Electrodeless Lamp
Electrodeless lamps have been recognized, since Nikola Tesla filed a patent in 1894, as having a number of advantages:
- No electrodes to break - so potentially very long life
- No chemical degradation of the electrodes - so much lower lumen loss and discoloration during life
- No reactive metal inside the bulb - so the ability to use much more efficient fill materials
The main problems have been constraining the radio waves within the lamp, and generating RF power at low cost.
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