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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gert W. Bruning, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Jose Azevedo, Mahopac, NY (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 4/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 4/100 ;
Abstract
A tubular fluorescent lamp has a light emissive portion and an integral adjacent portion for containing power circuitry, such as an electronic ballast for providing high voltage power to electrodes of the lamp. All necessary electrical connections between the power circuitry and the electrodes are provided either within or on the lamp structure itself.