H01J ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
H01J covers electric discharge tubes and lamps that generate light or other radiation through electrical discharge in gases, vapors, or vacuums. This includes cathode ray tubes, fluorescent lamps, gas-filled tubes (such as neon and xenon tubes), vacuum tubes, X-ray tubes, and plasma display devices. The classification encompasses both the structural design of discharge devices and their operational principles, including electrode configurations, gas fills, and envelope materials. Closely related technologies in gas-filled devices may overlap with semiconductor light sources (H01L), which are classified separately.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
CPC: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H)
Additional Content IPC
Glossary
Lamp lamps In this subclass, "lamp" includes tubes emitting visible, ultra-violet or infra-red light. Spark gap spark gaps A "spark gap" is an enclosed or non-enclosed discharge device having cold electrodes and used exclusively to discharge a quantity of electrical energy in a small time duration. Spectrometer spectrometers An instrument used to disperse radiant energy or particles into a spectrum and measure properties such as wavelength, mass, energy, or index of refraction.
Limiting references
Emission spectrometry Spark gaps, including gas-filled spark gaps Electric arc lamps Particle accelerators
Application references
Isotope separation using separate tubes Investigating or analyzing surface structures in atomic ranges using scanning-probe techniques Investigating or analyzing electrically excited material, e.g. electroluminescence Analyzing materials by investigating the ionization of gases; by investigating electric discharges, e.g. emission of cathode Mass spectrometers specially adapted for column chromatography Contactless testing of electronic circuits using electron beams Electrostatic dosimeters in general Secondary-emission measurement of nuclear or X-radiation Details of scanning-probe apparatus in general Gas lasers pumped by electric discharges Generating ions to be introduced into non-enclosed gases Tubes for generating potential differences by charges carried on a gas stream Light sources using a combination of discharge and other kinds of light generation (other than those covered in group ) Generating plasma in general
Of 43 combined children, 29 exist in both systems.
14 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 14 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
19 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- H01J 1/00 Details of electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps (details of electron-optical or ion-optical arrangements H01J3/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01J 11/00 Gas-filled discharge tubes with alternating current induction of the discharge, e.g. alternating current plasma display panels [AC-PDP] (circuits or methods for driving PDPs G09G3/28); Gas-filled discharge tubes without any main electrode inside the vessel; Gas-filled discharge tubes with at least one main electrode outside the vessel IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01J 13/00 Discharge tubes with liquid-pool cathodes, e.g. metal-vapour rectifying tubes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01J 15/00 Gas-filled discharge tubes with gaseous cathodes, e.g. plasma cathode IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01J 17/00 Gas-filled discharge tubes with solid cathode (H01J25/00, H01J27/00, H01J31/00 - H01J41/00 take precedence; gas filled spark gaps H01T; Marx converters H02M7/26) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01J 19/00 Details of vacuum tubes of the types covered by group H01J21/00 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01J 21/00 Vacuum tubes (H01J25/00, H01J31/00 - H01J40/00, H01J43/00, H01J47/00, H01J49/00 take precedence; details of vacuum tubes H01J19/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01J 2203/00 Electron or ion optical arrangements common to discharge tubes or lamps 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
- H01J 2209/00 Apparatus and processes for manufacture of discharge tubes 2nd only +7 CPC CPC only CPC only
- H01J 2211/00 Plasma display panels with alternate current induction of the discharge, e.g. AC-PDPs 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
- H01J 2223/00 Details of transit-time tubes of the types covered by group H01J2225/00 2nd only +7 CPC CPC only CPC only
- H01J 2225/00 Transit-time tubes, e.g. Klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, magnetrons 2nd only +12 CPC CPC only CPC only
- H01J 2229/00 Details of cathode ray tubes or electron beam tubes (H01J2329/00 takes precedence) 2nd only +16 CPC CPC only CPC only
- H01J 2231/00 Cathode ray tubes or electron beam tubes (H01J2329/00 takes precedence) 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
- H01J 2237/00 Discharge tubes exposing object to beam, e.g. for analysis treatment, etching, imaging 2nd only +23 CPC CPC only CPC only
- H01J 23/00 Details of transit-time tubes of the types covered by group H01J25/00 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 43,574
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 42,206
- LG CHEM KR 21,383
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 20,441
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,279
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 19,725
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 19,400
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 18,819
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 18,082
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 17,634
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 37,897
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 36,116
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 21,640
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,770
- LG CHEM KR 19,835
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 18,519
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 14,595
- INTEL CORPORATION US 13,580
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 12,151
- SAMSUNG SDI COMPANY KR 12,080