JPH06181053A - Electrodeless discharge lamp - Google Patents
Electrodeless discharge lampInfo
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【０００１】[0001]
【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、バルブの内部に電極を
持たずバルブに封入された発光物質に対して外部から高
周波電磁界を作用させることによって発光物質を励起発
光させるようにした無電極放電ランプに関するものであ
る。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electrodeless electrode which does not have an electrode inside the bulb and which causes a high-frequency electromagnetic field to act on the luminescent substance enclosed in the bulb from the outside to cause the luminescent substance to emit light. It relates to a discharge lamp.
【０００２】[0002]
【従来の技術】従来より、バルブの周囲に巻回された誘
導コイルに高周波電流を通電することにより誘導コイル
の周囲に発生する高周波電磁界をバルブ内に封入された
発光物質に対して作用させることにより、バルブ内にい
わゆる無電極放電を発生させて発光物質を励起・電離さ
せて発光させるようにした無電極放電ランプが提案され
ている。この種の無電極放電ランプは、特開昭６２−４
３０５８号公報などに示されているように、小型、高効
率、長寿命などの特長を有しているものであるから、各
所で研究開発されている。2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, by applying a high frequency current to an induction coil wound around a bulb, a high frequency electromagnetic field generated around the induction coil is caused to act on a luminescent substance enclosed in the bulb. Accordingly, an electrodeless discharge lamp has been proposed in which so-called electrodeless discharge is generated in the bulb to excite and ionize the light emitting substance to emit light. An electrodeless discharge lamp of this type is disclosed in JP-A-62-4.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3058, etc., since it has features such as small size, high efficiency, and long life, it has been researched and developed in various places.
【０００３】[0003]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】ところで、上記構成の
無電極放電ランプでは、誘導コイルの近傍において高周
波電磁界がもっとも強くなるから、プラズマが誘導コイ
ルの近傍に生じることになり、誘導コイルの近傍は非常
に高温になる。一方、発光物質の気化量は、バルブの最
冷点部の温度によって決定される。ここに、最冷点部の
温度が高く発光物質の気化量が多いほど発光効率が高く
なることが知られている。By the way, in the electrodeless discharge lamp having the above construction, the high frequency electromagnetic field is the strongest in the vicinity of the induction coil, so that plasma is generated in the vicinity of the induction coil, and the vicinity of the induction coil is generated. Becomes very hot. On the other hand, the vaporization amount of the luminescent material is determined by the temperature of the coldest spot of the bulb. It is known that the higher the temperature of the coldest spot and the larger the amount of vaporization of the luminescent substance, the higher the luminous efficiency.
【０００４】しかるに、上記構成では、誘導コイルの近
傍部位では高温になるにもかかわらず、高温領域からの
熱は誘導コイルから離れた部位には十分には伝達され
ず、結果的に最冷点部の温度を十分に高めることができ
ないものである。すなわち、バルブの管壁は局所的に高
温になるものの、最冷点部の温度が比較的低いものであ
るから、発光効率が十分に高くならないという問題を有
している。また、誘導コイルの近傍ではバルブは非常に
高温になるから、発光物質がバルブに溶け込んで寿命が
短くなるという問題もある。However, in the above structure, although the temperature in the vicinity of the induction coil is high, the heat from the high temperature region is not sufficiently transmitted to the part away from the induction coil, resulting in the coldest spot. The temperature of the part cannot be raised sufficiently. That is, although the tube wall of the bulb locally becomes high in temperature, the temperature of the coldest spot is relatively low, so that there is a problem that the luminous efficiency is not sufficiently high. In addition, the temperature of the bulb becomes extremely high in the vicinity of the induction coil, which causes a problem that the luminescent substance is dissolved in the bulb to shorten the life.
