CA2297051C - Method for operating a direct current metal halogen arc lamp and circuit pertaining thereto - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method and a circuit for operating a direct current metal halide arc lamp. The lamp is activated by a periodic signal U L(t), and the duration T aus between the beginning of the fall from a maximum value and the subsequent rise in signal amplitude ranges from 1 to 50 µs. A pulsator is arranged between the ballast and the starter in addition to a direct current metal halide arc lamp which is filled by additional constituents, namely thallium, at a concentration of 0.6 to 3.0 µmol/ml in addition to an ignition gas, mercury, and lithium at a concentration of 0.2 to 0.5 µmol/ml.
Description
METHOD FOR OPERATING A DIRECT CURRENT METAL HALIDE ARC LAMP
AND CIRCUIT PERTAINING THERETO
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for operating a direct current metal halide arc lamp, to an associated circuit arrangement, and to a direct current metal halide arc lamp with a fill that is especially well suited to these purposes.
For example, direct current metal halide arc lamps are needed for projection applications. For good color reproduction, the spectrum at the location of the highest luminance, that is, upstream of the cathode, should include sufficient proportions of the primary colors, i.e., blue, green and red. It is known to use the fill elements of indium for blue and lithium for red. In typical projection lamps, however, the primary color red is especially lacking, since the radiation of the element lithium is emitted predominantly not from the site of highest luminance but from the jacket of the arc instead. It is true that the proportion of red in the light generated can be enhanced by increasing the proportion of lithium, but then it must be remembered that lithium predominantly has very long-wave emissions, thus producing a very dark red component. Since the spectral sensitivity of the human eye drops off markedly at the long-wave edge, then to the extent that the red component is based on the lithium emissions, a JAN-07-00 15:30 212 318 5101 p.03 R-282 Job-109 Jan. 7. X000 3:30PM FRISHAUF & PARTNERS No. 4856 P. 3/2~
From:LANGER
correspondingly enhanced spectral power must be generated if the desired light flux is to be generated. On the other hand, it has been found that adding lithium to the lamp fill increases the so-called color separation effect; that is, various spectral ranges of the light generated are generated at different sites in the lamp; this worsens the light quality for projection purposes, which is expressed in color fringes at the boundary or peripheral regions of projected ,image s .
Corresponding problems arise in the operation of rectangular alternating cuxrent Lamps.
Prior Art For generating a discharge with enhanced brightness, it is known from German Patent Disclosure DE 39 20 675 to operate a short-arG discharge lamp with a constant base current, on which a periodic pulsed current is imposed_ The pulse length is in the range from 0.03 to 3 ms, and the intervals between pulses vary between 0.1 and 10 ms.
Triggering a direct current arc lamp with a signal whose intervals between pulses are in this range would cause the direct current arc lamp to go out, especially if an additional base current of high consi=ant amplitude is not used. No relationship between the trigger signal and the spectrum of the light generated can be leax-ned from this ref erence .
AND CIRCUIT PERTAINING THERETO
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for operating a direct current metal halide arc lamp, to an associated circuit arrangement, and to a direct current metal halide arc lamp with a fill that is especially well suited to these purposes.
For example, direct current metal halide arc lamps are needed for projection applications. For good color reproduction, the spectrum at the location of the highest luminance, that is, upstream of the cathode, should include sufficient proportions of the primary colors, i.e., blue, green and red. It is known to use the fill elements of indium for blue and lithium for red. In typical projection lamps, however, the primary color red is especially lacking, since the radiation of the element lithium is emitted predominantly not from the site of highest luminance but from the jacket of the arc instead. It is true that the proportion of red in the light generated can be enhanced by increasing the proportion of lithium, but then it must be remembered that lithium predominantly has very long-wave emissions, thus producing a very dark red component. Since the spectral sensitivity of the human eye drops off markedly at the long-wave edge, then to the extent that the red component is based on the lithium emissions, a JAN-07-00 15:30 212 318 5101 p.03 R-282 Job-109 Jan. 7. X000 3:30PM FRISHAUF & PARTNERS No. 4856 P. 3/2~
From:LANGER
correspondingly enhanced spectral power must be generated if the desired light flux is to be generated. On the other hand, it has been found that adding lithium to the lamp fill increases the so-called color separation effect; that is, various spectral ranges of the light generated are generated at different sites in the lamp; this worsens the light quality for projection purposes, which is expressed in color fringes at the boundary or peripheral regions of projected ,image s .
Corresponding problems arise in the operation of rectangular alternating cuxrent Lamps.
Prior Art For generating a discharge with enhanced brightness, it is known from German Patent Disclosure DE 39 20 675 to operate a short-arG discharge lamp with a constant base current, on which a periodic pulsed current is imposed_ The pulse length is in the range from 0.03 to 3 ms, and the intervals between pulses vary between 0.1 and 10 ms.
Triggering a direct current arc lamp with a signal whose intervals between pulses are in this range would cause the direct current arc lamp to go out, especially if an additional base current of high consi=ant amplitude is not used. No relationship between the trigger signal and the spectrum of the light generated can be leax-ned from this ref erence .
....,.. W......_.._._...._._", European Patent Disclosure ~;P 0 443 795 anc3 US
Patents 5, 047, 695 and 5, 198, 7~?'? de~scxwibe D~.~ <iisc:harges with AC "ripples" superimposed an r::hem; t:he AC ripples arE= in the frequency range between 20 anr~ 20t) kHz for ac:oustica~.ly tightening the arc.
