EP1118101A1 - Discharge lamp for dielectrically impeded discharges with improved electrode configuration - Google Patents
Discharge lamp for dielectrically impeded discharges with improved electrode configurationInfo
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- This invention relates to discharge lamps designed for dielectric barrier discharges.
- a discharge lamp has at least one cathode and at least one anode in a discharge vessel filled with a discharge medium, at least the anode being separated from the discharge medium by a dielectric layer.
- the mode of operation of dielectrically impeded discharges in such discharge lamps is not of particular interest here. Therefore, reference is made here to the prior art, in particular to the documents cited below.
- this invention is concerned with the electrode configuration in a discharge lamp for dielectric barrier discharges.
- the invention is based on known strip-shaped electrodes.
- Discharge lamps in the form of flat spotlights are in particular provided with strip-shaped electrodes, which essentially consist of two plane-parallel plates which are optionally connected by a frame.
- the strip-shaped electrodes are generally formed on one or more of the walls of these plates, speaking flat discharge volume between the plates can be generated dielectric barrier discharges.
- the strip-shaped cathodes and anodes run essentially parallel to one another.
- strip-shaped electrodes are also possible on other discharge lamps, in particular in the case of different discharge vessel geometries.
- they can also be deposited on inner or outer surfaces of the boundary walls forming the discharge vessel or independently of a discharge vessel wall, for example on a plate carrying the electrode strips within the discharge vessel.
- the invention is therefore directed to strip-shaped electrodes which are applied to a wall of the discharge vessel or to a wall in the discharge vessel.
- the invention is therefore based on a discharge lamp with a discharge vessel filled with a discharge medium, a strip-shaped cathode and a strip-shaped anode, and a dielectric layer between the anode and the discharge medium.
- the present invention is based on the technical problem of specifying a discharge lamp for dielectrically impeded discharges with an improved electrode configuration, and also a lighting system containing such a discharge lamp and also a suitable standard switching device.
- a discharge lamp of the type described above which is characterized in that the anode extends in a meandering manner, so that the distance between the cathode and the anode is modulated by the meandering shape or
- the cathode and the anode run in a meandering shape, the meandering shapes running locally in phase opposition to one another, so that the distance between the cathode and the anode is modulated by both meandering shapes.
- the invention relates to a lighting system with one of these two discharge lamps and a standard switching device, which is designed for a pulsed active power coupling into the discharge lamp.
- the invention can be considered in two variants with regard to the discharge lamp.
- the first variant requires the meandering course of the electrodes according to the invention only for the anode.
- the exact course of the strip-shaped cathode is basically open, but the meandering shape of the anode is intended to modulate the distance between the cathode and the anode which is decisive for the discharge.
- the cathode can have a straight strip shape or any other strip shape, as long as the modulation of the discharge distance by the meandering shape is not canceled thereby or is superimposed by a shape that influences the discharge distance in another way to such an extent that the effect intended by the invention is missed.
- a meandering shape can also be present in the cathode, which in a special case corresponds to the second variant of the invention.
- the anode of the discharge lamp is distinguished in some form from the cathode, that is to say it can in principle be distinguished from the cathode. In principle, this can be the case in many different forms, in the simplest case by the fact that there is no dielectric layer between the cathode and the discharge medium.
- a dielectric layer is also used on the cathode (s) in order to protect them from sputter damage due to the ion bombardment from the discharge medium.
- the dielectric layer on the cathode or cathodes is thinner than the dielectric layer in the case of anode. Even then the anode is distinguished from the cathode.
- discharge lamps for dielectrically impeded discharges can provide both a bipolar and a unipolar power supply.
- the cathodes and anodes alternately alternate their electrical roles and are therefore indistinguishable from one another during operation.
- the statements made in this description for one of the two types of electrodes apply to both types of electrodes.
- this means that such a discharge lamp is designed for unipolar operation.
- the meandering shape affects both types of electrodes, i. H. at least one cathode and at least one anode are meandering. It is provided that the meandering shapes reinforce each other with respect to the modulation of the discharge distance between the cathode and the anode. To do this, they run in phase opposition to each other.
