Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Sarah A Carleton

Ray G Gibson

Andrew D Jackson

Kent L Collins

John C Alderman

Jay J Palmer

Thomas G Steere

Shiming Wu

Louis N Kowalczyk

John E Conrad, Sr

The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp of the ceramic metal halide type of the Philips MasterColor&#xae; series having power ranges of about 150 W to about 1000 W. Such lamps are provided with a discharge vessel which encloses a discharge space. The discharge vessel has a ceramic wall and is closed by a ceramic plug. An electrode which is located inside the discharge space is connected to an electric conductor by way of a leadthrough element. The leadthrough element projects through the ceramic plug with a close fit and is connected thereto in a gas-tight manner by way of a sealing ceramic. The leadthrough element has a first part which is formed by a cermet at the area of the gas-tight connection. In addition, the lamps display one or more and most preferably all of the following properties: a CCT (correlated color temperature) of about 3800 to about 4500 K, a CRI (color rendering index) of about 70 to about 95, a MPCD (mean perceptible color difference) of about &#xb1;10, and a luminous efficacy up to about 85-95 lumens/watt, a lumen maintenance of &#x3e;80%, color temperature shift &#x3c;200 K from 100 hours to 8000 hours, and lifetime of about 10,000 hours to about 25,000 hours. The invention also relates to design spaces for the design and construction of high power lamps and methods for construction of such lamps using the design spaces.

150W-1000W MasterColor&#xae; ceramic metal halide lamp series with color temperature about 4000K, for high pressure sodium or quartz metal halide retrofit applications

The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp of the ceramic metal halide type of the Philips MasterColor series having a molybdenum coil wrapped around the discharge vessel and at least a portion of the electrode feed through means, and having power ranges of about 150 W to about 1000 W. Such lamps are provided with a discharge vessel which encloses a discharge space. The discharge vessel has a ceramic wall and is closed by a ceramic plug. An electrode which is located inside the discharge space is connected to an electric conductor by way of a leadthrough element. The leadthrough element projects through the ceramic plug with a close fit and is connected thereto in a gastight manner by way of a sealing ceramic. The leadthrough element has a first part which is formed by a cermet at the area of the gastight connection. In addition, the lamps display one or more and most preferably all of the following properties: a CCT (correlated color temperature) of about 3800 to about 4500K, a CRI (color rendering index) of about 70 to about 95, a MPCD (mean perceptible color difference) of about &#xb1;10, and a luminous efficacy up to about 85-95 lumens/watt, a lumen maintenance of &#x3e;80%, color temperature shift &#x3c;200K from 100 to 8000, and lifetime of about 10,000 hours to about 25,000 hours. The invention also relates to design spaces for the design and construction of high power lamps and methods for construction of such lamps using the design spaces.

Coil antenna/protection for ceramic metal halide lamps

The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp of the ceramic metal halide type of the Philips MasterColor&reg; series having power ranges of about 150 W to about 1000 W. Such lamps are provided with a discharge vessel which encloses a discharge space. The discharge vessel has a ceramic wall and is closed by a ceramic plug. An electrode which is located inside the discharge space is connected to an electric conductor by way of a leadthrough element. The leadthrough element projects through the ceramic plug with a close fit and is connected thereto in a gas-tight manner by way of a sealing ceramic. The leadthrough element has a first part which is formed by a cermet at the area of the gas-tight connection. In addition, the lamps display one or more and most preferably all of the following properties: a CCT (correlated color temperature) of about 3800 to about 4500K, a CRI (color rendering index) of about 70 to about 95, a MPCD (mean perceptible color difference) of about &plusmn;10, and a luminous efficacy up to about 85-95 lumens/watt, a lumen maintenance of >80%, color temperature shift <200K from 100 hours to 8000 hours, and lifetime of about 10,000 hours to about 25,000 hours. The invention also relates to design spaces for the design and construction of high power lamps and methods for construction of such lamps using the design spaces.

150W-1000W mastercolor ceramic metal halide lamp series with color temperature about 4000K, for high pressure sodium or quartz metal halide retrofit applications

A metal halide lamp has a ceramic discharge vessel with an inside length L, an inside diameter D, and an aspect ratio L/D of between 3 and 5. The fill gas includes xenon, mercury, sodium halide, and halides of rare earth metals. Hydrogen iodide voltage spikes during start-up are related to product of volume and the cold xenon pressure, which are adjusted to limit the spikes. Voltage crest factor is related to the product of total operating pressure and the square of the inside diameter, which are adjusted to limit the crest factor. The ceramic discharge metal halide (CDM)lamp may have a power rating of 200 W or more and can be used with an existing ballast for a high pressure sodium (HPS) lamp of like power rating.

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Sarah A Carleton