Gte Products Corporation

Helmut M Loy

Armin Eich

Sigurd Kohler

Method of dimensioning and operating a low pressure discharge lamp

Fluorescent lamp for unipolar mode of operation

In a low pressure arc discharge light source unit for unipolar or bipolar operation comprising a vacuum-tight glass envelope translucent at at least one side thereof, a rare fill gas and a quantity of mercury therein, a coating of fluorescent phosphor on the inner side of the envelope, and at least two electrodes opposed to each other within the envelope and connected to electrical conductors, the envelope is flat and essentially two-dimensional comprising two planar areas essentially parallel to each other at a small distance. The unit provides for better light output, better radiation efficacy and simpler and less costly manufacture, at the same time being most compact. At least 50% of the radiation of the planar area of the front of the envelope is effective. Means are provided allowing a single cathode to cooperate with a multiplicity of anodes in e.g., a pixel.

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Nuremberg, Germany

Helmut M Loy