Patent number: 7514871
Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure gas-discharge lamp, having at least one gastight fused press-seal between a glasslike material and molybdenum, wherein the molybdenum in the fused press-seal is at least partly exposed to an oxidizing environment and at least that part of the molybdenum that is exposed to the oxidizing environment is covered with a coating, and the coating comprises at least one oxide from among Fe2O3, Ta2O5, Nb2O5, Al2O3, SiO2, TiO2, ZrO2, HfO2, and/or one nitride from among TiN, ZrN, HfN, AlN, BN, and/or one carbide from among TiC, ZrC, HfC, VC, NbC, TaC, B4C.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2003
Date of Patent:
April 7, 2009
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
Inventors:
Robert Peter Scholl, Rainer Hilbig, Achim Gerhard Körber, Johannes Baier, Klaus Gawron, Dieter Leers