Discharge tube arrangement
AssigneeThorn EMI plc
InventorsStuart A. Mucklejohn, David O. Wharmby
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Abstract
An electrodeless discharge tube containing a fill which comprises a metal carbonyl complex. Such a complex will be sufficiently volatile to produce a vapor pressure in a discharge tube in which a discharge can be generated. The discharge so generated emits a mixture of visible and infra-red radiation.
Claims7
A discharge tube arrangement comprising an electrodeless discharge tube and means for supplying r.f. power to the discharge tube, said discharged tube containing a fill which comprises a metal carbonyl complex.
An electrodeless discharge tube for use in an electrodeless discharge tube arrangement comprising an electrodeless discharge tube and means for supplying r.f. power to the discharge tube, said discharge tube containing a fill which comprises a metal carbonyl complex consisting of a metal atom, a plurality of carbonyl ligands and optionally one or more halide ligands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.