced continuously or stepwise as the distance from the internal electrode increases, almost uniform light distribution characteristics can be obtained in the tube axis direction.
- the continuous change of the winding bit means that the winding bit is continuously changed in accordance with the distance along the tube axis direction from the end of the glass tube on which the internal electrode 15 is arranged. That means.
- the stepwise change of the winding pitch includes the following cases.
- the part of the outer surface of the glass tube where the conductive wire is wound is divided into two or more sections in the axial direction of the glass tube.
- the outer peripheral surface of the external electrode 16 configured as described above is covered with a resin film layer 17 such as a translucent heat-shrinkable tube, and the electrode pitch does not fluctuate in the tube axis direction. It is fixed to.
- the resin film layer 17 is desirably a layer having a suitable heat resistance, such as a tube or film made of, for example, a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a polyimide resin, or a fluororesin having a thermal TO property.
- a suitable heat resistance such as a tube or film made of, for example, a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a polyimide resin, or a fluororesin having a thermal TO property.
- the second power supply lead wire 14b is made of, for example, an Ni wire having an outer diameter of about 0.1 to 2.0 mm, a wire such as a Kovar wire or a Dumet wire, or a ribbon of Ni or Mo. It consists of a foil and a book board.
- This second power lead Embedding the sealing portion 12b of the 1413 into a bead stem in which the surface of the second power supply lead wire 14b is covered with a glass insulating layer, etc. Heating with a burner and sealing it, or inserting one end of the second power supply lead wire 14 b into the end of the glass tube 11 before sealing,
- the metal wire constituting the second power supply lead wire 14b may be made of the same material as a whole, but may be made of glass.
- the part sealed with glass is made of Copearl wire and Dumet wire to increase the sealing strength with glass
- the part following the voltage supply line 18b is Ni wire to improve weldability. Can be used.
- the end of the external electrode 16 is connected and fixed to the second power supply lead wire 114b by electric welding, soldering, or caulking 19 at the portion led out of the glass tube 11. Have been.
- the inner 5 and the outer 6 are connected to the first and second power supply leads 14a and 114b and the voltage supply lines 18a and 18b, respectively, for example, through the first and second power supply leads.
- a predetermined high-frequency pulse voltage for example, a pulse voltage of 20 to 100 kHz, l to 4 kV, is applied from the lighting power supply 18 including the evening.
- discharge starts between the electrodes 15 and 16, and the ultraviolet rays pass through the glass tube 11.
- the emitted ultraviolet light excites the phosphor coating 13 on the inner wall surface of the glass tube 11, is converted into visible light and is emitted out of the glass tube 11, and functions as a fluorescent lamp-9.
- the fluorescent lamp of the present invention configured as described above includes an internal electrode 15 disposed inside the tube near one end of the glass tube 11 and an external electrode 1 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11.
- an internal electrode 15 disposed inside the tube near one end of the glass tube 11
- an external electrode 1 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11.
- the internal electrode 15 of the fluorescent lamp of the present invention has two conventional internal electrodes at the end of the glass tube 11 which are much shorter than the entire length of the glass tube 11. Since an internal electrode having substantially the same structure as that of an internal electrode used in a xenon-type fluorescent lamp can be used, it can be easily manufactured using a conventional manufacturing technique.
- the outer electrode 16 of the fluorescent lamp of the present invention has its outer peripheral surface covered and fixed with a heat-shrinkable resin film layer 17, the pitch can always be kept at a predetermined value.
- uniform light emission is performed along the tube axis, and a high light emission output can be secured.
- the external electrode 16 is spirally wound around the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11 with a predetermined pitch. Affects the light emission distribution and light output in the tube axis direction. For this reason, the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11 around which the external electrode 16 is wound is covered with a translucent resin film layer 17 to protect the external electrode 16 from insulation and to form a spiral winding. Is tightly fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the valve 11.
- the end of the external electrode 16 is connected to the second power supply lead wire 114b by soldering 19, and the second power supply lead wire 114b is also connected to the glass tube 1 1 4b. Since one end side is buried in the other sealing portion 12b, it is possible to prevent pitch fluctuation or disconnection accident caused by external force applied to the external electrode 16. . That is, since the external electrode 16 is formed of a thin conductive wire having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the strength of the bow I tension is limited, and the outer electrode 16 is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11. Alternatively, disconnection is likely to occur when wiring to the lighting power supply 18, when incorporating into a liquid crystal display device, or in other cases.
- the above-described problem is solved by providing the second power supply lead wire 114 b and connecting and fixing the lead end of the external electrode 16 to this lead wire.
