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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2002
Michael Haacke, Aachen, DE;
Pieter Postma, Roosteren, NL;
Paul Hellwig, Aachen, DE;
Juergen Schoeneich, Stolberg, DE;
Ralf Muckel, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID [high intensity discharge] lamp) is described which is designed in particular so as to be free from mercury and suitable for use in automobile technology. To achieve improved lamp properties, in particular a substantially equal luminous efficacy compared with lamps of the same power and having a gas filling with mercury, as well as a burning voltage which is as high as possible, a geometry is proposed for the discharge space ( ) which raises the temperature of the coldest spot in the lamp to such a degree that the light-generating substances can enter the gas phase to a sufficient extent also without mercury, and in particular in combination with the use of a metal halide as a voltage gradient generator.