Patent ID: 6400087
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A unit comprising a high-pressure discharge lamp (1) and an ignition antenna (2), which high-pressure discharge lamp is provided with a light-transmitting, gastight lamp vessel (10) containing an ionizable filling, in which lamp vessel a first and a second electrode (11a, 11b) are arranged, and each one of the electrodes is connected to a current conductor (12a, 12b) of its own, which issues from the lamp vessel to the exterior, which ignition antenna (2), which is arranged near the lamp vessel, is provided with a gastight antenna vessel (20) which contains an ionizable filling and which is provided with a further outer electrode (22), which is provided on an outside surface of the antenna vessel (20) and connected to a further current supply conductor (24), characterized in that the antenna vessel of the ignition antenna also encloses an electroconductive element.