Patent ID: 6861805

Claim:
A metal halide discharge lamp comprising a ceramic discharge vessel enclosing a discharge space, said discharge vessel including within said discharge space an ionizable material comprising a metal halide, a first and second discharge electrode feedthrough means, and a first and second current conductor connected to said first and second discharge electrode feedthrough means, respectively; said lamp having a molybdenum coil wrapped around the discharge vessel and at least a portion of the electrode feed through means, and having a power range of about 150 W to about 1000 W and exhibiting one or more of a characteristic selected from the group consisting of a CCT (correlated color temperature) of about 3800 to about 4500K, a CRI (color rendering index) of about 70 to about 95, a MPCD (mean perceptible color difference) of about ±10, and a luminous efficacy up to about 85-95 lumens/watt.