Instant light – as quick as lightning LINEX® from OSRAM is an innovative, extremely powerful and durable lamp system.

Its name is derived from the description of its technology: a LINear EXcimer lamp coupled with a high frequency electronic power supply. In less than 100 milliseconds it provides bright light – and it switches off even faster. The persistence time is less than 50 milliseconds. The inverter drives the lamp in a pulsed DC mode with an operating frequency of greater than 80 kHz, which ensures flicker-free light.

The result is a unique system that is well suited for technical commercial and industrial applications. Quite obviously – further light strengths The xenon-filled LINEX® lamps achieve a very high illuminance of up to 80,000 lux, which is 250 % brighter than conventional xenon fluorescent lamps operated in a sinusoidal AC mode. The quality of the light produced is exceptional with crisp daylight color temperature and excellent color rendering characteristics resulting from the triphosphor coating.

The absence of mercury in the LINEX® lamp not only results in an environmentally friendlier lighting solution, but also produces a light source with nearly constant, temperature independent color throughout its long life of up to 10,000 hours. Switch as switch can – over 10 million times LINEX® lamps are available in 24, 30 and 40 W versions and the state-of-the-art systems are incredibly robust with performance unaffected by rapid switching cycles. The lamps can be switched on and off several million times with no detriment to lamp life or maintenance characteristics.

The internal electrodes make the lamp extremely reliable with a special dielectric barrier coating that shields them against corrosion and damage from the gas discharge.  Very special advantages – for many demanding applications Because of their many strengths, LINEX® lamps are ideal as economical and reliable light sources for a large number of different applications with distinct advantages over conventional halogen lamps or fluorescent lamps.

LINEX® systems are available in white (triphosphor) or yellowgreen (YG) and are perfect for office automation, sorting equipment, studio lighting, industrial inspection and other demanding applications.

The most important advantages of LINEX® –a compact overview
• Instant light (<100 ms)
• Instant restrike
• Virtually no warm-up time
• Short persistence (< 50 ms)
• High frequency operation at >80 kHz
• No adverse effect from frequent switching cycles
• No temperature dependence for ignition and operation (–20 °C to +60 °C)
• Output independent of ambient temperature
• Minimal color shift throughout lamp life
• Consistent color through an extremely wide temperature range
• Long service life of several thousand hours
• High color temperature of (5600 K)
• Excellent color rendering (Ra > 86)
• Mercury-free
• Triphosphor coating system allows flexibility in lamp color
• 250% more light than conventional sinusoidallydriven xenon systems
• Mechanically robust
• High contact safety due to interior electrodes