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US 6,661,173 B2Granted
Quartz arc tube for a metal halide lamp and method of making same
AssigneeOsram Sylvania Inc.
InventorsWilliam D. Koenigsberg, Miguel Galvez, Gregory Zaslavsky, Zeya Krasko, Joseph V. Lima
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Abstract
A quartz arc tube for a metal halide lamps and its method of making are described. The quartz arc tube has a cylindrical design which promotes a nearly symmetric longitudinal surface temperature profile during operation. The profile has a maximum temperature of about 900° C. which allows for longer operating life at high average wall loadings.
Claims7
A quartz arc tube for a low wattage metal halide lamp comprising:
- a quartz body enclosing a discharge chamber having a metal halide till, the discharge chamber having substantially the shape of a right circular cylinder and containing opposing electrodes;
- the discharge chamber having a nearly symmetric longitudinal face temperature profile when operating at 35-150 watts in a steady-state thermal condition therein the difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures of the profile is less than about 30° C. and the maximum temperature of the profile is less than about 900° C.
A quartz arc tube for a low wattage metal halide lamp comprising:
- a quartz body enclosing a discharge chamber having a metal halide fill, the discharge chamber having substantially the shape of a right circular cylinder and containing opposing electrodes, the opposing electrodes being disposed at each end of the discharge chamber and coaxial with the axis of the chamber, the distance between the opposing electrodes defining an arc length;
- the inner diameter of the discharge chamber in centimeters being approximately equal to [(1P/50)1/2−1], where P is the input power in watts and ranges from 35-150 watts;
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- wherein the ratio of the arc length to the inner diameter is about one.
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