Summary of the Tnverrt:, iorv It is therefore the object c~f. the present.
invention to propose a method fcpx operat.iny3 a direct current metal halide arc lamp, in particular a dirf~ct current. metal halide arc lamp for project.i.oo~ purposes, o.~ a rectangular alternating current lamp, by craeams of which the photctmetric data are improved. Tt is alsc.-~ an object of the present invention to describe an associated circuiC~ arrangement, as well as a direct current lamp wi.tru a fill. t~hat is es~>ecially well suited to operation acco:cwdinc~ to tie Lnvention.
In accordanr_e with one aspect of trris invention there is provided a method fo=r opc:rati.ng a rnetal halide arc lamp having asymmetrical elect:.x~odes ( 1.2 , 14 ) and having an ion:izable fill, characterized s.a~ t:.h.at. on:~y after i.ts ignition, the metal halide arc lamp is rx:i~3gered with a periodic clocked signal (UL(t) ) , and tam time period Tans between the onset of the drop from a maximG.zm val.ue~ and the ensuing rise in the signal ampl it ude i_s be':w:ween 1 and 50 acs .
In accordance with another aspecr.~ of this invention there is provided a met:hcd four operating a rectangular alternating currentY lamp, in which the rectangular alternating current lamp is triggered with a signal (UL (t) ) having an amplitude gre~~tex than or ec~ua.l to 0 during a first time period i:T~,j and <~rr amplitude less than or equal to 0 during a second t; ime period (T~,) , and tlve signal (UL (t) ) wii:hi:~ the firsts time pcericad (Tp) has n ranges, where n>_1,. and/or within 'the 5e~c:orid time period (T~) has m ranges, where m>_1, in whi.c:r~ rang~:~s the abso:lut~:~
quantity of the signal amplitude is less than the abaolute quantity of the maxirrmm signa::L amplitude within trze associated time period (Tz,; T~, i , <:~r~d ir-~ tLze~ z-ange T~ t:he time period Tans between the onset ~.of t.~-ze drop from a maximum value and the ensuing rise :in the s:igz~al amplitude, c>r in the range TN the time period "T ' au~, betwe~eri ~~he onset. of the rise from a minimum value and the ensuing drop in the signal amplitude, is between 1 and 5i3 ~.s, c;haracterized i.n that the signal (UL (t) ) has no interva:Ls between pi.zlses and is IlOt delivered to the rect.angu:lar <.alternating c,zrrent l.am~> until after the rectangular alt~erwat::.a.ng current Lamp has been ignited.
In accordance with a further aspect of t.hi~;
invention there is provided a ci..rt~uit arrangement hav~in~g a metal halide arc lamp with asymrc~et:rical elnctrode~c (1.2, 14) , an electric ballast and a stax-ter, characterized in that a pulsator is connected between the elect:c°ic ballast. and the starter, and the pu.Lsator is designed. t~.~ fux~na.sh at its output a clocked direct voltage sa..grlal. (Up(t)), which has a voltage in a first range (Uz,) du.r_.~ng a ~~:ir~>t time persod Te:in and a voltage in a second range (t1n) dz.zx-inc~ <~ second tirne period T~us, and the voltage values of to.e ;second range are less than the voltage values :in the first ange, and TaL~s is between 1 and 50 ~,s.
The fundamental concept of the izzvention i~ to operate the direct current metal rzalide arc: damp wits, a clocked voltage signal. The signal is cyc:~~icval.ly clacked during a period Te.n to an ON ampl nude arzd during the subsequent period Ta~s to a vo:l.tage of q~aanc.~itatively lesser amplitude.
3a Adwantageously~ t:he time period 'Fe:~FI is between 10 and 100 ~,s, and th.e time period 'I'~,ll;; i.s between 1. arid 50 ~s.
The same is true for the oper~:~tion according to the invention of 3 k~
CA 02297051 2000-04-20' rectangular alternating current lamps.
The invention offers the advantage of markedly increasing the radiation, upstream of the cathode, of the element lithium, or other elements of group 1A, that is, the red component. Since the normal calibration curve x~, is at its maximum in this spectral region, the tristimulus value x rises compared to y. Thus by adding an element with radiation lines in the range from 520 to 580 nm, such as thallium at 535.1 nm, the y value can be increased without exceeding the Planckian locus, and without the perceived color shifting toward greenish. Increasing the y value also increases the useful light flux. Surprisingly, in the operation according to the invention of direct current metal halide arc lamps, the change in convective flow conditions in the lam causes a marked reduction in the electrode temperatures, especially for the anode that is usually overloaded in metal halide d.c. lamps. This leads to an improvement in the light flux drop over time, or so-called maintenance, since there is a reduction in blackening and electrode consumption. The result is a longer service life of the direct current arc lamp.
In the circuit arrangement of the invention, it has proved especially advantageous to select the operation of the pulsator such that in the pulsator output signal, the voltage is essentially 0 V during the period Taus. The same is correspondingly true for the circuit arrangement of the invention for operating a rectangular alternating current lamp; that is, in this case the amplitude values are Un and -Un during the t ime periods Tau$ and T ~ aus ( see Fig . 4 ) , and advantageously both are essentially 0 V.