【０００５】本発明は上記問題点の解決を目的とするも
のであり、最冷点部の温度を上昇させることができるよ
うにして、発光物質の気化量を従来構成よりも増加させ
て発光効率を高め、さらには、バルブの最高温度を従来
よりも引き下げて寿命を従来よりも長くした無電極放電
ランプを提供しようとするものである。The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and makes it possible to raise the temperature of the coldest spot so as to increase the vaporization amount of the light-emitting substance as compared with the conventional structure, thereby improving the luminous efficiency. In addition, the present invention aims to provide an electrodeless discharge lamp in which the maximum temperature of the bulb is lowered and the life is longer than before.
【０００６】[0006]
【課題を解決するための手段】本発明では、上記目的を
達成するために、発光物質を封入した透光性を有するバ
ルブと、バルブ外から高周波電磁界を作用させて発光物
質を励起発光させる誘導コイルとを備えた無電極放電ラ
ンプにおいて、バルブの管壁外周面のほぼ全面に亙って
熱伝導率の高い伝熱膜を被着しているのである。According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a light-transmitting bulb in which a light-emitting substance is encapsulated and a high-frequency electromagnetic field is applied from outside the bulb to excite the light-emitting substance to emit light. In an electrodeless discharge lamp provided with an induction coil, a heat transfer film having a high thermal conductivity is deposited on almost the entire outer peripheral surface of the bulb wall of the bulb.
【０００７】[0007]
【作用】上記構成によれば、バルブの管壁外周面のほぼ
全面に亙って熱伝導率の高い伝熱膜を被着しているの
で、バルブの管壁が局所的に高温になっても伝熱膜を通
して管壁の低温部分に熱が伝達されるのであって、バル
ブの管壁の温度がほぼ均一化されることになる。すなわ
ち、伝熱膜を設けていない従来構成に比較すれば最冷点
部の温度が高くなって発光物質の気化量が多くなり、結
果的に発光効率が高くなるのである。また、伝熱膜を設
けていない従来構成に比較すればバルブの管壁の最高温
度が低くなるから、バルブ材料への発光物質の溶け込み
が少なくなり寿命の向上につながるのである。According to the above construction, since the heat transfer film having a high thermal conductivity is deposited on almost the entire outer peripheral surface of the bulb wall of the valve, the bulb wall of the valve is locally heated to a high temperature. Also, since the heat is transferred to the low temperature portion of the pipe wall through the heat transfer film, the temperature of the pipe wall of the valve is made substantially uniform. That is, as compared with the conventional configuration in which the heat transfer film is not provided, the temperature of the coldest spot is increased, the amount of vaporization of the light emitting substance is increased, and as a result, the luminous efficiency is increased. In addition, the maximum temperature of the bulb wall of the bulb is lower than that of the conventional structure in which the heat transfer film is not provided, so that the light emitting substance is less melted into the bulb material, which leads to the improvement of the life.
【０００８】[0008]
【実施例】図１に示すように、バルブ１は透光性を有す
る石英ガラスのような材料を用いて気密な球状に形成さ
れ、バルブ１の中には、後述する発光物質に加えてキセ
ノンガスが封入される。バルブ１の外周には、バルブ１
の１つの軸を中心として誘導コイル２を形成する導線が
巻回され、誘導コイル２の両端は高周波発生装置３に接
続される。高周波発生装置３は、高周波を出力する高周
波発生器３ａと、高周波発生器３ａの出力を電力増幅す
る増幅器３ｂと、増幅器３ｂと誘導コイル２との間に挿
入されインピーダンスを整合させるマッチング回路部３
ｃとを備える。発光物質としては、ハロゲン化ネオジウ
ムとハロゲン化アルカリ金属とを混合したものを用い
る。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, a bulb 1 is formed into an airtight spherical shape by using a material such as quartz glass having a light-transmitting property. Gas is enclosed. On the outer circumference of the valve 1, the valve 1
A conductive wire forming the induction coil 2 is wound around one axis of the induction coil 2, and both ends of the induction coil 2 are connected to the high frequency generator 3. The high frequency generator 3 includes a high frequency generator 3a that outputs a high frequency, an amplifier 3b that power-amplifies the output of the high frequency generator 3a, and a matching circuit unit 3 that is inserted between the amplifier 3b and the induction coil 2 to match impedance.
and c. As the light emitting substance, a mixture of neodymium halide and alkali metal halide is used.
