Abstract:
The present invention is to provide a gas discharge tube having a long service life and capable of an operational stability during long-time continuous light emission. The gas discharge tube includes an envelop for accommodating a hot cathode for emitting thermoelectrons, an anode plate for receiving the thermoelectrons, a focusing electrode having a focusing opening for converging a path of the thermoelectrons, and a discharge shielding member of an insulator having a through hole coaxially arranged with an inner diameter larger than the focusing opening, and a support member having projections efficiently gripping the anode plate with the discharge shielding member so as to increase the heat radiation efficiency of the anode plate.
Abstract:
Known mercury-vapor discharge lamps for planar irradiation are provided with a lamp bulb made of quartz glass, which encloses a closed discharge space having a non-linear gas-discharge channel. In order to provide a structurally simple lamp, which also guarantees a highest possible homogeneity of the UV irradiation, even for a small distance to the surface to be treated, the lamp bulb is formed as a quartz-glass chamber defined by straight walls and having bottom, top, and side walls and is divided into sub-chambers by several separating webs made of quartz glass and projecting from the bottom wall to the top wall. These sub-chambers include a front-most sub-chamber and a rear-most sub-chamber and form in series interconnection the non-linear gas-discharge channel. The separating webs extend alternately from one side wall up to close to the opposite side wall, while leaving open a gap connecting adjacent sub-chambers in a fluid-communicating manner. One electrode is allocated to the front-most sub-chamber and the other electrode is allocated to the rear-most sub-chamber.
Abstract:
A method for producing a ceramic spiral pulse generator is provided. The method may include providing a film composite comprising at least one ceramic green film and at least one metal layer; winding the film composite to form a spirally wound winding; laminating the winding; and sintering the laminated winding so as to create a spiral pulse generator.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and device for generating optical radiation, in particular EUV radiation or soft x-rays, by means of an electrically operated discharge. A plasma (15) is ignited in a gaseous medium between at least two electrodes (1, 2), wherein said gaseous medium is produced at least partly from a liquid material (6) which is applied to a surface moving in the discharge space and is at least partially evaporated by one or several pulsed energy beams. In the proposed method and device the pulses (9) of said pulsed energy beams are directed to at least two different lateral locations with respect to a moving direction of said surface. With this measure, the radiation emission volume is expanded, less sensitive to spatial fluctuations and can be adapted better to the requirements of optical systems of any applications. Furthermore, the optical output power can be increased by this measure.
Abstract:
Compact fluorescent lamp having a known base (1), a central hollow column (2), attached to the base (1), and the outer surface of which has a heat- and light-reflecting coating; a cap (3) closing the hollow column (2); and one or more light-radiating members (4) secured to the cap (3) and/or to the hollow column (2). The light-radiating members (4) start from the hollow column (2) and connect to electronic and electric elements and pass through the holes (3b) of the hollow column and/or the cap (3). The lamp further comprises a guide-ring (11) to support the light-radiating members (4) extending until or beyond the meeting boundary edge of the base (1) and the hollow column (2). The hollow column (2), the base (1), the cap (3) and the guide ring (11) are encompassed with the light-radiating members (4) extending in at least a direction parallel with the longitudinal axis of the lamp towards the base (1) and back and the light-radiating members (4) have curved sections (4a). The lamp is retrofit with conventional bulb sockets.
Abstract:
A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) includes first and second substrates facing each other and overlapping each other, and frit that is provided along a periphery of the overlapping portion between the first and second substrates to seal the first and second substrates together. The frit includes a plurality of wide portions each having a predetermined length and a plurality of connection portions interconnecting the adjacent wide portions. Each connection portion has a width less than that any one of the plurality of wide portions.
Abstract:
A plasma display panel including a sustain electrode pair comprising an X electrode and a Y electrode that are separated from each other by a discharge gap, and a barrier rib formed on a second substrate facing the first substrate and including first barrier ribs and second barrier ribs that define a discharge cell. Assuming that L is a sum of a width of the discharge gap and widths of the X and Y electrodes, P is a pitch between neighboring second barrier ribs, and H is a height of the first barrier ribs, a value of H satisfies 200×L/P−25≦H (μm)≦200×L/P−5.
Abstract:
In a gas discharge tube, a first discharge path-induction portion is arranged between a first discharge path-limit portion and a second discharge path-limit portion. A voltage is applied to the first discharge path-induction portion from the outside. As a result, an active starting discharge capable of passing through a first opening of the first discharge path-limit portion is produced between a cathode portion and the first discharge path-induction portion. As a consequence, there is facilitated the discharge at a starting time to pass through a second opening. As a consequence, there is achieved a rapid starting of discharge between the cathode portion and an anode portion. Therefore, in order to achieve further enhancement of brightness, there can be carried out with ease a further miniaturization pertaining to the openings, in terms of its area size, of the discharge path-limit portion while the starting properties being kept excellent, without any increase in a voltage at the starting time of the lamp so much.
Abstract:
A gas discharge tube 10 of the present invention generates an electric discharge between an anode part 24 and a cathode part 56 disposed inside a sealed container 12 in which gas has been contained. The gas discharge tube 10 comprises an electric discharge path restricting part 28 which is cylindrical and disposed between the anode part and the cathode part, and which has a throughhole 42 for narrowing an electric discharge path between the anode part and the cathode part; and an electric discharge shielding part 50 which is disposed to surround the electric discharge path restricting part so as to restrict an electric discharge from the outer peripheral surface of the electric discharge path restricting part to the cathode part, and which is electrically isolated from the electric discharge path restricting part. The end part of the electric discharge path restricting part on the cathode part side projects beyond a surface of the electric discharge shielding part on the cathode side by a predetermined amount “P” of projection. With this structure, a high density electron region is formed exclusively in a part of the throughhole of the electric discharge path restricting part on the cathode side, thereby ensuring the generation of a startup discharge.
Abstract:
A plasma display panel capable of reducing power consumption by lowering address discharge voltage and electrostatic capacitance among electrodes. The plasma display panel includes a front and a rear substrate facing each other; barrier ribs which are located on the rear substrate to define discharge cells; phosphor layers formed on the inner sides of the discharge cells; an intermediate substrate located over the barrier ribs; spacers located between the front and intermediate substrates; address electrodes which are formed on the intermediate substrate and sustain and scan electrodes which are formed on the front substrate along a direction crossing the direction of the address electrodes. A space between the front and intermediate substrates is under vacuum or filled with a fluid having a low permittivity in order to keep the address discharge voltage between the electrodes low.