公开(公告)号：US06548965B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-15

申请号：US09505756

申请日：2000-02-16

申请人： Jakob Maya ,  Oleg Popov ,  Robert Chandler

发明人： Jakob Maya ,  Oleg Popov ,  Robert Chandler

IPC分类号： H05B4116

CPC分类号： H05B41/24 ,  H01J65/048

摘要： An electrodeless fluorescent lamp employs a glass envelope made from a single linear tube or bulb and a reentry cavity disposed on the envelope axis and sealed to the envelope. The envelope is filled with inert gas and mercury vapor. Phosphor and protective coatings are disposed on the inner surfaces of the envelope and the cavity. An induction coil of A few turns made from silver coated copper wire is wrapped around the envelope in its axial direction. The inductively-coupled axially uniform plasma is generated inside the envelope. The discharge electric field and current form a closed-loop path inside the envelope along its walls. The introduction of the reentry cavity decreases the lamp wall loading without loosing lamp power efficiency and efficacy. The lamp is operated at frequencies from 50 kHz to 200 MHz and RF power from 5 W to 2000 W without the use of ferrite inside of the reentry cavity.

摘要翻译： 无电极荧光灯采用由单个线性管或灯泡制成的玻璃封套和设置在封套轴线上的密封到封套的折返腔。 信封充满惰性气体和汞蒸气。 荧光粉和保护涂层设置在外壳和腔体的内表面上。 由镀银铜丝制成的几圈感应线圈沿其轴向缠绕在外壳上。 电感耦合轴向均匀等离子体在封套内产生。 放电电场和电流沿着其壁部在封套内部形成闭环路径。 折返腔的引入减少了灯壁负载，而不会降低灯的功率效率和功效。 该灯以50kHz至200MHz的频率运行，RF功率从5W至2000W，而不需要在折返腔内使用铁氧体。

公开(公告)号：US06433478B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-13

申请号：US09435960

申请日：1999-11-09

申请人： Robert Chandler ,  Oleg Popov ,  Edward K. Shapiro ,  Jakob Maya

发明人： Robert Chandler ,  Oleg Popov ,  Edward K. Shapiro ,  Jakob Maya

IPC分类号： H01J162

CPC分类号： H01J65/048 ,  Y02B20/19

摘要： An electrodeless compact fluorescent lamp operated at a frequency from 50 KHz to 1000 KHz and RF power from 10 W to 40 W is described. The lamp includes a bulbous glass envelope (1) filled with rare gas and metal vapor, reentrant glass cavity (2), an induction coil (6) made from Litz wire, a ferrite assembly comprising a ferrite core (7) and MnZn ferrite disk (11), a cooling structure comprising a metal (or ceramic) tube (8) positioned inside the ferrite core (7) and a metal (or ceramic) unit (9) that transmits the heat from the cavity and ferrite assembly to the Edison socket (10), a thermal shield (12), and a driver and matching network located inside the lamp base (13). A protective coating (15) and phosphor coating (16) are coated on the inner surface of the envelope (1) and reentrant cavity (2). The reflective coating (17) made from alumina is coated on the inner surface of the cavity (2) and on the outer surface of the envelope bottom (4). The mercury pressure is controlled in the envelope by the temperature of the amalgam (5) positioned in the tubulation (3) or by the temperature of pure mercury located in the cold spot.

摘要翻译： 描述了以50KHz至1000KHz的频率操作的无电极小型荧光灯和10W至40W的RF功率。 该灯包括填充有稀有气体和金属蒸气的球状玻璃外壳（1），可重入玻璃腔（2），由丽兹线制成的感应线圈（6），包括铁氧体磁芯（7）和铁氧体磁芯 （11），包括位于铁氧体磁芯（7）内部的金属（或陶瓷）管（8）的冷却结构和将来自空腔和铁氧体组件的热量传递到爱迪生的金属（或陶瓷）单元（9） 插座（10），热屏蔽（12）以及位于灯座（13）内部的驱动器和匹配网络。 保护涂层（15）和荧光体涂层（16）涂覆在外壳（1）和凹槽（2）的内表面上。 由氧化铝制成的反射涂层（17）涂覆在空腔（2）的内表面和信封底部（4）的外表面上。 水银压力通过置于（3）中的汞齐（5）的温度或位于冷点的纯汞的温度控制在信封内。