- FIG. 4 to 6 are views showing a second embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a side view of a fluorescent lamp
- FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a fluorescent lamp including a lighting circuit
- FIG. FIG. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view showing an end portion of the fluorescent lamp in FIG. Smell
- the outer diameter of the glass tube 11 is 3.0 mm
- the tube length is 176 mm
- the three-color mixed phosphor layer 13 of R, G, B is formed on the inner wall thereof
- a mixed gas of xenon and neon is used as the discharge medium.
- the external electrode 16 is formed by spirally winding the end 16 b of the conductive wire around the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11. It is wound around 4b and connected by electric welding or soldering.
- the end 16 b of the conductive wire is wound around the second power supply lead wire 114 b in the same direction as the winding direction on the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing such a winding process, wherein FIG. 7 (a) is a top view and FIG. 7 (b) is a cross-sectional view.
- the glass tube 11 rotates at a constant speed in the direction of arrow A about the tube axis as a rotation axis, while moving at a speed corresponding to the winding bit in the direction of the tube axis (arrow B).
- a metal wire 72 to which a certain tension is applied is supplied from a metal wire nozzle 71 arranged in a direction perpendicular to the glass tube 11.
- the winding starts from the second power supply lead wire 114 b embedded in the end of the glass tube 11.
- the moving speed of the glass tube 11 in the direction of arrow B is reduced, and the winding pitch is wound tightly around the root of the second power supply lead wire 114b with almost zero pitch.
- the moving speed of the glass tube 11 in the direction of arrow B is increased, and the glass tube 11 is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11 at a predetermined pitch.
- the winding pitch can be increased by gradually increasing the moving speed of the glass tube 11 in the direction of arrow B toward the other end 12a. Therefore, the spiral winding of the outer tube S16 gradually becomes bitter from the end 12a where the internal electrode 15 of the glass tube 11 is arranged toward the opposite end 12b. It can be wound so that it becomes narrow.
- the winding of the external electrode 16 is started from the second power supply lead wire 114b, and the winding end is fixed by tightly winding the winding, the winding is performed during the winding process. Since there is no slack or displacement, winding can be performed at an accurate pitch.
- the end of the winding is fixed to the second power supply lead wire 114b, so that the wiring may be incorporated into the liquid crystal display device, and the transportation may be performed during transportation. Since there is no sagging or misalignment of the line, an accurate pitch can be maintained.
- FIG. 8 and 9 are diagrams showing driving conditions of the fluorescent lamp of the present invention by the lighting power supply 18 shown in FIG.
- the positive column tends to be in a striped state (contracted positive column), which moves irregularly, so that the light emission operation becomes unstable and the light emission intensity tends to decrease.
- a pulse power supply is usually used as the power supply 18 for use; it is necessary to adjust the frequency thereof.
- FIG. 8 (a) is a graph experimentally showing the relationship between such a lamp driving pulse waveform and the discharge current of a fluorescent lamp.
- a beak voltage lkV, a pulse power of 3.0 W, a frequency of 40 kHz, and a duty ratio (D) of 45% were used as the driving pulse waveform
- the discharge pause in the discharge current waveform was 7 zsec.
- the contracted positive column portion 82 in the positive column 81 reached the center of the glass tube 11 as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 9 (a) is a graph experimentally showing the relationship between the pulse waveform and the discharge current of the fluorescent lamp when the frequency is 20 kHz and other conditions are the same.
- the discharge pause period in the discharge current waveform is 18 seconds, and the contracted positive column is not formed and the positive column 91 expands in the diameter direction of the glass tube 11 as shown in FIG.
- the diffused positive column spread over almost the entire length of the glass tube 11, and it was confirmed that a stable and sufficient intensity of ultraviolet light emission operation was obtained.
- Figure 10 shows the tube power (meaning the power supplied to the lamp when the lamp is discharged; the unit is watts) and the driving frequency of the drive pulse on the horizontal and vertical axes, respectively, and emits light stably at the given tube power. And plot the lighting pulse frequency for It is the graph which did. From this graph, the operating state of the lamp is divided into a stable light emitting region 101, an unstable light emitting region 102, and a light emitting region 103 with insufficient intensity.
- Figures (a), (b), and (c) show the discharge gas pressures when the gas pressures were 8.0 kPa, 13.3 kPa, and 18.6 kPa, respectively. ing. From these experimentally determined graphs, it can be seen that the stable emission region 101 can be expanded by increasing the gas pressure.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing the luminous intensity with respect to the tube power of the fluorescent lamp in the above embodiment in comparison with conventional mercury-type and xenon-type fluorescent lamps.
- curve 122 represents the fluorescent lamp of the present invention
- curve 122 represents a conventional mercury-type fluorescent lamp having two internal electrodes
- curve 123 represents two internal electrodes and driven by a pulse.
- a conventional xenon-type fluorescent lamp, curves 124, respectively, show the relative total luminous flux (%) of a conventional xenon-type fluorescent lamp having two internal electrodes and driven by a sine wave.
