Abstract: An excimer lamp has an arc tube made of dielectric materials capable of transmitting ultraviolet rays, a pair of electrodes facing each other through the dielectric materials forming the arc tube, and a high voltage power supply terminal for supplying high voltage to the electrodes through a high voltage power supply cable, the excimer lamp. The excimer lamp further has an insulated holder provided in the high voltage power supply terminal, wherein the insulated holder has an inner space and the high voltage power supply cable connected to a connector for electric supply is inserted in the insulated holder, and an IC tag, wherein a gap is provided between the high voltage power supply cable and the IC tag.

Abstract: A starting aid in combination with a fluorescent lamp is provided. The lamp comprises a glass discharge tube (2) which includes a discharge path and is convoluted to have a plurality of discharge tube legs. These legs extend into and are secured in place in a plastic housing. Lamp electrodes (40, 42) are located at respective end points of a discharge path and disposed in some of the discharge tube legs. The lamp electrodes are connected to means suitable for electrically connecting to a socket. The starting aid comprises an electrical connector disposed in the plastic housing of the florescent lamp. The starting aid has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the means suitable for electrically connecting to the socket. The second end is secured to an end portion of an electrodeless discharge tube leg. At least a part of the electrical connector is formed as a spring. A fluorescent lamp system with a starting aid is also provided.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including a partition wall (35) arranged between a front substrate (10) and a back substrate (13), and having vertical walls (35a) extending in the column direction and transverse walls (35b) extending in the row direction to define a discharge space (S) into each discharge cell (C) in the row direction and the column direction. A clearance (SL) extending in parallel to the row direction divides the transverse wall (35b) situated between the adjacent discharge cells (c) respectively in the column direction to each other. A groove (11Aa) formed in the additional dielectric layer (11A) makes communication between the inside of the clearance (SL) and the inside of the adjacent discharge cells (C) in the column direction.