【０００９】バルブ１の管壁外周面には、図１（ｂ）に
示すように、バルブ１の管壁外周面のほぼ全周に亙って
熱伝導性の高い材料によって形成された透光性の伝熱膜
４が被着される。誘導コイル２に高周波発生装置３から
の高周波電力を入力すると、誘導コイル２の周囲に発生
した高周波電磁界は、発光物質に作用して発光物質を励
起発光させる。このとき、伝熱膜４の存在によってバル
ブ１の管壁のうち最高温度になる誘導コイル２の近傍の
熱が、伝熱膜４を通して他の低温部位に伝達されること
になり、結果的に最冷点部の温度は伝熱膜４を設けてい
ない場合に比較して上昇することになる。すなわち、発
光物質の気化量が増加して蒸気圧が高くなるのである。
また、誘導コイル２の近傍のような高温部分では伝熱膜
４を設けていない場合に比較して温度が下がり、バルブ
１への発光物質の溶け込みが少なくなって、寿命が向上
するのである。ここに、伝熱膜４としては、ダイアモン
ド、酸化ベリリウム、窒化アルミニウム、炭化ケイ素な
どを用いることができる。伝熱膜４の成膜にあたって
は、イオン化蒸着法、熱フィラメントＣＶＤ法、プラズ
マＣＶＤ法などの各種方法を用いることができる。As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the outer peripheral surface of the bulb 1 of the bulb 1 is made of a material having a high thermal conductivity over substantially the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface of the bulb 1. The heat-conductive film 4 having a sexual property is applied. When the high frequency power from the high frequency generator 3 is input to the induction coil 2, the high frequency electromagnetic field generated around the induction coil 2 acts on the light emitting substance to excite the light emitting substance to emit light. At this time, due to the presence of the heat transfer film 4, the heat in the vicinity of the induction coil 2 which has the highest temperature in the tube wall of the valve 1 is transferred to other low temperature parts through the heat transfer film 4, and as a result, The temperature of the coldest spot will rise as compared with the case where the heat transfer film 4 is not provided. That is, the vaporization amount of the luminescent material increases and the vapor pressure increases.
In addition, in a high temperature portion such as the vicinity of the induction coil 2, the temperature is lower than that in the case where the heat transfer film 4 is not provided, the melting of the light emitting substance into the bulb 1 is reduced, and the life is improved. Here, as the heat transfer film 4, diamond, beryllium oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon carbide, or the like can be used. In forming the heat transfer film 4, various methods such as an ionization vapor deposition method, a hot filament CVD method, and a plasma CVD method can be used.
【００１０】たとえば、バルブ１の外径を２３ｍｍと
し、発光物質としてＮｄＩ3 −ＣｓＩを２０ｍｇ、キセ
ノンガスを１００Ｔｏｒｒ封入する。この場合に、伝熱
膜４を設けなければ入力２５０Ｗで効率が６３ｌｍ／Ｗ
となったのに対して、伝熱膜４として厚さ２μｍのダイ
アモンド膜を形成した場合には、入力２５０Ｗに対して
効率が７６ｌｍ／Ｗに向上した。ここに、ダイアモンド
の熱伝導率は２０００Ｗ／ｍ・Ｋであり、バルブ１を形
成している石英ガラスに比較して熱伝導率が１０００倍
以上になっている。また、ダイアモンド膜は可視光線に
対してほぼ透明であるから、光束の減衰はほとんど生じ
ない。For example, the outer diameter of the bulb 1 is set to 23 mm, 20 mg of NdI 3 -CsI as a light emitting substance and 100 Torr of xenon gas are enclosed. In this case, if the heat transfer film 4 is not provided, the efficiency is 63 lm / W at 250 W input.
