摘要 |
A gas-discharge lamp (1) is described having an inner envelope (2) comprising a discharge vessel (3) and two tubular sections (6, 7) arranged on the discharge vessel (3), having two electrodes (4, 5) that project from the tubular sections into the discharge vessel (3) and that, to enable them to be supplied with power, are electrically connected to respective electrical conductors (10, 11) that extend through their associated tubular sections (6, 7) and that are enclosed in the tubular sections (6, 7) with a gastight seal along a sealing section (8, 9) and having an outer envelope (18) that surrounds the discharge vessel (3), with an airtight seal, while leaving an outer cavity (20) between itself and the discharge vessel (3) and that is filled with a gas at a pressure of not more than 1,000 mbar. In the outer cavity (20), there is only a single conductor (11, 22, 23) in direct contact with the gas filling in the cavity (20), which conductor (11, 22, 23) is run out of the outer envelope (18) to allow a high- voltage pulse for igniting a discharge between the conductor (11, 22, 23) and its surroundings to be applied. Also described are a method of operating a gas-discharge lamp of this kind and various methods of producing gas-discharge lamps of this kind. |