INTEGRAL STARTER FOR ELECTRODELESS LAMP

摘要

A high intensity discharge (HID) or ceramic HID lamp includes a main envelope having a gas fill that is selectively energized to produce visible light. An RF coil surrounds a light emitting portion of the main envelope, and an envelope extension or starting leg has a cavity that either contains a low pressure ionizable fill material to ionize at a level below the gas fill of the main envelope, or receives a high voltage potential conductor wire extending therethrough to serve as a starting assembly.