To prevent acoustical resonances, the time period Tein or Vein can be varied periodically, for instance being swept with a sweep frequency of 50 to 500 Hz, preferably 100 Hz.
The time period Tans or T ~ dug can either be constant or be varied as well . If Taug or T ~ aus is varied, then especially advantageously it is possible to perform a variation with adaptation to the variation of Tein and T ~ ein, with the goal that the minimal voltage value generated in the signal downstream of the starter for triggering the rectangular alternating current lamp remains. quantitatively constant despite the variation of Tein and T ~ eini respectively. Other advantageous embodiments are described in the dependent claims.
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Fig. la, a block circuit diagram of a circuit arrangement for operating a direct current metal halide arc lamp with a clocked direct voltage signal;
Fig. 1b, voltage courses for a first exemplary embodiment at various locations in the circuit arrangement of Fig. la;
Fig. lc, current courses for a first exemplary embodiment at various locations in the circuit arrangement of Fig. la;
Fig. 2, the voltage course downstream of the starter in the circuit arrangement of Fig. la for a second exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 3, the reflector spectrum through a 6-millimeter aperture for an unclocked direct current metal halide arc lamp whose fill contains no thallium, and for a clocked direct current metal halide arc lamp where Tein = 35 us and Tans = 13 us, where the fill of the direct current metal halide arc lamp contains thallium iodide in a concentration of 0.36 mg/ml;
Fig. 4a, a block circuit diagram for operating a rectangular alternating current lamp with a chopped square wave signal; and Fig. 4b, voltage courses at various locations in the circuit arrangement of Fig. 4a.
Fig. la shows a block circuit diagram of a circuit arrangement for operating a direct current metal halide arc lamp 10, which includes an anode 12 and a cathode 14._ This circuit arrangement includes an electric ballast 16, a pulsator 18, and a starter 20.
In Fig. 1b, the course over time of the output voltage downstream of the electric ballast 16 is shown on the left.
As can be seen, this is a signal of constant voltage U". In r the middle of Fig. 1b, the course over time of the voltage Up(t) downstream of the pulsator 18 is shown. During a time period Tein, the voltage has the amplitude Up, while conversely during a time period Tans it is Un. Here Un is less than Up; preferably, Uz is essentially 0 V. The graph on the right in Fig. 1b shows the voltage course downstream of the starter 20, that is, the course of the voltage UL(t) applied to the lamp. This is equivalent to a sawtooth signal; the rise in the voltage UL(t) during the time Tein and the drop in the voltage UL(t) during the time Taus is primarily affected by the inductances of the starter 20.
The intended achievement is also, however, attained when the lamp is triggered directly with a square-wave or triangular signal. What is essential is that the intervals, or in other words in the case of a square-wave signal the times of low voltage or in the case of a sawtooth or triangular signal the times when the voltage drops from a maximum value to a minimum value, are - optionally only locally - in the range between 1 and 50 us. The signal UL(t) that drives the lamp can also be generated separately, or in other words without the influence of the starter, for instance by_a suitably sampled square-wave signal or by the addition of a direct voltage signal to a sawtooth signal. It is then applied to the lamp in addition to an ignition circuit that is used for starting the lamp and is not used thereafter.
The three graphs in Fig. lc show, from left to right, JAN-07-00 15:30 212 319 5101 P.09 R-282 Job-109 ~'an. 7. 2000 3:31PM FRISHAUF & PARTNERS No. 4856 P, 9/27 From:LANGER
the course over time of the current 1~(t) downstream of the electric ballast 16, the course over time of the current Ip(t) downstream of the pulsator Z8, and the couxse over time of the current IL(t) dowrxstream of the starter 20, that is, the current flowir~g via the lamp. In the exemplary embodiment shown in Figs. 1b and lc, the time period Tein and the time period Taua are constant during the operation of the lamp.
In operation of the lamp in this exemplary embodiment, after it has been ignited or started and after a certain run-up time, that is, until a fixed lamp voltage is exceeded, the constant direct voltage is chapped by the pulsator. The time period Te.ln is between 10 and 100 ~.ls .
Especially advantageous results are demonstrated where Fein = 3 5 l.is and Taus =_ 13 us and U" = 0 V . Assuming a loss-free pulsator and starter, where T = Tem + 'I'aus~ the following power balance applies:
mean. lamp power = mean power at pulsator = constant electric ballast power, ox Z T
t , uL (t)llt = ~p . p . T ein o To~ Te« TQUS Td»
It follows from this that as the OFF time Taue increases, the amplitude of the pulsed lamp current and the pulsed lamp voltage increases.
In Fig. 2 the course over time of the voltage UL(t) for a second exemplary embodiment is schematically shown as an example. In this exemplary embodiment, the circuit arrangement of Fig. la is supplemented with a device that makes it possible to vary the time period Tiers between a minimum value Tein min and a maximum value Tein max i or in other words to sweep through eontinuous~ y between Tein min a''~d Tein max with a frequency F. Curve A shows the course of the voltage UL(t) at the onset of the sweep period, while curve B shows the course of the voltage UL(t) at the end of one period length of the sweep frequency F. The sweep frequency F is typically between 50 and 500 Hz, preferably 100 Hz. This mode of operation makes it possible to prevent acoustic resonances.
