Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Ronald Peter Groenestein

Georg Greuel

Georg Friedrich Gartner

Wolfgang Schiene

Volker Dirk Hildenbrand

Norbert Braun

Henricus Lambertus Antonius Adrianus Vogels

The subject of the present invention is a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD-) lamp () for generating and emitting an ultraviolet radiation with ignition aid comprising: a discharge gap () being at least partly formed and/or surrounded by at least an inner wall () and an outer wall (), whereby at least one of the walls () is a dielectric wall and at least one of the walls () has an at least partly transparent part, a filling located inside the discharge gap (), at least two electrical contacting means, a first mean for electrical contacting associated with the outer wall () and a second mean for electrical contacting associated with the inner wall (), whereby at least one multifunctional means () is arranged adjacent to the discharge gap () functioning as guiding aid and as ignition aid.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Ronald Peter Groenestein