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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 05, 2011
Applicants:
Lei Deng, Solon, OH (US);
Thomas Joseph Coffey, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Inventors:
Lei Deng, Solon, OH (US);
Thomas Joseph Coffey, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 61/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a discharge lamp able to be operated at less than full rated power without suffering undesirable color shift, loss of lumen maintenance or loss of lamp efficacy. It finds particular application in connection with ceramic metal halide lamps having a low dose level of thallium iodide and optionally indium iodide, e.g. less than 1 mol %, in the dose thereof.