Patents by Inventor Jim Kane

Jim Kane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electroluminescent alkaline-earth sulfide phosphor thin films with multiple coactivator dopants
    Patent number: 6072198
    Abstract: A light emitting phosphor having improved luminance is incorporated into an ACTFEL device having front and rear electrode sets, a pair of insulators sandwiched between the front and rear electrode sets, and a thin film electroluminescent laminar stack which includes a phosphor layer having the formula M.sup.II S:D,H where M.sup.II is taken from the group calcium, strontium, barium, and magnesium, S=sulfur, D is taken from the group copper, lead, gold, silver, magnesium, antimony, bismuth and arsenic, and H is taken from the group fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine. Deep blue and green chromaticity phosphors may be obtained through selection of multiple co-dopants and adjusting their relative concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventors: Sey-Shing Sun, Jim Kane, P. Niel Yocom
  • Alternating current thin film electroluminescent device having blue light emitting alkaline earth phosphor
    Patent number: 6043602
    Abstract: A light emitting phosphor having improved luminance is incorporated into an ACTFEL device having front and rear electrode sets, a pair of insulators sandwiched between the front and rear electrode sets, and a thin film electroluminescent laminar stack which includes a phosphor layer having the formula M.sup.II S:D,H,F where M.sup.II is taken from the group calcium, strontium, barium, and magnesium, S=sulfur, D is taken from the group copper, lead, gold, silver, magnesium, antimony, bismuth and arsenic, H is taken from the group fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, and F is taken from the group gallium, indium, aluminum, germanium, silicon, lanthanum, scandium, and yttrium. Deep blue and green chromaticity phosphors may be obtained through selection of multiple co-dopants and adjusting their relative concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventors: Sey-Shing Sun, Jim Kane, P. Niel Yocom
  • Alternating current thin film electroluminescent device having blue light emitting alkaline earth phosphor
    Patent number: 5939825
    Abstract: A light emitting phosphor having improved luminance is incorporated into an ACTFEL device having front and rear electrode sets, a pair of insulators sandwiched between the front and rear electrode sets, and a thin film electroluminescent laminar stack which includes a phosphor layer having the formula M.sup.II S:D,H,F where M.sup.II is taken from the group calcium, strontium, barium, and magnesium, S=sulfur, D is taken from the group copper, lead, gold, silver, magnesium, antimony, bismuth and arsenic, H is taken from the group fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, and F is taken from the group gallium, indium, aluminum, germanium, silicon, lanthanum, scandium, and yttrium. Deep blue and green chromaticity phosphors may be obtained through selection of multiple co-dopants and adjusting their relative concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Planar Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sey-Shing Sun, Jim Kane, P. Niel Yocom