On the other hand, when a diamond film having a thickness of 2 μm was formed as the heat transfer film 4, the efficiency was improved to 76 lm / W for an input of 250 W. Here, the thermal conductivity of diamond is 2000 W / m · K, which is 1000 times or more that of the quartz glass forming the bulb 1. Further, since the diamond film is almost transparent to visible light, the light flux is hardly attenuated.
【００１１】ダイアモンド膜を伝熱膜４として被着した
バルブ１の管壁の温度を測定したところ、誘導コイル１
の近傍でプラズマが生じている付近の温度は伝熱膜４を
設けていない場合に比較して約１５０度下がり、また、
最冷点部の温度は約１２０度上昇した。このように、低
温部分の温度が上昇した結果、発光効率が向上し、高温
部分の温度が低下した結果、バルブ１への熱的負荷が軽
減された。When the temperature of the tube wall of the valve 1 with the diamond film as the heat transfer film 4 was measured, the induction coil 1
The temperature in the vicinity of where plasma is generated is about 150 degrees lower than in the case where the heat transfer film 4 is not provided, and
The temperature of the coldest spot increased by about 120 degrees. In this way, as a result of the temperature of the low temperature portion increasing, the luminous efficiency was improved, and as a result of the temperature of the high temperature portion decreasing, the thermal load on the bulb 1 was reduced.
【００１２】伝熱膜４を酸化ベリリウムによって形成
し、他の条件はダイアモンド膜と同様にした場合には、
発光効率は７０ｌｍ／Ｗになり、誘導コイル１の近傍で
プラズマが生じている付近の温度は約９０度下がり、最
冷点部の温度は約８０度上昇した。酸化ベリリウムの熱
伝導率は２６０Ｗ／ｍ・Ｋであり、熱伝導率が１８０Ｗ
／ｍ・Ｋの窒化アルミニウムや熱伝導率が２７０Ｗ／ｍ
・Ｋである炭化ケイ素を伝熱膜４として用いてもほぼ同
様の結果が得られる。When the heat transfer film 4 is formed of beryllium oxide and the other conditions are the same as those of the diamond film,
The luminous efficiency was 70 lm / W, the temperature in the vicinity of the plasma where the induction coil 1 was generated was decreased by about 90 degrees, and the temperature at the coldest spot was increased by about 80 degrees. Beryllium oxide has a thermal conductivity of 260 W / m · K and a thermal conductivity of 180 W
/ MK aluminum nitride and thermal conductivity of 270 W / m
-Almost the same result can be obtained by using silicon carbide of K as the heat transfer film 4.
【００１３】なお、誘導コイル２のターン数はとくに限
定されるものではなく、１ターン以上巻回されていれば
よい。また、キセノンガスに代えて他の１種類の気体ま
たは２種類以上の気体の混合気体を用いてもよい。さら
に、上記数値や発光物質は一例であって限定する趣旨で
はなく、バルブ１の形状についても球状に限定されるも
のではない。The number of turns of the induction coil 2 is not particularly limited as long as it is wound one turn or more. Further, instead of the xenon gas, another type of gas or a mixed gas of two or more types of gas may be used. Further, the above numerical values and light emitting substances are merely examples and are not intended to be limited, and the shape of the bulb 1 is not limited to spherical.
