High field effect neon lamp

Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Current and/or voltage regulation

Reexamination Certificate

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C315S307000, C315S18500S, C362S263000, C362S265000

Reexamination Certificate

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06242871

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to neon lamps, and more particularly to a high field effect neon lamp which consumes less energy, produces low noise, and can be controlled to start scanning from any desired point. The neon lamp uses a pulse width modulated weak signal to control the scanning function. The design is capable of scanning a neon lamp tube of big diameter.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A regular neon lamp is equipped with positive and negative electrodes, and used with a ferromagnetic transformer of about 450 W or electronic transformer of about 100
~
160 W. This structure of neon lamp consumes much energy. During the operation of the neon lamp, the high voltage transformer produces high noise. When a high voltage is provided to the high voltage electrodes, electric discharge takes place through an inert gas in the glass tube of the neon lamp, thereby causing a fluorescent material to be stricken. Because this structure of neon lamp works with a high voltage, it is not safe for use indoors. Furthermore, because of the installation limitation of the high voltage electrodes, the scanning of the neon lamp must be started from one end (for cost's sake, it is not practical to install the high voltage electrodes at the center area of the glass tube.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to neon lamps, and more particularly to a high field effect neon lamp which consumes less energy, produces low noise, and can be controlled to start scanning from any desired point. The neon lamp uses a pulse width modulated weak signal to control the scanning function. The design is capable of scanning a neon lamp tube of big diameter.
The present invention has been accomplished to provide a high field effect neon lamp which eliminates the aforesaid problems. It is one object of the present invention to provide a high field effect neon lamp which consumes less electric energy, and produces low noise. It is another object of the present invention to provide a high field effect neon lamp which can be made to start scanning from any desired point at the glass tube. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a high field effect neon lamp which is safe in use. According to the present invention, a pulse width modulation and scanning control circuit is provided and controlled to give a high frequency high voltage pulse width variable pulse signal to a transparent conductive coating layer, which is coated on desired area(s) at the outside wall of the glass tube of the neon lamp, causing a linearity-variable static electric field to be produced in the glass tube, so that an inert gas in the glass tube is ionized to strike a fluorescent material on the inside wall of the glass tube, causing it to emit light.


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patent: 5336976 (1994-08-01), Webb et al.
patent: 5702179 (1997-12-01), Sidwell et al.

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