EP 0407160 A2 19910109 - A discharge tube arrangement.
Title (en)
A discharge tube arrangement.
Title (de)
Entladungsröhrensystem.
Title (fr)
Système de tube à décharge.
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8915611 A 19890707
Abstract (en)
A method of generating visible light from a discharge tube (20) having walls made of a light-transmissive dielectric material. The discharge tube containing a fill (24) comprising at least one compound selected from a group consisting of metal halides and metal oxyhalides. The method comprises the step of applying a radio frequency electric field over a part of a wall of the discharge tube at a power sufficient to excite a surface wave in the fill, whereby the fill is excited to generate visible light.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01J 61/12 (2006.01); H01J 65/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01J 61/125 (2013.01); H01J 65/046 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0407160 A2 19910109; EP 0407160 A3 19910731; EP 0407160 B1 19940914; DE 69012460 D1 19941020; DE 69012460 T2 19950511; GB 8915611 D0 19890823; JP 2875860 B2 19990331; JP H0367455 A 19910322
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 90307289 A 19900704; DE 69012460 T 19900704; GB 8915611 A 19890707; JP 18036890 A 19900706