- the invention is to be understood generalized to the extent that the meandering shapes of the electrodes need not be periodic. Therefore, the concept of antiphase may only refer to a local and elsewhere changed periodicity and possibly also non-periodic cases, in which, however, locally “mountain to valley” and “valley to mountain” essentially hit, ie the electrodes in essentially the same places are guided towards or away from each other.
- the opposite-phase reinforcement of the meandering shapes does not necessarily have to mean an algebraic addition of the “stroke” associated with the meandering shape in the direction of the discharge distance.
- the meandering shapes can also different levels, which do not necessarily have to be parallel to each other.
- the electrode strips can be formed on opposite inner walls of a discharge vessel.
- the discharge distance between cathode and anode is modulated by at least one meandering shape of an electrode.
- the respective points of the locally smallest discharge distance thus simultaneously form points of the locally highest field and thus preferred starting points for individual discharge structures.
- the discharge lamps according to the invention are in particular advantageous in connection with a method of pulsed active power coupling, which is not described in more detail here. Please refer to the
- the operating method described there for dielectrically disabled discharge lamps preferably produces spatially largely stable individual discharge structures which, depending on the coupled active power, initially form in different numbers at the locations with the greatest field strengths between the electrodes. Less localized "curtain-like" discharge structures can also be formed, but are equivalent within the scope of this invention.
- the present invention is directed to local field reinforcement by shaping on the part of the anode.
- the cited prior art provides protrusions on the cathode for the unipolar case.
- the state of the art at the time was based on the idea that the discharge structures occurring in the pulsed operating method have a rather tapered shape on the cathode and a rather fanned-out shape on the anode. Accordingly, the corresponding tip of the discharge structure should be localized by geometrical design of the cathode, which is why consequently essentially point-shaped lugs on the cathode were preferably taken into account.
- a meandering anode - whether in combination with a meandering cathode according to the so-called second variant or not - offers however, significant advantages over the conventional structures.
- a meandering shape is capacitively considerably cheaper compared to the previously described nose-like projections according to the prior art, because there can be significantly greater distances between the electrode strips and a considerable portion of the electrode length than the distance at the points that is actually decisive for the discharges which the electrodes come closest to.
- the ballasts required for the operation of the discharge lamps can be made smaller and thus save costs, construction volume and weight.
- steeper pulse edges and thus overall better pulse shapes can be realized.
- the discharge lamp provides an electrode configuration comprising a plurality of cathodes and a plurality of anodes, which are arranged alternately in individual strips. This means that only one anode strip runs between two cathode strips and vice versa.
- the capacitive aspects naturally apply, with respect to the electrodes surrounded by electrodes of opposite polarity, even to an increased extent.
- This embodiment also applies to the two variants of the invention which differed at the outset.
- the discharge tips on the cathodes have, as it were, a catchment area on both sides of the cathode strip in which a surface glow discharge on the The cathode strip can burn visibly, which obviously has to do with the replenishment of electrons for the discharge structure, and if the distance between the discharge tips is larger, this increases the area of entry on the cathode, which benefits the overall effectiveness of the lamp.
- the invention also includes the case that the strip-shaped cathode has no such meandering shape. It can run straight in a conventional manner, particularly in the context of this first variant. Especially in cases in which the mutual interference of the individual discharge structures with their narrow cathode-side end plays a significantly subordinate role compared to the broadly fanned-out anode side, e.g. B. with particularly large discharge distances, straight cathode strips have the advantage that they in the direction transverse to the stripes direction of the individual strips of discharge structures possible.
- a meandering anode shape according to the invention can in turn take account of the mutual interference of the individual discharge structures.
- the meandering shapes of two anodes adjacent to the same cathode run locally in phase with one another in order to achieve an alternating arrangement of the preferred discharge points on both sides of the cathode.
- the first criterion relates to the relationship between the fluctuation of the discharge distance, i.e. the difference between the maximum discharge distance d m ax within half a period length and the minimum discharge distance dmin in the same half of the period, and this half period length of the meandering shape, which is hereinafter referred to as the abbreviation SL is designated itself.
- a value of 0.6 has proven to be favorable as the upper limit for this ratio.
- the value is 0.5, particularly preferably 0.4.