【００１４】[0014]
【発明の効果】本発明は上述のように、発光物質を封入
した透光性を有するバルブと、バルブ外から高周波電磁
界を作用させて発光物質を励起発光させる誘導コイルと
を備えた無電極放電ランプにおいて、バルブの管壁外周
面のほぼ全面に亙って熱伝導率の高い伝熱膜を被着して
いるので、バルブの管壁が局所的に高温になっても伝熱
膜を通して管壁の低温部分に熱が伝達され、バルブの管
壁の温度がほぼ均一化されることになる。すなわち、伝
熱膜を設けていない従来構成に比較すれば最冷点部の温
度が高くなって発光物質の気化量が多くなり、結果的に
発光効率が高くなるという利点があり、また、バルブの
管壁の最高温度が低くなって、バルブ材料への発光物質
の溶け込みが少なくなり、寿命の向上につながるという
利点を有するのである。As described above, according to the present invention, there is no electrode provided with a translucent bulb in which a luminescent substance is enclosed and an induction coil which causes a high-frequency electromagnetic field from outside the valve to excite the luminescent substance to emit light. In a discharge lamp, a heat transfer film with high thermal conductivity is deposited on almost the entire outer peripheral surface of the bulb wall, so even if the bulb wall locally becomes hot, it will pass through the heat transfer film. Heat is transferred to the low temperature portion of the pipe wall, and the temperature of the pipe wall of the valve is made substantially uniform. That is, as compared with the conventional configuration in which the heat transfer film is not provided, there is an advantage that the temperature of the coldest spot is higher and the amount of vaporization of the luminescent material is larger, resulting in higher luminous efficiency. This has the advantage that the maximum temperature of the tube wall becomes low, the dissolution of the luminescent substance into the bulb material is reduced, and the life is improved.
【図１】実施例を示し、（ａ）は概略構成図、（ｂ）は
バルブの要部断面図である。FIG. 1 shows an embodiment, (a) is a schematic configuration diagram, and (b) is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a valve.
１ バルブ ２ 誘導コイル ３ 高周波発生装置 ４ 伝熱膜 1 valve 2 induction coil 3 high frequency generator 4 heat transfer film
───────────────────────────────────────────────────── フロントページの続き (72)発明者 請川 信 大阪府門真市大字門真1048番地松下電工株 式会社内 (72)発明者 小谷 幹 大阪府門真市大字門真1048番地松下電工株 式会社内 (72)発明者 斉見 元洋 大阪府門真市大字門真1048番地松下電工株 式会社内 (72)発明者 住友 卓 大阪府門真市大字門真1048番地松下電工株 式会社内 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shin Ogawa, 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Motohiro Saimi 1048 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takashi Sumitomo 1048, Kadoma City Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture
Claims (1)
ブと、バルブ外から高周波電磁界を作用させて発光物質
を励起発光させる誘導コイルとを備えた無電極放電ラン
プにおいて、バルブの管壁外周面のほぼ全面に亙って熱
伝導率の高い伝熱膜を被着したことを特徴とする無電極
放電ランプ。1. An electrodeless discharge lamp comprising a light-transmitting bulb filled with a luminescent substance, and an induction coil for exciting a luminescent substance to emit light by applying a high-frequency electromagnetic field from outside the bulb. An electrodeless discharge lamp characterized in that a heat transfer film having a high thermal conductivity is deposited on almost the entire outer peripheral surface.
Priority Applications (8)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP4333987A JP2781116B2 (en) | 1992-12-15 | 1992-12-15 | Electrodeless discharge lamp |
| US08/165,339 US5519285A (en) | 1992-12-15 | 1993-12-13 | Electrodeless discharge lamp |
| CN93120495A CN1055782C (en) | 1992-12-15 | 1993-12-15 | Electrodeless discharge lamp |
| DE69323601T DE69323601T2 (en) | 1992-12-15 | 1993-12-15 | Electrodeless discharge lamp |
| DE69324047T DE69324047T2 (en) | 1992-12-15 | 1993-12-15 | Electrodeless discharge lamp |
| EP95202851A EP0698914B1 (en) | 1992-12-15 | 1993-12-15 | Electrodeless discharge lamp |
| EP93203525A EP0602746B1 (en) | 1992-12-15 | 1993-12-15 | Electrodeless discharge lamp |
| CN98104342A CN1123059C (en) | 1992-12-15 | 1998-01-20 | Discharge lamp without electrode |
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| JP4333987A JP2781116B2 (en) | 1992-12-15 | 1992-12-15 | Electrodeless discharge lamp |
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