Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic ballast, to an illumination device including the electronic ballast and an associated high-pressure discharge lamp, and to a corresponding operating method for a high-pressure discharge lamp, in which resonance excitation is used to generate a voltage-increased power for a transfer phase of the lamp Lp after starting.
Abstract: The incandescent lamp is equipped with a luminous element which is hermetically inserted in a bulb together with a filling, the luminous element having a metal carbide whose melting point is above that of tungsten. The supply lead is fabricated integrally with the luminous element from a wire and provided with an electrically conducting coating which decisively improves the impact strength and make-proofness.