公开(公告)号：US20060076864A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-13

申请号：US10964372

申请日：2004-10-13

申请人： Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya ,  Robert Chandler

发明人： Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya ,  Robert Chandler

IPC分类号： H01K1/58 ,  H01J1/02 ,  H01J61/52 ,  H01J7/24

CPC分类号： H01J61/523 ,  H01J65/048

摘要： An electrodeless lamp includes a bulbous lamp envelope enclosing an inert gas and a vaporizable metal fill, the lamp envelope having a reentrant cavity, a magnetic core positioned within the reentrant cavity, an induction coil disposed on the magnetic core, a cooling structure disposed inside the magnetic core, and a spacer structure between the magnetic core and an inside wall of the reentrant cavity. The spacer structure defines a thermally insulating gap between the magnetic core and the inside wall of the reentrant cavity to control coil/core temperature.

摘要翻译： 一种无电极灯包括一个包围惰性气体的球状灯管和一个可汽化的金属填充物，该灯壳具有一个可重入腔，一个位于该可重入腔内的一个磁芯，一个置于该磁芯上的一个感应线圈， 磁芯和在磁芯与可折入腔的内壁之间的间隔结构。 间隔结构限定了磁芯和可重入腔的内壁之间的绝热间隙，以控制线圈/芯体温度。

公开(公告)号：US06404141B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-11

申请号：US09520103

申请日：2000-03-07

申请人： Kouji Miyazaki ,  Shingo Matsumoto ,  Mamoru Takeda ,  Young-Jae Cho ,  Toshiaki Kurachi ,  Robert Chandler ,  Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya

发明人： Kouji Miyazaki ,  Shingo Matsumoto ,  Mamoru Takeda ,  Young-Jae Cho ,  Toshiaki Kurachi ,  Robert Chandler ,  Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya

IPC分类号： H01J6152

CPC分类号： H01J65/048

摘要： In a conventional electrodeless discharge lamp, a large amount of magnetic field leaks from at light-transparent envelope, and the efficiency of conversion from electric power to light energy is low. In a electrodeless discharge lamp in which light-emitting gases in a light-transparent envelope are excited with a magnetic field generated from a coil, end portions of a magnetic material included in the coil are substantially axially disposed in the light-transparent envelope. As a result, the magnetic flux which leaks outside the light-transparent envelope is decreased so the density of the magnetic flux in the envelope is increased and the efficiency of the lamp is improved.

摘要翻译： 在传统的无电极放电灯中，大量的磁场从透光外壳泄漏，并且从电力到光能的转换效率低。在无电极放电灯中， 透明包络线被从线圈产生的磁场激励，包括在线圈中的磁性材料的端部基本上轴向地设置在透光外壳中。 结果，泄漏在透光外壳外面的磁通量减小，使得外壳中的磁通密度增加，并且提高了灯的效率。

公开(公告)号：US20060108945A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-25

申请号：US10997603

申请日：2004-11-24

申请人： Robert Chandler ,  Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya

发明人： Robert Chandler ,  Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya

IPC分类号： H05B41/24

CPC分类号： H05B41/24

摘要： An electrodeless lamp includes a bulbous lamp envelope enclosing an inert gas and a vaporizable metal fill, the lamp envelope having a reentrant cavity and an envelope bottom, an electromagnetic coupler positioned within the reentrant cavity, and a thermal shield positioned in proximity to the envelope bottom and configured to increase the temperature of the envelope bottom. By increasing the temperature of the envelope bottom, a cold spot is prevented. As a result, light output at low temperatures is comparable to light output at room temperature.

