Patent ID: 6246171
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: G02F,H01J

Abstract:
Gas discharge lamp having a discharge vessel (5, 202) which is at least partially transparent and filled with a gas filling, a number of essentially strip-shaped anodes (A, 7, 103, 104, 108, 109, 110, 205, 206, 225) and cathodes (K, 6, 103, 104, 111, 203, 204, 224) which extend on walls of the discharge vessel and essentially parallel to one another, and a dielectric layer (10, 215, 228, 229) between at least the anodes and the gas filling for a dielectrically impeded discharge in the discharge vessel between neighbouring anodes and cathodes, characterized in that at least one anode pair (A, A', 7ab, 103ab, 104ab, 108ab, 205, 225ab) is arranged between two cathodes (K, 6, 103, 104, 111, 203, 204, 224) respectively adjacent to one anode of the pair.