Discharge lamp with indium and erbium fill

A discharge lamp includes a light transmissive envelope, a fill disposed within the light transmissive envelope, the fill producing a light discharge when excited, and an excitation structure for exciting the fill to produce the light discharge, wherein the fill includes a primary fill constituent o...

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Main Authors RIEDELL ROBERT H, KIRKPATRICK DOUGLAS A, TURNER BRIAN P
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.12.2002
Edition7
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
ELECTRICITY
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Summary:A discharge lamp includes a light transmissive envelope, a fill disposed within the light transmissive envelope, the fill producing a light discharge when excited, and an excitation structure for exciting the fill to produce the light discharge, wherein the fill includes a primary fill constituent of indium halide and a fill additive of a small amount of erbium. A two panel projection system utilizes the indium and erbium discharge lamp, with one panel dedicated to blue light and the other panel sequenced between red and green light.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20010020226