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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1988
Klaas Vegter, New York, NY (US);
Johannes H van der Sande, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A high-pressure sodium discharge lamp having a nominal power of at most 50 W provided with an elongate ceramic lamp vessel, which has over a length L an at least substantially constant inner diameter .phi. and a substantially constant wall thickness d, in which discharge vessel electrodes are arranged with their tips opposite to each other at a relative distance D. During operation, the lamp emits light having a color temperature of at least 2250K. According to the invention, it holds that D/L.ltoreq.0.5 and (.phi.+d).ltoreq.2.5 mm, while the discharge vessel is in mechanical contact with a substantially radially extending molding.