- the second criterion relates to the minimum discharge distance already referred to in relation to the maximum discharge distance that occurs with regard to the discharge structures that actually occur during the design operation of the discharge lamp. It is important to remember that a single discharge structure in both - Li ⁇
- the case of relatively localized discharge structures as well as in the already mentioned “curtain-like” widened case has a certain “average” extent and thus spans a certain course of discharge distances.
- a single discharge structure will not reach the maximum discharge distance at all, but only with a relatively strong power coupling.
- the terms minimum and maximum discharge distance relate more to the discharge distances that can in principle be achieved during lamp operation than to the discharge distances actually achieved in a specific operating state.
- the minimum discharge distance is preferably greater than 30% and less than 90% of the maximum discharge distance, but preferably greater than 40% or 50% of the maximum discharge distance.
- the maximum stroke distance does not necessarily correspond to the maximum stroke distance actually achieved by discharge structures in a certain operating state, but rather to the stroke distance which can be achieved in the electrode configuration of the specific discharge lamp.
- another possibility according to the invention is essential, namely an operation of the discharge lamp with a ballast which is suitable for power control in the discharge lamp.
- a suitable electrical parameter of the power supply of the discharge lamp is changed in a power control device of the ballast in such a way that an operating voltage of the discharges is varied and the individual discharges can bridge more or less long distances in the electrode configuration. Accordingly, either the total volume of individual discharge structures or the number of individual discharge structures changes at the respective preferred locations between the electrodes.
- the intermediate meandering areas for example in the case of the sinus shape already mentioned, mean the straight pieces or the middle part of the straight pieces between the individual arcs, that is to say mathematically the zero crossings or turning points. These areas correspond to a certain extent to the boundaries between the discharge structures on two sides of the same meandering shape and can, according to the invention, be designed such that they make it difficult or prevent a widening of a discharge structure into these areas.
- the first possibility in this regard consists in a targeted change in the granularity of a layer applied to the electrode, with phosphor layers being particularly suitable.
- the meandering arches can also be completely fluorescent.
- Another possibility with the same goal is to vary the layer thickness of a dielectric layer located on the electrode.
- the dielectric layer should then be thicker in the intermediate meander area than in the rest of the area.
- the invention also relates to a combination of a discharge lamp with a corresponding ballast.
- the ballast is suitable or designed for the pulsed active power coupling method already described.
- the power control function that is possible in this context or, in the continuous or approximately continuous case, the dimming function has already been discussed.
- the bipolar mode of operation is particularly suitable for the electrode configurations in which both types of electrodes ([temporary] anode and [temporary] cathode) have a meandering shape.
- the first reason for this is the geometrical symmetry of the electrode configuration.
- all electrodes still have to be covered with a dielectric layer (double-sided dielectric impediment).
- the electrodes are of the same type from a discharge-physical point of view and take on the role of a temporary anode and cathode alternately.
- bipolar mode of operation can be, for example, a symmetrization of the discharge conditions in the lamp. Problems caused by asymmetrical discharge ratios are thus avoided particularly effectively. B. ion migration in the dielectric, which can lead to blackening, or the efficiency of the discharge deteriorating space charge accumulations.
- a modified flux converter for example, can be used as the ballast for the bipolar operating method.
- the modifications aim to reverse the direction of the primary circuit-side current in the transformer of the forward converter which causes the voltage pulse in the secondary circuit. This is generally easier than the corresponding one to take electrotechnical measures to reverse the direction on the secondary circuit side.
- the transformer can have two windings on the primary circuit side, which are each assigned to one of the two current directions, that is to say only one of the two directions can be used for a primary circuit current.
- Each of the two current directions is thus assigned its own cycle switch and its own primary circuit winding on the transformer.
- ballast according to the invention is used on an alternating current source, it can be advantageous to use two storage capacitors with regard to the two primary circuit-side current directions, which are alternately charged from the alternating current source every half period.
- the AC half-periods of one sign are used for one of the storage capacitors and the AC half-periods of the other sign are used for the other storage capacitor.
- the currents for each direction can then be taken from these two storage capacitors. This can be done together with the described double design of the primary circuit winding of the transformer, but such is actually not necessary here. Rather, a single winding on the primary circuit side can be supplied alternately by the two storage capacitors by means of corresponding switches, each storage capacitor being assigned to a respective current direction.
