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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jakob Maya, Brookline, MA (US);
Jagannathan Ravi, Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Works R&D Laboratory, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315358 ; 315108 ; 313638 ;
Abstract
Low pressure sodium lamp color output is shifted from yellow to a fuller spectral range of visible light (white) by effective simultaneous excitation of sodium and a mercury additive. This is made possible principally by controlling the vapor constituents and the excitation arrangement.