Electric lamp and discharge devices – With gas or vapor – Three or more electrode discharge device
Patent
1994-01-13
1996-01-09
Zimmerman, Brian
Electric lamp and discharge devices
With gas or vapor
Three or more electrode discharge device
313234, 313488, 313596, H01J 546, H01J 6154, H01J 6500
Patent
active
RE0351423
ABSTRACT:
A fluorescent lamp having an improved starting performance, especially at low temperatures. A gas under a low pressure is sealed in a glass tube having a pair of electrodes mounted thereon, and a fluorescent material is coated on the inner surface of the glass tube, the fluorescent material being activated to emit light by a discharge between the pair of electrodes. A third electrode is provided between the pair of electrodes, the third electrode being connected to one of the pair of electrodes.
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patent: 4700101 (1987-10-01), Ellner et al.
patent: 5189340 (1993-02-01), Ikeda
"Xenon Fluorescent Lamp for Office Automation Equipment--NEC Home Electronics", published in Nikkei Mechanical dated Oct. 19, 1992.
Ikeda Shinyu
Kikuchi Ryoji
Nishiyama Masataka
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Zimmerman Brian
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