- a suitable rectifier circuit can be used to supply the storage capacitors from the AC source, the details of which are readily apparent to the person skilled in the art. Description of the drawings
- Figure 1 is a schematic representation of an electrode configuration with sinusoidal anodes and cathodes
- FIG. 2 shows a variant of the electrode configuration from FIG. 1,
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic illustration of a further electrode configuration with rectangular anodes and cathodes
- FIG. 4 shows a further schematic illustration of an electrode configuration with sawtooth-shaped anodes and cathodes
- FIG. 5 shows a further schematic illustration of an electrode configuration with semicircular anodes and cathodes
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic circuit diagram of a ballast which is suitable for the bipolar operating method variant with a discharge lamp
- FIG. 7 shows a diagram with measurement curves for the external voltage and the current through the discharge lamp in the lighting system according to FIG. 6.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an electrode configuration comprising anodes 1 and cathodes 2, which alternate in individual strips and run essentially parallel to one another. Apart from a right and a left straight connector, all anodes 1 and cathodes 2 have a sinusoidal meandering shape, with next Adjacent anodes 1 with one another and next-adjacent cathodes 2 run in phase with one another and next-adjacent anodes and cathodes with each other again run in opposite phase.
- FIG 1 are also the geometrical sizes half period length already described SL, minimum discharge distance d in m and maximum discharge distance d m a ⁇ located.
- the half-period length SL corresponds to the control range of the dimming function mentioned by the width the discharge structure can be adjusted.
- the minimum discharge distance corresponds to the distance between a next adjacent maximum 3 and minimum 4.
- the maximum discharge distance does not correspond to the distance between a maximum 3 and a minimum 4, which in each case point to opposite sides. Rather, the maximum discharge distance d m ax corresponds to the discharge distance at the outer limits of the control length SL.
- the adjacent half-periods of the sine wave do not belong to the control length SL and therefore do not define a larger discharge distance dmax because they serve for discharges to the electrodes adjacent on the opposite side (or are not used for discharges in the case of edge electrodes).
- FIG. 2 shows a largely identical structure, but in the area 5 of the inflection points between the maxima 3 and the minima 4, a strengthening of the dielectric layer present there should be indicated by a cutout in the drawn line.
- the anodes 1 and the cathodes 2 are symmetrical, i. H. indistinguishable from each other. Accordingly, both types of electrodes are covered with a dielectric layer.
- the areas 5 in FIG. 2 correspond to an increased layer thickness of the dielectric.
- FIG. 1 merely shows a dielectric coating that alternates in the layer thickness. Layering of the anodes 1 and cathodes 2 or an alternating coating and non-coating.
- FIG. 3 shows an alternative meandering shape, namely a rectangular wave-like shape of the anodes 1 and cathodes 2. Accordingly, the maxima 3 and the minima 4 are not localized in this example, but correspond to a half period of the respective electrode strip.
- nose-like projections 6 are accordingly provided on the maxima 3 and minima 4, which in each case face adjacent minima 4 and maxima 3, respectively.
- These lug-like projections 6 facilitate the initial ignition of discharge structures and define the discharge structures centrally in the areas of maximum field between the electrode strips which are extended in this example, as long as the power supply does not lead to a widening of the discharge structures over the entire half-period width.
- the geometric sizes mentioned are also shown in FIG.
- the half-period length SL corresponds to the length extension of the maxima 3 or minima 4.
- the minimum discharge distance dmin corresponds to the distance between the described nose-like projections 6, whereas the maximum discharge distance corresponds to the discharge distance in the adjacent straight region of the electrodes. In this figure, the minimum discharge distance dmin is obviously only slightly smaller than the maximum dmax.
- the meandering shape as such, as the example in FIG. 4 shows with a sawtooth shape.
- the respective meanders of the sawtooth, ie the areas around a maximum and a minimum, are designated here with the reference numbers 3 and 4.
- the maxima and minima themselves each correspond to a punctiform corner 7, which thus have the function of facilitating ignition in the same way as the nose-like projections 6 already discussed with reference to FIG. 3.