In exemplary embodiments not shown, Tein can be constant, while Taus is varied with a sweep frequency F
between Taus min and Taus maxi while in a further exemplary embodiment both Tein and Taus are varied with a sweep frequency F. The ratio between Tein arid Taug can be adjusted in each case such that the resultant minimum value ULmin is constant throughout operation. _ In Fig. 3, the reflector spectrum through a 6-millimeter aperture is shown for two differently operated direct current metal halide arc lamps with different fills.
The course drawn in heavy lines shows the spectrum of a direct current metal halide arc lamp that is operated in accordance with the prior art, or in other words is not clocked, and its fill does not contain any thallium iodide;
the course drawn in fine lines shows the spectrum in clocked operation, that is, in the present case where Tein = 35 us and Tang - 13 us, and where the lamp fill contains thallium iodide in a concentration of 0.36 mg/ml. It is striking that by tie clocked operation, the radiation cf the element lithium has been markedly enhanced, especially at 610.3 nm but also at 670.7 nm. Since the normal calibration curve x~
in this spectral region is at a maximum, the tristimulus value x rises compared to y. Thus by adding an element with radiation lines in the range from 510 to 580 nm, in this case thallium at 535.1 nm, the y value can be increased without exceeding the Planckian locus, and without the perceived color shifting toward greenish. Increasing the y value also increases the useful light flux.
For a 270 W direct current metal halide arc lamp with an operating voltage of 40 V, an electrode spacing of 1.9 mm, a lamp volume of 0.7 ml, a wall load of 65 W/cmz, a service life of about 2000 hours, and with a fill containing 23.5 mg of mercury, 200 mbar of Argon, 0.51 mg of HgBr2, 0.05 mg of InI, 0.08 mg of LiI, 0.19 mg of ZnI2, 0.07 mg Gd and 0.06 mg of Y, a color temperature of about 9000 K and a color location of x = 0.28, y = 0.32 was attained in an unclocked mode of operation.
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Ira. an unclocked mode of operation, the color temperature of a lamp with the same fill, supplemented with an additional constituent of 0.25 mg of thallium iodide, is about 8000 K and the color location is x = 0.29, y = 0_34 while in clucked operation of the same lamp, with Z'e~n = 3 S 11s and Taua = 13 ~.15 and U" = 0 V , the COlOr temperature is about 5000 K and the Color location is x 0.32, y = 0.34. Hecause of the increase in the y value, the useful light flux rises by about 5 to 10~.
The Coz'lCentration of lithium, which is preferably added in the form of lithium iodide or lithium bromide, is from 0.2 ~zmol/ml to 5 umol/ml.
The concentration of thallium, which is preferably added in the form of thallium iodide or thallium bromide, Can be up to a value of 3 }zmol/ml and is preferably between 0.6 umol/ml and 3 umol/ml.
The idea of the invention of clocking a signal, which has a Course of con9tant amplitude over a relatively long time period, to a voltage of quc'~.ntita~.ively lower amplitude can also be applied acCOx'ding 1~o the invention to the operation of rectangular alternating current lamps, where once again the time periods of lower voltage are preferably between 1 and 50 ~,zs. ~~.g_ 4a shows a circuit arrangement for operating a rectangular alternating current lamp.
ballast 116 is followed by a pulsator 118, which is adjoined by a starter 120. The rectangular alternating current lamp ,~............_.-__._..,.. ,~,.~.w...~... ri~..~...,.___....~._.pr-,~
is indicated by reference numeral 110, and it includes two identical electrodes 112, 114.
As the output signal of the ballast 116, Fig. 4b shows a square-wave alternating signal that during a time period TP has a voltage amplitude of +U" and during a time period TN has a voltage amplitude of -U". The signal downstream of the pulsator 118 is distinguished in that the vcltage is chopped both during the time period TP and during the time period TN. This means that within the time period TP, there are ranges with time periods Tein, during which the signal has the amplitude +Up, and ranges of Tans during which the signal has the amplitude +Un, and that within the range TN
there are ranges of the time period T'Cin during which the voltage has the amplitude -UP and ranges T'aus during which the voltage has the amplitude -Un. The quantity of Un is less than the quantity of UP, and especially advantageously, Un = -Un = 0 V . Instead of constant values for Un and Up, amplitude ranges that do not overlap can also be considered.
The signal downstream of the starter 120, that is, the signal that is applied to the lamp, is distinguished by a sawtooth-like course, both in the positive voltage rar~ge and in the negative voltage range. Alternatively, a chopped square-wave alternating signal similar to that shown in the middle of Fig. 4b, or a signal that has a triangular course instead of the square waves of the durations Teini Tausr V ein and T'aus, can also be used. What is essential is that the time periods Tans and T' aus, that is the time periods of lesser amplitude or with the drop from a - possibly local -maximum to a - once again local - minimum be in the range between 1 and 50 us, both in the range of positive voltage and in the range of negative voltage.
Here as well, the signal that triggers the lamp in operation can be generated separately and not delivered to the lamp until after the lamp has been ignited. UL~t~ can be generated for instance by adding a square-wave alternating signal and a sawtooth signal.
