Open path planar geometry led triggered flash lamps
AssigneeExcelitas Technologies Corp.
InventorsDavid Vidal, William Eggleston, Daniel Meier
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Abstract
The techniques described herein relate to flash lamps. An example flash lamp includes a housing comprising a sealed cavity comprising gas being capable of emitting first light, at least one window configured to emit the first light and receive second light from a light emitting diode, and an anode and a cathode coupled to the housing, respective portions of which are disposed in the cavity, and the anode and the cathode are separated by a distance in the cavity for electric arc generation across the distance in response to excitation of the gas by the second light.
Claims24
A flash lamp comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a sealed cavity comprising gas being capable of emitting first light;
- and
- at least one window configured to emit the first light and receive
- second light from a light emitting diode;
- and
- an anode and a cathode coupled to the housing, respective portions of which are disposed in the sealed cavity, and the anode and the cathode are separated by a distance in the sealed cavity for electric arc generation across the distance in response to excitation of the gas by the second light.
A method of manufacturing a flash lamp comprising:
- disposing an end of an anode in a cavity of a housing by coupling the anode to the housing through a first opening;
- disposing an end of a cathode in the cavity by coupling the cathode to the housing through a second opening opposite the first opening;
- coupling a first window to a third opening in the housing;
- coupling a second window to a fourth opening in the housing, the second window configured to receive first light from a light emitting diode;
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- sealing the cavity with gas capable of emitting second light through the first window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.