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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1990
John M Anderson, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A luminaire for an electrodeless high intensity discharge (HID) lamp includes passive and/or active electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding apparatus. One embodiment of passive EMI shielding apparatus comprises at least one section of a conductive conical surface oriented so that its longitudinal axis is coincident with the envelope of the HID lamp. Currents are induced in the outer surface of the conductive cone-section, establishing a radio frequency magnetic field tending to eliminate the radio frequency magnetic field induced by current through the excitation coil of the lamp. Alternative or additional types of passive EMI shielding apparatus include a conductive disk having an opening for surrounding the envelope in the vicinity of the arc tube, and nested conductive cylinders. Active EMI shielding apparatus comprises a loop of wire for carrying a current in order to establish another magnetic field tending to reduce or eliminate EMI. A luminaire for directing light radiated by the HID lamp includes a parabolic reflector which functions as passive EMI shielding apparatus and, in one embodiment, comprises a waveguide beyond cutoff for preventing electromagnetic radiation from propagating through the lamp.