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US 2004/0070344 A1Published application
Cold cathode lamp and electronic instrument using cold cathode lamp
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsSeiichiro Fujioka, Yasuki Kawashima
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Abstract
A cold cathode lamp according to the present invention provide with: electrodes fixed on respective ends of a glass tube; filling a rare gas or a rare gas and mercury vapor in the glass tube; and at least surfaces of the electrodes are composed the nitride, said nitride is composed at least one of titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), niobium (Nb) and tantalum (Ta).
Claims26
A cold cathode lamp comprising:
- electrodes fixed on respective ends of a glass tube;
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- a rare gas or a rare gas and mercury vapor sealed in said glass tube;
- wherein at least surfaces of the electrodes are composed a nitride, said nitride is composed at least one of titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), niobium (Nb) and tantalum (Ta).
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