The time periods Tein and T' ein are preferably between 10 and 100 us. As in the method for operating a direct current metal halide arc lamp, Tein, T ~ eini Taus i and T' aus can be constant, independently of one another, or they can be varied over time. The sum of TP and Tn yields a frequency FR
on the order of magnitude of 50 to 600 Hz. If the sub-time periods Tein, T ~ eini Taus and T' au$ are varied, the variation over time can be tuned to the frequency FR, preferably such that during the time period TP or TN, one complete period of the sweep frequency F can elapse. The sweep frequency F is between 50 and 1500 Hz.
A further embodiment provides for chopping only the voltage during the time period Tp or only the voltage during the time period TN, and leaving the respectively other voltage unchopped.
Patents 5, 047, 695 and 5, 198, 7~?'? de~scxwibe D~.~ <iisc:harges with AC "ripples" superimposed an r::hem; t:he AC ripples arE= in the frequency range between 20 anr~ 20t) kHz for ac:oustica~.ly tightening the arc.
Summary of the Tnverrt:, iorv It is therefore the object c~f. the present.
invention to propose a method fcpx operat.iny3 a direct current metal halide arc lamp, in particular a dirf~ct current. metal halide arc lamp for project.i.oo~ purposes, o.~ a rectangular alternating current lamp, by craeams of which the photctmetric data are improved. Tt is alsc.-~ an object of the present invention to describe an associated circuiC~ arrangement, as well as a direct current lamp wi.tru a fill. t~hat is es~>ecially well suited to operation acco:cwdinc~ to tie Lnvention.
In accordanr_e with one aspect of trris invention there is provided a method fo=r opc:rati.ng a rnetal halide arc lamp having asymmetrical elect:.x~odes ( 1.2 , 14 ) and having an ion:izable fill, characterized s.a~ t:.h.at. on:~y after i.ts ignition, the metal halide arc lamp is rx:i~3gered with a periodic clocked signal (UL(t) ) , and tam time period Tans between the onset of the drop from a maximG.zm val.ue~ and the ensuing rise in the signal ampl it ude i_s be':w:ween 1 and 50 acs .
In accordance with another aspecr.~ of this invention there is provided a met:hcd four operating a rectangular alternating currentY lamp, in which the rectangular alternating current lamp is triggered with a signal (UL (t) ) having an amplitude gre~~tex than or ec~ua.l to 0 during a first time period i:T~,j and <~rr amplitude less than or equal to 0 during a second t; ime period (T~,) , and tlve signal (UL (t) ) wii:hi:~ the firsts time pcericad (Tp) has n ranges, where n>_1,. and/or within 'the 5e~c:orid time period (T~) has m ranges, where m>_1, in whi.c:r~ rang~:~s the abso:lut~:~
quantity of the signal amplitude is less than the abaolute quantity of the maxirrmm signa::L amplitude within trze associated time period (Tz,; T~, i , <:~r~d ir-~ tLze~ z-ange T~ t:he time period Tans between the onset ~.of t.~-ze drop from a maximum value and the ensuing rise :in the s:igz~al amplitude, c>r in the range TN the time period "T ' au~, betwe~eri ~~he onset. of the rise from a minimum value and the ensuing drop in the signal amplitude, is between 1 and 5i3 ~.s, c;haracterized i.n that the signal (UL (t) ) has no interva:Ls between pi.zlses and is IlOt delivered to the rect.angu:lar <.alternating c,zrrent l.am~> until after the rectangular alt~erwat::.a.ng current Lamp has been ignited.
In accordance with a further aspect of t.hi~;
invention there is provided a ci..rt~uit arrangement hav~in~g a metal halide arc lamp with asymrc~et:rical elnctrode~c (1.2, 14) , an electric ballast and a stax-ter, characterized in that a pulsator is connected between the elect:c°ic ballast. and the starter, and the pu.Lsator is designed. t~.~ fux~na.sh at its output a clocked direct voltage sa..grlal. (Up(t)), which has a voltage in a first range (Uz,) du.r_.~ng a ~~:ir~>t time persod Te:in and a voltage in a second range (t1n) dz.zx-inc~ <~ second tirne period T~us, and the voltage values of to.e ;second range are less than the voltage values :in the first ange, and TaL~s is between 1 and 50 ~,s.
The fundamental concept of the izzvention i~ to operate the direct current metal rzalide arc: damp wits, a clocked voltage signal. The signal is cyc:~~icval.ly clacked during a period Te.n to an ON ampl nude arzd during the subsequent period Ta~s to a vo:l.tage of q~aanc.~itatively lesser amplitude.
3a Adwantageously~ t:he time period 'Fe:~FI is between 10 and 100 ~,s, and th.e time period 'I'~,ll;; i.s between 1. arid 50 ~s.
The same is true for the oper~:~tion according to the invention of 3 k~
CA 02297051 2000-04-20' rectangular alternating current lamps.
The invention offers the advantage of markedly increasing the radiation, upstream of the cathode, of the element lithium, or other elements of group 1A, that is, the red component. Since the normal calibration curve x~, is at its maximum in this spectral region, the tristimulus value x rises compared to y. Thus by adding an element with radiation lines in the range from 520 to 580 nm, such as thallium at 535.1 nm, the y value can be increased without exceeding the Planckian locus, and without the perceived color shifting toward greenish. Increasing the y value also increases the useful light flux. Surprisingly, in the operation according to the invention of direct current metal halide arc lamps, the change in convective flow conditions in the lam causes a marked reduction in the electrode temperatures, especially for the anode that is usually overloaded in metal halide d.c. lamps. This leads to an improvement in the light flux drop over time, or so-called maintenance, since there is a reduction in blackening and electrode consumption. The result is a longer service life of the direct current arc lamp.
