Abstract:
To shorten the time between firing of a high-pressure discharge lamp and stantial light output therefrom, the discharge lamp includes a fill of xenon, at a cold fill pressure of at least 3 bar, in addition to mercury and a metal halide; the discharge vessel (2) is, at least in part, coated or doped so that invisible radiation is reflected into the lamp, or absorbed, while visible radiation is being transmitted by the discharge vessel. The shafts of the electrodes are thin, of only about 0.3 mm diameter, and the electrodes facing each other are part-spherical or rounded. The lamp is operated in combination with a lamp power supply (S) which has the characteristics of being capable of supplying between 5 to 10 times normal operating current of the lamp under starting conditions.
Abstract:
A high intensity discharge metal vapor lamp comprising an arc tube having an inner chamber vented to the arc tube and disposed therein is disclosed. The combination of the arc tube and inner chamber being of a double wall construction confines the arc condition occurring between thermionic electrodes to be within the inner chamber. The inner chamber is operated at an increased wall temperature, relative to a conventional arc tube, while at the same time reducing the typically experienced sodium losses that normally occur for increased wall temperature operation. Ceramic evaporation at elevated temperatures from the inner chamber can be rendered innocuous by deposition on a similar material utilized in the arc tube. The characteristics of the arc tube allows for improved methods of its operation such as a pulsed operation at a relatively high rate of 1 to 20 KHz so as to achieve a relatively high color temperature. If desired, the arc tube may be operated in a d.c. mode while at the same time reducing the tendancy of separation between the sodium and mercury fill contained with the arc tube typically occurring for such d.c. operation.
Abstract:
A lighting equipment comprises a high pressure metal vapor discharge lamp having a lamp voltage of 145 to 180 V actuated by a lag type ballast supplied with a voltage of lower than 220 V or a high pressure metal vapor discharge lamp having a lamp voltage of 150 to 200 V actuated by a lag type ballast supplied with a voltage of higher than 220 V whereby a consumed power is reduced in comparison with the conventional lighting device.
Abstract:
A high-pressure gas discharge lamp unit 10 is described including a burner 14 with a discharge vessel 18. The burner 14 comprises electrical contact leads 22,24 and protrudes from and is fixed to a lamp cap housing 12, so that at least a first of the contact leads 22, 24 extends into the housing 12. A lamp operating circuit 50 is arranged within the housing 12, electrically connected to the electrical contact leads 22, 24. In order to allow a particularly compact lamp unit, the housing comprises a bottom plate 44 made out of a metal material to dissipate heat, which comprises an opening 68 into which a cap element 60 made out of an electrically insulating material is inserted to enclose a first electrical contact lead 22.
Abstract:
The invention describes a method of generating calibration data (ΔUx, CPx) for a system (3) comprising a gas-discharge lamp (1) and a cooling arrangement (2) for cooling the lamp (1), which method comprises the steps of establishing a correlation (RP-U) between a lamp operating parameter delta (ΔU) and a lamp cooling status parameter delta (ΔP, ΔB); and associating a cooling arrangement control parameter (CP, CPx) with a lamp operating parameter delta (ΔU) on the basis of the established correlation (RP-U). The invention also describes a method of calibrating a cooling arrangement (2) of a system (3) comprising a gas-discharge lamp (1) and a cooling arrangement (2) for cooling the lamp (1). The invention also describes a method of controlling a cooling arrangement (2) in a system (3) comprising a high-pressure gas discharge lamp (1). The invention further describes a system (3) comprising a high-pressure gas discharge lamp (1); a cooling arrangement (2) for cooling the lamp (1), which cooling arrangement (2) is calibrated using the calibration method according to the invention; and a cooling arrangement controller (33) for controlling the cooling arrangement (2) using the control method according to the invention.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp having an ignition aid and comprising a discharge vessel, which is accommodated in an outer bulb. The ignition aid is a UV enhancer having a can-like container (12), which has an inner electrode (18). At least part of the end-face edge of the inner electrode at least comes close to the end face (24) of the container (12). An external electrode is attached to the outside of the container.
Abstract:
It is provided a burner for automotive lamps, particularly HID lamps, comprising a discharge vessel for generating light by means of a discharge arc. A glass body for protecting the discharge vessel comprises a shaft for being inserted into a socket. The shaft comprises at least one insulation pocket for receiving a rib of the socket and for insulating the first electrode outside the glass body. Due to the insulation pocket the glass body may provide an umbrella-like dielectric increasing the minimum necessary way for a high voltage discharge arc to the uncovered part of the first electrode at the proximal end of the shaft. Due to the improved insulation effect by means of the insulation pocket, the height of the shaft of the glass body may be significantly reduced leading to a reduced height of the burner without impairing the insulation of the burner.