- Figure 5 shows semicircular waveform electrode tracks, i.e. the shape of each electrode corresponds to a sequence of semicircles, which are alternately attached to one another in a mirror-image manner with respect to the longitudinal axis of the respective electrode track, in such a way that the semicircular arcs 3 pointing upwards can be referred to as maxima and the semicircular arches 4 pointing downwards as minima.
- the electrode tracks in FIG. 5 from which those in FIG. 1 originate can be thought by replacing each sine half-wave with a matching half-phase in-phase.
- FIG. 4 is distinguished by a particularly favorable ignition behavior.
- the sawtooth shape in FIG. 4 again has the disadvantage compared to the sinusoidal shape in FIGS. 1 and 2 that the corners 7 of the sawtooth shape also have a discharge structure on the anode side — in the bipolar case of the current anode side — a certain current concentration.
- the double sinusoidal shape shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 offers a favorable compromise with regard to the efficiency of the discharges, the total capacity, the power control properties, the achievable surface luminance and the uniformity of this luminance.
- the semicircular waveform shown in FIG. 5 is distinguished from the sine shape shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 by lower gradients in the range of the control length SL, which has a positive effect on the power controllability, ie the dimming behavior.
- An exemplary embodiment based on the electrode configuration shown in FIG. 5 is therefore explained in more detail below. It is a flat lamp with a discharge vessel (not shown), which is formed from a base and a front plate and a surrounding frame.
- the plates are made of glass with a thickness of 2 mm and dimensions of 105 mm by 137 mm.
- the frame height and width are 5 mm each.
- the inner surface of the base plate is 78 mm by 110 mm.
- the base plate 5 is arranged on the base plate and covered with a glass solder layer (not shown) with a thickness of approx. 150 ⁇ m (two-sided dielectric barrier discharge). This is why this flat lamp is also suitable for the bipolar process variant.
- a light-reflecting layer of Al 2 ⁇ 3 or Ti0 2 is applied to the base plate and the frame. This is followed by a three-band phosphor layer on all inner surfaces.
- the discharge vessel is filled with xenon at a pressure of approx. 13 kPa. With unipolar mode of operation and a voltage pulse frequency of 80 kHz, the peak voltage can be used as a control variable influence the widths of the (not shown) delta-shaped partial discharges in the area of the respective control length SL. In this way, if the peak voltage is increased from 1.39 kV to 1.49 kV, the average power consumption can be increased from 7 W to 10 W.
- the electrode configurations shown here are all intended for flat radiators, as described, for example, in the earlier application WO 98/43277. Reference is also hereby made to the disclosure content of this application. With regard to further technical details, reference is also made to the aforementioned parallel application "Dimmable discharge lamp for dielectrically disabled discharges" with the file number DE 198 44 720.5.
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic circuit diagram of a ballast which is designed for the bipolar operating method variant. External voltage pulses of alternating polarity are thus applied to the dielectric barrier discharge lamp L, for example of the type described for FIG. 5.
- the transformer T has two primary windings, which are shown in FIG. 6 with the opposite winding sense. Each of the primary windings is electrically connected in series with an associated switching transistor T Q with its own control device SE.
- the two control devices can also be understood as two functions of a uniform control device; It should only be symbolized that the two primary windings are not clocked together, but alternately.
- the transformer T By reversing the winding sense between the two primary windings, the transformer T generates when the primary windings are clocked in each case voltage pulses of opposite polarity in the secondary circuit S.
- the assembly comprising the primary winding W1, the switch TQ and the control device SE is designed in duplicate, with a reversal of the sign being effected by the winding sense.
- FIG. 7 shows corresponding real measurement curves of the external lamp voltage U and the lamp current II.
- the measured external lamp voltage UL is composed of the voltage of the actual pulse and the voltage of the natural oscillation of the secondary circuit. The latter, however, has at least no decisive influence on the discharge. Rather, what is decisive is the actual voltage pulses which cause the corresponding lamp current pulses of the ignition and the back ignition and ultimately result in the active power pulse operation already disclosed in WO 94/23442. It can be seen from the ignition pulses of the external lamp voltage as well as from the lamp current pulses of the back-ignition and the back-ignition that this is a bipolar operating method.
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