公开(公告)号：US06768248B2

公开(公告)日：2004-07-27

申请号：US09748310

申请日：2000-12-26

申请人： Robert Chandler ,  Oleg Popov ,  Edward K. Shapiro ,  Jakob Maya

发明人： Robert Chandler ,  Oleg Popov ,  Edward K. Shapiro ,  Jakob Maya

IPC分类号： H01J6152

CPC分类号： H01J65/048 ,  Y02B20/19

摘要： An electrodeless lamp includes an envelope (1) containing a fill of discharge gas, a magnetic core t(7), an induction coil (6) wound around the magnetic core (7), a driver circuit for supplying an electric current to the induction coil (6) to operate the electrodeless lamp, a socket (10) for receiving electrical power supplied to the electrodeless lamp, and a heat conduction means (8,9) thermally coupled to the magnetic core (7) for conducting heat generated in the magnetic core (7) to the ambient atmosphere to dissipate heat therein, or coupled to the socket (10) for conducting heat generated in the magnetic core (7) to the socket to dissipate heat therethrough.

摘要翻译： 无电极灯包括包含放电气体填充物的外壳（1），缠绕在磁芯（7）上的磁芯t（7），感应线圈（6）），用于向感应电路提供电流的驱动电路 线圈（6）以操作无电极灯，用于接收供给无电极灯的电力的插座（10）和热耦合到磁芯（7）的热传导装置（8,9），用于传导在 磁芯（7）连接到环境大气中以在其中散热或耦合到插座（10），用于将在磁芯（7）中产生的热量传导到插座以散热通过其中。

公开(公告)号：US5698951A

公开(公告)日：1997-12-16

申请号：US643777

申请日：1996-05-06

申请人： Jakob Maya ,  Oleg Popov ,  Edward K. Shapiro

发明人： Jakob Maya ,  Oleg Popov ,  Edward K. Shapiro

IPC分类号： H05B41/00 ,  H05B41/24 ,  H05B41/16

CPC分类号： H05B41/00 ,  H05B41/24

摘要： An electrodeless fluorescent lamp containing a fill of a rare gas and mercury and a flag (14) disposed therein at a predetermined location in the lamp for increasing the rate of luminous development in the lamp. The flag (14) includes a pair of spaced-apart metallic foil sections (31) and a metallic mesh substrate (30) disposed between the foil sections (31) whereby to be shielded from ion bombardment of the discharge. A coating (30a) of indium which is adapted to amalgamate with the mercury is disposed on the mesh (30). The sections are joined together by spot-welding (32) to enable migration of mercury into and out of the space between the sections thereby enable the atoms to form an amalgam with the indium and be rapidly released therefrom.

摘要翻译： 一种含有稀有气体和汞的填充物的无电极荧光灯和在灯中的预定位置处设置在其中的标志（14），用于提高灯的发光率。 标记（14）包括一对间隔开的金属箔部分（31）和设置在箔片部分（31）之间的金属网状基材（30），从而被屏蔽以防止离子轰击放电。 适于与汞合并的铟的涂层（30a）设置在网（30）上。 这些部分通过点焊（32）连接在一起，以使得汞能够在部分之间的空间中迁移出来，从而使原子能够与铟形成汞齐并从其中快速释放。

公开(公告)号：US06249090B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-19

申请号：US08674783

申请日：1996-07-03

申请人： Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya

发明人： Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya

IPC分类号： H05B4116

CPC分类号： H01J61/523 ,  H01J61/70 ,  H01J65/048

摘要： An electrodeless inductively-coupled fluorescent lamp which operates at radio frequencies and contains an induction coil (1) which is inserted in a reentrant cavity (2) of the envelope (7) and is spread along the length of the reentrant cavity (2). The coil (1) is disposed within a cylinder (14) of thermally conductive metal. The use of the spread coil provides for reduction of starting and operation voltages of the lamp and results in lowering of the energy of ions bombarding the inner surface of the envelope (7) and the cavity (2) and therefore improves lamp maintenance and increases lamp life.

