Electrodeless fluorescent light source
CA 1189123 A · Owner: Gte Laboratories Incorporated · Inventors: Proud, Joseph M.; Johnson, Stephen G.
Overview
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An electrodeless fluorescent light source including an electrodeless lamp containing a metal iodide or iodine. A fluorescing material is disposed between the electrodeless lamp and an outer envelope. When the contents of the electrodeless lamp are excited by high frequency power, excited iodine atoms emit ultraviolet radiation. The ultraviolet radiation impinges on the fluorescing material causing it to emit visible light. The fluorescing material may be a solid phosphor material on the outer surface of the electrodeless lamp a, solid phosphor material on the inner surface of the outer envelope, a gaseous phosphor material in the space between the electrodeless lamp and the outer envelope, …
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- Granted June 18, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 18, 2002.
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