FLUORESCENT LAMP HAVING HIGH RESISTANCE CONDUCTIVE COATING AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

摘要

FLUORESCENT LAMP HAVING HIGH RESISTANCE CONDUCTIVE COATING AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME A fluorescent lamp includes a nonconductive metal oxide layer which cooperates with an overlying starting aid conductive layer to increase the latter's electrical resistance adjacent the lamp electrodes in order to suppress the occurrence of appearance defects associated with mercury condensation. A method of making the lamp includes forming the non-conductive layer along end portions of an inner wall of the lamp glass tube adjacent the electrodes.