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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2003
Engelbertus Cornelius Petrus Maria Vossen, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelia Titia Staats, Eindhoven, NL;
Leonie Maria Geerdinck, Eindhoven, NL;
Esther DE Beer, Eindhoven, NL;
Ingrid Jozef Maria Snijkers-hendrickx, Eindhoven, NL;
Engelbertus Cornelius Petrus Maria Vossen, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelia Titia Staats, Eindhoven, NL;
Leonie Maria Geerdinck, Eindhoven, NL;
Esther De Beer, Eindhoven, NL;
Ingrid Jozef Maria Snijkers-Hendrickx, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp () has a discharge vessel () enclosing, in a gastight manner, a discharge space provided with a filling of mercury and a rare gas. The discharge vessel () comprises means for maintaining an electric discharge in the discharge space. A portion of the surface () of the discharge vessel () facing the discharge space is provided with a protective layer () comprising yttrium oxide or aluminum oxide and further comprises a borate and/or a phosphate of an alkaline earth metal and/or of scandium, yttrium, or a further rare earth metal. Preferably, the alkaline earth metal is calcium, strontium, and/or barium. Preferably, the further rare earth metal is lanthanum, cerium, and/or gadolinium. The lamp according to the invention has a comparatively low mercury consumption.