In the circuit arrangement of the invention, it has proved especially advantageous to select the operation of the pulsator such that in the pulsator output signal, the voltage is essentially 0 V during the period Taus. The same is correspondingly true for the circuit arrangement of the invention for operating a rectangular alternating current lamp; that is, in this case the amplitude values are Un and -Un during the t ime periods Tau$ and T ~ aus ( see Fig . 4 ) , and advantageously both are essentially 0 V.
To prevent acoustical resonances, the time period Tein or Vein can be varied periodically, for instance being swept with a sweep frequency of 50 to 500 Hz, preferably 100 Hz.
The time period Tans or T ~ dug can either be constant or be varied as well . If Taug or T ~ aus is varied, then especially advantageously it is possible to perform a variation with adaptation to the variation of Tein and T ~ ein, with the goal that the minimal voltage value generated in the signal downstream of the starter for triggering the rectangular alternating current lamp remains. quantitatively constant despite the variation of Tein and T ~ eini respectively. Other advantageous embodiments are described in the dependent claims.
Description of the Drawings Shown are:
Fig. la, a block circuit diagram of a circuit arrangement for operating a direct current metal halide arc lamp with a clocked direct voltage signal;
Fig. 1b, voltage courses for a first exemplary embodiment at various locations in the circuit arrangement of Fig. la;
Fig. lc, current courses for a first exemplary embodiment at various locations in the circuit arrangement of Fig. la;
Fig. 2, the voltage course downstream of the starter in the circuit arrangement of Fig. la for a second exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 3, the reflector spectrum through a 6-millimeter aperture for an unclocked direct current metal halide arc lamp whose fill contains no thallium, and for a clocked direct current metal halide arc lamp where Tein = 35 us and Tans = 13 us, where the fill of the direct current metal halide arc lamp contains thallium iodide in a concentration of 0.36 mg/ml;
Fig. 4a, a block circuit diagram for operating a rectangular alternating current lamp with a chopped square wave signal; and Fig. 4b, voltage courses at various locations in the circuit arrangement of Fig. 4a.
Fig. la shows a block circuit diagram of a circuit arrangement for operating a direct current metal halide arc lamp 10, which includes an anode 12 and a cathode 14._ This circuit arrangement includes an electric ballast 16, a pulsator 18, and a starter 20.
In Fig. 1b, the course over time of the output voltage downstream of the electric ballast 16 is shown on the left.
As can be seen, this is a signal of constant voltage U". In r the middle of Fig. 1b, the course over time of the voltage Up(t) downstream of the pulsator 18 is shown. During a time period Tein, the voltage has the amplitude Up, while conversely during a time period Tans it is Un. Here Un is less than Up; preferably, Uz is essentially 0 V. The graph on the right in Fig. 1b shows the voltage course downstream of the starter 20, that is, the course of the voltage UL(t) applied to the lamp. This is equivalent to a sawtooth signal; the rise in the voltage UL(t) during the time Tein and the drop in the voltage UL(t) during the time Taus is primarily affected by the inductances of the starter 20.
The intended achievement is also, however, attained when the lamp is triggered directly with a square-wave or triangular signal. What is essential is that the intervals, or in other words in the case of a square-wave signal the times of low voltage or in the case of a sawtooth or triangular signal the times when the voltage drops from a maximum value to a minimum value, are - optionally only locally - in the range between 1 and 50 us. The signal UL(t) that drives the lamp can also be generated separately, or in other words without the influence of the starter, for instance by_a suitably sampled square-wave signal or by the addition of a direct voltage signal to a sawtooth signal. It is then applied to the lamp in addition to an ignition circuit that is used for starting the lamp and is not used thereafter.
The three graphs in Fig. lc show, from left to right, JAN-07-00 15:30 212 319 5101 P.09 R-282 Job-109 ~'an. 7. 2000 3:31PM FRISHAUF & PARTNERS No. 4856 P, 9/27 From:LANGER
the course over time of the current 1~(t) downstream of the electric ballast 16, the course over time of the current Ip(t) downstream of the pulsator Z8, and the couxse over time of the current IL(t) dowrxstream of the starter 20, that is, the current flowir~g via the lamp. In the exemplary embodiment shown in Figs. 1b and lc, the time period Tein and the time period Taua are constant during the operation of the lamp.
In operation of the lamp in this exemplary embodiment, after it has been ignited or started and after a certain run-up time, that is, until a fixed lamp voltage is exceeded, the constant direct voltage is chapped by the pulsator. The time period Te.ln is between 10 and 100 ~.ls .
Especially advantageous results are demonstrated where Fein = 3 5 l.is and Taus =_ 13 us and U" = 0 V . Assuming a loss-free pulsator and starter, where T = Tem + 'I'aus~ the following power balance applies:
mean. lamp power = mean power at pulsator = constant electric ballast power, ox Z T
t , uL (t)llt = ~p . p . T ein o To~ Te« TQUS Td»
It follows from this that as the OFF time Taue increases, the amplitude of the pulsed lamp current and the pulsed lamp voltage increases.