- the total luminous flux of the fluorescent lamp of the present invention is twice or more that of the conventional xenon fluorescent lamp, and reaches 50% of that of the conventional mercury fluorescent lamp.
- FIG. 13 is a graph showing the relative total luminous flux (%) of the dimming signal with respect to the duty ratio when the brightness is adjusted using the PWM dimming method.
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the structure of a pack light unit for a liquid crystal display device incorporating the fluorescent lamp of the present invention.
- This backlight unit is a unit for a 7-inch size liquid crystal display panel, and two fluorescent lamps 142 of the present invention are arranged on both sides of the light guide plate 141.
- the two fluorescent lamps 142 arranged on both sides of the light guide plate 141 are housed in the reflectors 144 provided along the side surfaces of the light guide plate 114, respectively.
- a prism sheet and a diffusion sheet 144 are stacked on the upper surface of the light guide plate 144, and a reflection sheet 144 is stacked on the lower surface.
- the ⁇ ⁇ , ⁇ ⁇ light unit has a thickness of 11 mm,
- the tube power of the lamp 1 1 Wa Uz Bok, Bruno Dzukuraitoyunidzu Bok of luminance was 6, 0 0 0 cd / m 2, a sufficient luminance as backlight Bok Yunitto for displays for car navigation Obtained.
- FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a fluorescent lamp according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 to 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted.
- one or a plurality of positioning portions 11a,... Formed of, for example, grooves or uneven portions are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11.
- the winding positioning portions 1 la,... are located on the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11, at which both ends where the winding of the conductive wire constituting the external electrode 16 starts and ends, or at positions between them. Is provided.
- the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11 including the external electrode 16 is coated with a light-transmitting resin film layer 17 such as a heat-shrinkable resin tube, as in the first and second embodiments.
- the external electrode 16 is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube 11.
- the end 16 b of the lead wire of the external electrode 16 is wound around a second power supply lead wire 114 b whose one end is embedded in the other sealing portion 12 b of the glass tube 11. Connected and fixed. Therefore, even if an external force acts on the external electrode 16, the movement of the winding in the tube axis direction is suppressed, so that the light distribution unevenness in the glass tube axis direction is greatly improved and the light distribution is improved. Output reduction is also prevented.
- the winding positioning portions 1 la,... are not limited to the concave groove shape, and may be a convex shape made of glass or the like, or the external electrode 6 may be engaged with both the concave portion and the convex portion. Is also good. Further, the formation position or the number thereof can be selected as needed.
- Fig. 15 shows that the required high frequency voltage is applied to the fluorescent lamp of the above configuration during transportation or handling operation, after consciously applying the same external force as that normally applied, and the brightness in the axial direction of the glass tube is increased. Shows the results of measurement and emission distribution This is a graph. As shown by curve A in the figure, it was confirmed that the fluorescent lamp of the present invention exhibited almost uniform light emission luminance over the entire length of the glass tube. It should be noted that the curve B in the figure is drawn directly from the external electrode 16 without passing through the second power supply lead wire 114 b for comparison with the fluorescent lamp according to the present invention. 1 shows a light distribution when a fluorescent lamp having no positioning portions 1 la,... Formed on the outer peripheral surface of FIG.
- FIG. 16 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a configuration of an end portion of a fluorescent lamp according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
- the same reference numerals are given to substantially the same components as those of the lamp in each of the above-described embodiments, and the description thereof is omitted.
- the second power supply lead wire 114b one end of which is embedded in the other sealing portion 12b of the glass tube 11, has a coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass tube.
- the tip portion embedded in the sealing portion 2b of the second power supply lead wire 114b has a lead wire main body portion.
- a large diameter portion 1 72 having a diameter larger than the diameter of 1 71 is formed.
- FIGS. 17 (a) to 17 (d) show modified examples of the second power supply lead wire 114b. That is, in the second power supply lead wire 114b shown in FIG. 2A, the end buried in the sealing portion 2b is roughened by an etching process, a plating process, or the like. The surface portion 18 1 is formed, and the second power supply lead wire 114 b shown in FIG. (B) has an uneven portion 18 2 formed by cutting or puncturing the tip. In the second power supply lead wire 114b shown in (c), a bent portion 183 is formed by bending the end portion, and then as shown in FIG. The second power supply lead wire 114 b has a flat portion 184 formed by crushing the distal end portion and wider than the lead portion.
- These second power supply lead wires 1 14 b have a large diameter portion 17 2, a rough surface portion 18 1, an uneven portion 18 2, a bent portion 18 3 or a flat portion 18 4
- the molten glass wraps around the tip, and after the glass has solidified, Even if the adhesion is insufficient, it is possible to prevent the second power supply lead wire 114b from coming off in the axial direction.
- the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.
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