Flash discharge tube and light-emitting device equipped with the flash discharge tube

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PATENT NO 9870913
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15509944

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A flash discharge tube includes tungsten pins configuring a pair of discharge electrodes, and an envelope. The envelope includes a central region, serving as an alkali-free region, which is configured with an alkali-free glass except for quartz glass. The central region becomes in a high temperature state during a firing operation of the flash discharge tube. The central region is smaller than a maximum region enclosing a gas-tight space formed by hermetically sealing the pair of the discharge electrodes and is not smaller than a minimum region enclosing an arc-discharge space formed between the tungsten pins of the pair of the discharge electrodes. The alkali-free region contains either no alkali metal component or not larger than a predetermined amount of an alkali metal component. Then, a trigger electrode is disposed in the alkali-free region. This provides the flash discharge tube featuring a stable short-interval continuous-firing operation.

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PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTDOSAKA JAPAN OSAKA

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Kihara, Shinji Kyoto, JP 9 23
Saiki, Hiroshi Kyoto, JP 26 208

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