In Fig. 2 the course over time of the voltage UL(t) for a second exemplary embodiment is schematically shown as an example. In this exemplary embodiment, the circuit arrangement of Fig. la is supplemented with a device that makes it possible to vary the time period Tiers between a minimum value Tein min and a maximum value Tein max i or in other words to sweep through eontinuous~ y between Tein min a''~d Tein max with a frequency F. Curve A shows the course of the voltage UL(t) at the onset of the sweep period, while curve B shows the course of the voltage UL(t) at the end of one period length of the sweep frequency F. The sweep frequency F is typically between 50 and 500 Hz, preferably 100 Hz. This mode of operation makes it possible to prevent acoustic resonances.
In exemplary embodiments not shown, Tein can be constant, while Taus is varied with a sweep frequency F
between Taus min and Taus maxi while in a further exemplary embodiment both Tein and Taus are varied with a sweep frequency F. The ratio between Tein arid Taug can be adjusted in each case such that the resultant minimum value ULmin is constant throughout operation. _ In Fig. 3, the reflector spectrum through a 6-millimeter aperture is shown for two differently operated direct current metal halide arc lamps with different fills.
The course drawn in heavy lines shows the spectrum of a direct current metal halide arc lamp that is operated in accordance with the prior art, or in other words is not clocked, and its fill does not contain any thallium iodide;
the course drawn in fine lines shows the spectrum in clocked operation, that is, in the present case where Tein = 35 us and Tang - 13 us, and where the lamp fill contains thallium iodide in a concentration of 0.36 mg/ml. It is striking that by tie clocked operation, the radiation cf the element lithium has been markedly enhanced, especially at 610.3 nm but also at 670.7 nm. Since the normal calibration curve x~
in this spectral region is at a maximum, the tristimulus value x rises compared to y. Thus by adding an element with radiation lines in the range from 510 to 580 nm, in this case thallium at 535.1 nm, the y value can be increased without exceeding the Planckian locus, and without the perceived color shifting toward greenish. Increasing the y value also increases the useful light flux.
For a 270 W direct current metal halide arc lamp with an operating voltage of 40 V, an electrode spacing of 1.9 mm, a lamp volume of 0.7 ml, a wall load of 65 W/cmz, a service life of about 2000 hours, and with a fill containing 23.5 mg of mercury, 200 mbar of Argon, 0.51 mg of HgBr2, 0.05 mg of InI, 0.08 mg of LiI, 0.19 mg of ZnI2, 0.07 mg Gd and 0.06 mg of Y, a color temperature of about 9000 K and a color location of x = 0.28, y = 0.32 was attained in an unclocked mode of operation.
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Ira. an unclocked mode of operation, the color temperature of a lamp with the same fill, supplemented with an additional constituent of 0.25 mg of thallium iodide, is about 8000 K and the color location is x = 0.29, y = 0_34 while in clucked operation of the same lamp, with Z'e~n = 3 S 11s and Taua = 13 ~.15 and U" = 0 V , the COlOr temperature is about 5000 K and the Color location is x 0.32, y = 0.34. Hecause of the increase in the y value, the useful light flux rises by about 5 to 10~.
The Coz'lCentration of lithium, which is preferably added in the form of lithium iodide or lithium bromide, is from 0.2 ~zmol/ml to 5 umol/ml.
The concentration of thallium, which is preferably added in the form of thallium iodide or thallium bromide, Can be up to a value of 3 }zmol/ml and is preferably between 0.6 umol/ml and 3 umol/ml.
The idea of the invention of clocking a signal, which has a Course of con9tant amplitude over a relatively long time period, to a voltage of quc'~.ntita~.ively lower amplitude can also be applied acCOx'ding 1~o the invention to the operation of rectangular alternating current lamps, where once again the time periods of lower voltage are preferably between 1 and 50 ~,zs. ~~.g_ 4a shows a circuit arrangement for operating a rectangular alternating current lamp.
ballast 116 is followed by a pulsator 118, which is adjoined by a starter 120. The rectangular alternating current lamp ,~............_.-__._..,.. ,~,.~.w...~... ri~..~...,.___....~._.pr-,~
is indicated by reference numeral 110, and it includes two identical electrodes 112, 114.
As the output signal of the ballast 116, Fig. 4b shows a square-wave alternating signal that during a time period TP has a voltage amplitude of +U" and during a time period TN has a voltage amplitude of -U". The signal downstream of the pulsator 118 is distinguished in that the vcltage is chopped both during the time period TP and during the time period TN. This means that within the time period TP, there are ranges with time periods Tein, during which the signal has the amplitude +Up, and ranges of Tans during which the signal has the amplitude +Un, and that within the range TN
there are ranges of the time period T'Cin during which the voltage has the amplitude -UP and ranges T'aus during which the voltage has the amplitude -Un. The quantity of Un is less than the quantity of UP, and especially advantageously, Un = -Un = 0 V . Instead of constant values for Un and Up, amplitude ranges that do not overlap can also be considered.
The signal downstream of the starter 120, that is, the signal that is applied to the lamp, is distinguished by a sawtooth-like course, both in the positive voltage rar~ge and in the negative voltage range. Alternatively, a chopped square-wave alternating signal similar to that shown in the middle of Fig. 4b, or a signal that has a triangular course instead of the square waves of the durations Teini Tausr V ein and T'aus, can also be used. What is essential is that the time periods Tans and T' aus, that is the time periods of lesser amplitude or with the drop from a - possibly local -maximum to a - once again local - minimum be in the range between 1 and 50 us, both in the range of positive voltage and in the range of negative voltage.