摘要翻译： 一种无电极感应耦合荧光灯，其以无线电频率操作并且包含插入在所述外壳（7）的折返腔（2）中并且沿着所述可重入腔（2）的长度扩展的感应线圈（1）。 线圈（1）设置在导热金属的圆筒（14）内。 扩展线圈的使用提供了降低灯的起动和操作电压并导致离子轰击外壳（7）和空腔（2）的内表面的能量的降低，因此改善了灯的维护并增加了灯 生活。

公开(公告)号：US5723947A

公开(公告)日：1998-03-03

申请号：US772139

申请日：1996-12-20

申请人： Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya ,  Koichi Kobayashi ,  Edward K. Shapiro

发明人： Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya ,  Koichi Kobayashi ,  Edward K. Shapiro

IPC分类号： H01J61/30 ,  H01J61/35 ,  H01J61/52 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H01H65/04 ,  H01H65/00

CPC分类号： H01J65/048 ,  H01J61/30 ,  H01J61/35 ,  H01J61/52

摘要： An electrodeless inductively-coupled fluorescent lamp which operates at ro frequency comprising a bulbous envelope (1) filled with rare gas and metal vapor. A reentrant cavity (4) and an induction coil (6) are disposed in the cavity (4). The inner walls of the envelope (1) and the cavity (4) have a protective coating (3) and a phosphor coating (2). A metal Faraday cylinder (12) welded to the lamp base (13) is disposed between the cavity (4) and the coil (6) to reduce capacitive RF voltage between the coil and the plasma to improve lamp maintenance and remove heat. A tubulation (16) is disposed on the lamp axis to evacuate the envelope (1). The proximal end of the tubulation (16) has an expansion (20) with the volume (23) where the initial capacitive discharge is ignited. The RF coil voltage needed for the ignition of the capacitive discharge in the expansion area (23) is substantially lower than that needed for the ignition of the capacitive discharge in the area (14) along the inner cavity walls (4) to decrease the lamp starting voltage. In one of the embodiments of the present invention the expansion is conically shaped and in another it is cylindrically shaped and is used to generate the inductive plasma to increase the light generation in the top part of the bulb (28) and improve light output through the bulb top surface (27).

摘要翻译： 一种无电感电耦合荧光灯，其在射频下工作，包括填充有稀有气体和金属蒸汽的球状外壳（1）。 凹入腔（4）和感应线圈（6）设置在空腔（4）中。 信封（1）和空腔（4）的内壁具有保护涂层（3）和荧光体涂层（2）。 焊接到灯座（13）的金属法拉第圆筒（12）设置在空腔（4）和线圈（6）之间，以减小线圈和等离子体之间的电容RF电压，以改善灯的维护和去除热量。 管（16）设置在灯轴上以排空外壳（1）。 管状物（16）的近端具有膨胀（20），其中引发初始电容放电的体积（23）。 在扩展区域（23）中点燃电容放电所需的RF线圈电压基本上低于沿着内腔壁（4）点燃区域（14）中的电容放电所需的RF线圈电压，以减少灯 启动电压。 在本发明的一个实施例中，膨胀是圆锥形的，并且在另一个中它是圆柱形的并且用于产生感应等离子体以增加灯泡（28）的顶部部分中的光产生，并且改善通过 灯泡顶面（27）。

公开(公告)号：US5500574A

公开(公告)日：1996-03-19

申请号：US313760

申请日：1994-09-28

申请人： Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya

发明人： Oleg Popov ,  Jakob Maya

IPC分类号： H01J61/26 ,  H01J61/30 ,  H01J61/72 ,  H01J65/04 ,  H05B41/24 ,  H05B41/16

CPC分类号： H01J65/048 ,  H01J61/26 ,  H01J61/305 ,  H01J61/72 ,  H05B41/24

摘要： Electrodeless, low pressure, fluorescent discharge lamp of high aspect ratio, with a substantially flat spiral rf coil adjacent a back face (and insulated therefrom), that emits light through a front surface or selected portions under control of internal reflective and phosphor coatings placement to afford minimum resonance trapping, high efficiency and uniform illumination of high specific intensity over a selected area of the front wall.

摘要翻译： 具有高纵横比的无电极，低压，荧光放电灯，具有靠近背面（并与其绝缘）相邻的基本上平坦的螺旋rf线圈，其通过前表面发射光或在内部反射和磷光体涂层放置的控制下被选择的部分 在前壁的选定区域提供最小的共振捕获，高效率和高比强度的均匀照明。