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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2001
Miodrag Cekic, Bethesda, MD (US);
Mark W. Ruckman, Montgomery Village, MD (US);
Fusion UV Systems, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The invention is a microwave excited light source. A microwave excited light source in accordance with the invention includes a microwave source ( ) which produces microwaves; a microwave excited light bulb ( ), coupled to the microwave source, which produces an output spectrum and operates within a first temperature range when producing the output spectrum with at least one frequency range of the output spectrum having a power level below a desired level; and an optical component ( and ), spaced from the light bulb which operates in a second temperature range below the first temperature range, having at least one phosphor ( ) which is excited by another frequency range of the output spectrum, the at least one phosphor in response to the another frequency range outputs light in the at least one portion which increases the power level to the desired level.