Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a discharge vessel, which contains: electrodes, at least one noble gas as a start gas, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, In, Mg, Tl, Hg, and Zn for arc transfer and discharge vessel wall heating, and at least one rare earth halide for the generation of radiation, which is configured such that the generated light is dominated by molecular radiation, wherein at least one member of a first group of rare earth halides is used together with at least one member of a second group of rare earth halides, the first group having the property that the color distance decreases with a power increase when the power of the lamp is increased in a predetermined power interval, and the second group having the property that the color distance increases with a power increase when the power of the lamp is increased in this predetermined power interval.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a high-pressure discharge lamp that is intended to operate with system voltage. The high-pressure discharge lamp may include a discharge vessel that surrounds a discharge volume, a fill that contains metal halides, mercury and inert gas from the group of neon, argon, krypton and xenon being accommodated in the discharge volume, wherein the fill contains at least one of the halogens of iodine and bromine, a zero current phase in the power supply being bridged by selecting the cold fill pressure of the inert gas in the range of 4 to 8 bar.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include an elongate ceramic discharge vessel with a central part and two ends and an axis, the ends being closed by seals, electrodes which extend into the discharge volume enclosed by the discharge vessel being anchored in the seals, and a fill which contains metal halides being accommodated in the discharge vessel, wherein a ring structure, which is separated from the seal and extends around the seal, is placed on at least one end.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a discharge vessel, which contains: electrodes, at least one noble gas as a start gas, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, In, Mg, Tl, Hg, and Zn for arc transfer and discharge vessel wall heating, and at least one rare earth halide for the generation of radiation, which is configured such that the generated light is dominated by molecular radiation, wherein at least one member of a first group of rare earth halides is used together with at least one member of a second group of rare earth halides, the first group having the property that the color distance decreases with a power increase when the power of the lamp is increased in a predetermined power interval, and the second group having the property that the color distance increases with a power increase when the power of the lamp is increased in this predetermined power interval.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a discharge vessel; an ignition device which is configured to generate high-voltage pulses in the lamp and contains at least one spiral pulse generator being integrated in the lamp, wherein the charging voltage of the ignition device has the opposite polarity to the open-circuit voltage of an operating apparatus, this charging voltage is likewise provided by the operating apparatus, and the sum of the two voltages is applied to the ignition device.

Abstract: A high-voltage pulse generator is provided. The high-voltage pulse generator may include a spiral pulse generator, the spiral pulse generator being configured as an LTCC component and being wound from at least two ceramic sheets and at least two metal layers, wherein the two ceramic sheets are joined to form a multilayer structure including at least one first layer of a capacitively acting ceramic sheet including a high permittivity of at least ?r=10 and at least one second layer of an inductively acting ceramic sheet having a high permeability of at least ?r=1.5, which are wound together with the metal layers to form a spiral.

Abstract: A compact high-voltage pulse generator based on a spiral pulse generator, the spiral pulse generator being in the form of an LTCC component part or HTCC component part including a ceramic film wound in the form of a spiral and metallic conductive paste applied thereto in strip form, wherein the spiral pulse generator acts as a transformer by virtue of a first metallic conductor being rolled up to form a spiral with n turns, where n is at least 5, while in addition a switch and a charging capacitor are connected to the start of the first metallic conductor.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp with a discharge vessel comprising electrodes; at least one noble gas as starting gas; at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, In, Mg, Tl, Hg, Zn for arc transfer and discharge vessel wall heating; and at least one rare-earth halide for the generation of radiation. The lamp is designed in such a way that the light generated is dominated by molecular radiation.