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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1989
Joachim Arlt, Munich, DE;
Alexander Dobrusskin, Taufkirchen, DE;
Jurgen Von Scheidt, Berlin, DE;
Jurgen Heider, Munich, DE;
Abstract
To shorten the time between firing of a high-pressure discharge lamp and stantial light output therefrom, the discharge lamp includes a fill of xenon, at a cold fill pressure of at least 3 bar, in addition to mercury and a metal halide; the discharge vessel (2) is, at least in part, coated or doped so that invisible radiation is reflected into the lamp, or absorbed, while visible radiation is being transmitted by the discharge vessel. The shafts of the electrodes are thin, of only about 0.3 mm diameter, and the electrodes facing each other are part-spherical or rounded. The lamp is operated in combination with a lamp power supply (S) which has the characteristics of being capable of supplying between 5 to 10 times normal operating current of the lamp under starting conditions.