Patent ID: 8456087

Claim:
A discharge lamp comprising: a body portion having inner body and outer body walls and first and second ends, the inner body wall defining at least part of a cavity located between the first end and the second end; first and second end parts having inner end-part and outer end-part walls and a hole extending between the inner end-part wall and the outer end-part wall, the first and second end parts each being located, at least in part, within the cavity and separate from each other so as to maintain a gas under pressure; first and second electrodes in the cavity; and an antenna having first and second antenna ends including a continuous portion formed on the outer body wall of the body portion and the outer end-part wall of one of the first and second end parts, wherein the antenna is not directly connected to the first and second electrodes, wherein the continuous portion of the antenna is further formed on the inner body wall of the body portion.