Patent ID: 9640380
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H01J,H05B

Claim:
1. An electrodeless high intensity discharge lamp comprising: a housing comprising spatial volume surrounded by an exterior region; an aperture region formed on a portion of the exterior region to expose the spatial volume; an interior wall comprising a conductive material formed within the aperture region and coupled to the aperture region; an upper surface region configured overlying the interior wall region to form a border of the aperture region; a conductive internal housing member shaped as a cylindrical sleeve member, and having a first end and a second end and a length defined between the first end and the second end, the cylindrical sleeve member configured to be normal to a direction of the upper surface region, and in parallel to a direction of the interior wall such that the first end of the cylindrical sleeve is inserted intimately within the interior wall region to extend from the spatial volume to a plane region parallel to the surface region and such that the conductive internal housing member is electrically isolated from the interior wall of the housing; a spatial gap region formed between the interior wall and an external region of the conductive internal housing member to form the electrical isolation between the interior wall of the housing and the conductive internal housing member; a constant width characterizing an annular region included in the spatial gap region, the annular region having an outer circumference and an inner circumference having a spacing defined by the constant width from a zero point to the zero point through a 360 degree rotation; a vessel made from a light transmitting material, the vessel comprising any combination of a gas, a solid, and a liquid contained within an interior volume of the vessel, the vessel comprising a mechanical support region, and the mechanical support region positioning the vessel within a center portion of the aperture region; a wave-launcher module comprising an RF input for inputting a first RF signal having a first frequency range and a first voltage range, and an RF output for a second RF signal having the first frequency range and a second voltage range, and configured to output the second RF signal to the spatial gap region using the conductive internal housing to cause electromagnetic radiation to be emitted from the vessel.