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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2001
Daniel Joseph O'Hare, Livermore, CA (US);
Richard O. Shaffner, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard P. Gilliard, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics, N.C., Inc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A high pressure mercury lamp comprises a quartz envelope that contains an atmosphere and a pair of arc-discharge electrodes. These are coil-wound tungsten that has been doped to grain-stabilize the tungsten crystalline structure, e.g., with potassium or potassium and alumina. Preferred potassium doping levels of the tungsten material are in the range of 35-75 ppm. A suitable commercial product of alumina and potassium doped tungsten material is Type BSD-Sylvania. The atmosphere generally comprises a rare gas like xenon, to which is added no more than 0.2 mg/mm of mercury so as to keep operating pressure under 200 bar (197 atm). But the electrical power applied is sufficient to maintain arc power loadings of at least 150 watts/mm. The resultant wall loading is more than 0.8 watts/mm , and lamp operating-power levels can be greater than 150 watts.