Here as well, the signal that triggers the lamp in operation can be generated separately and not delivered to the lamp until after the lamp has been ignited. UL~t~ can be generated for instance by adding a square-wave alternating signal and a sawtooth signal.
The time periods Tein and T' ein are preferably between 10 and 100 us. As in the method for operating a direct current metal halide arc lamp, Tein, T ~ eini Taus i and T' aus can be constant, independently of one another, or they can be varied over time. The sum of TP and Tn yields a frequency FR
on the order of magnitude of 50 to 600 Hz. If the sub-time periods Tein, T ~ eini Taus and T' au$ are varied, the variation over time can be tuned to the frequency FR, preferably such that during the time period TP or TN, one complete period of the sweep frequency F can elapse. The sweep frequency F is between 50 and 1500 Hz.
A further embodiment provides for chopping only the voltage during the time period Tp or only the voltage during the time period TN, and leaving the respectively other voltage unchopped.
Claims (21)
1. A method for operating a metal halide arc lamp having asymmetrical electrodes (12, 14) and having are ionizable fill, characterized in that only after its ignition, the metal halide arc lamp is triggered with a periodic clocked signal (U L(t)), and the time period T aus between the onset of the drop from a maximum value and the ensuing rise in the signal amplitude is between 1 and 50 µs.
2 . The method of claim 1, in which the fill contains no sodium.
3. The method of claim 1, in which the fill contains at least one element from the group A1, in particular lithium.
4. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the time period T ein between two successive time periods T aus is between 10 and 100 /µs.
5. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the time period T ein is swept through at a frequency F in a range of T ein_min and T ein_max
6. The method of claim 5, characterized in that the sweep frequency F is between 50 and 500 Hz.
7. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the time period T ein is swept through at a frequency F in a range of T aus_min and T aus_max.
8. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the minimum value of the signal (U L(t)) is greater than 0 V.
9. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the fill of the metal halide arc lamp includes at least the following constituents: an ignition gas, mercury, a halide, and lithium in a concentration of 0.2 µmol/ml to 5 µmol/ml, and an additional constituent of thallium in a concentration of 0.6 µmol/ml to 3 µmol/ml.
10. A circuit arrangement having a metal halide arc lamp with asymmetrical electrodes (12, 14), an electric ballast and a starter, characterized in that a pulsator is connected between the electric ballast and the starter, and the pulsator is designed to furnish at its output a clocked direct voltage signal (U p(t)), which has a voltage in a first range (U p) during a first time period T ein and a voltage in a second range (U n) during a second time period T aus, and the voltage values of the second range are less than the voltage values in the first range, and T aus is between 1 and 50 µs.
11. The circuit arrangement of claim 10, characterized in that the time period T ein is between 10 and 100 /µs.
12. The circuit arrangement of claim 10, characterized in that it includes an apparatus with which the time period T ein can be swept through at a frequency F in a range from T ein_min and T ein_max.
13. The circuit arrangement of claim 12, characterized in that the sweep frequency F is between 50 and 500 Hz.
14. The circuit arrangement of claim 10, characterized in that it includes an apparatus with which the time period T aus can be swept through at a frequency F in a range from T aus_min and T aus_max.
15. The circuit arrangement of claim 10, characterized in that the voltage in the second range is substantially 0 V.
16. A circuit arrangement of claim 10, characterized in that the fill of the metal halide arc lamp includes at least the following constituents: an ignition gas, mercury, a halide, and lithium in a concentration of 0.2 µmol/ml to 5 µmol/ml, and an additional constituent of thallium in a concentration of 0.6 µmol/ml to 3 µmol/ml/.
17. A method for operating a rectangular alternating current lamp, in which the rectangular alternating current lamp is triggered with a signal (U L(t)) having an amplitude greater than or equal to 0 during a first time period (T p) and an amplitude less than or equal to 0 during a second time period (T N), and the signal (U L (t)) within the first time period (T p) has n ranges, where n>=1, and/or within the second time period (T N) has m ranges, wherein n>=1, in which ranges the absolute quantity of the signal amplitude is less than the absolute quantity of the maximum signal amplitude within the associated time period (T p; T N), and in the range T p the time period T aus between the onset of the drop from a maximum value and the ensuing rise in the signal amplitude, or in the range TN the time period T'aus between the onset of the rise from a minimum value and the ensuing drop in the signal amplitude, is between 1 and 50 µs, characterized in that the signal (U L (t)) has no intervals between pulses and is not delivered to the rectangular alternating current lamp until after the rectangular alternating current lamp has been ignited.
18. The method of claim 17, characterized in that the time period T ein or T'ein between two successive time periods T aus or T'aus is between 10 and 100 µs.
19. The method of claim 17, characterized in that the time period T ein or T'ein is swept through at a frequency F in a range of T ein_min and T ein_max.
20. The method of claim 19, characterized in that the sweep frequency F is between 50 and 1500 Hz.
21. The method of claim 17, characterized in that the time period T aus or T'aus is swept through at a frequency F in a range of T aus_min and T aus_max.
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