Patents by Inventor Masaki Aoki

Masaki Aoki 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).

  • Patent number: 7183705
    Abstract: A plasma display device comprises blue phosphor which restricts adsorption of water and hydrocarbon gases to a surface thereof, reduces degradation of luminance and chromaticity change, and improves discharge characteristic. Among phosphor layers used for a plasma display, a blue phosphor layer comprises one of compounds symbolized by Ba1-xMgAl10O17:Eux and Ba1-x-ySryMgAl10O17:Eux, of which phosphor contains 0.2 to 0.8 in number x of Eu atoms, and the Eu atoms comprises 25% to 85% concentration of bivalent Eu ions, and 15% to 75% concentration of trivalent Eu ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Aoki, Hiroyuki Kawamura, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Mitsuhiro Otani, Hiroshi Setoguchi, Junichi Hibino
  • Patent number: 7176627
    Abstract: Fine particles of a phosphor are weighed, mixed, and filled. Provided after this step are at least one step of firing the particles in a reducing atmosphere, and a step of pulverizing, dispersing, rinsing, drying and then treating the particles in an oxygen plasma atmosphere after the last step of treatment in the reducing atmosphere. This method recovers oxygen vacancy in the host crystal of the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Junichi Hibino, Masaki Aoki, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hiroshi Setoguchi
  • Patent number: 7172482
    Abstract: A PDP with superior light-emitting characteristics and color reproduction is achieved by setting the chromaticity coordinate y (the CIE color specification) of light to 0.08 or less, more preferably to 0.07 or less, or 0.06 or less, enabling the color temperature of light to be set to 7,000K or more, and further to 8,000K or more, 9,000K or more, or 10,000K or more. The PDP is manufactured by a method in which the processes for heating the fluorescent substances such as the fluorescent substance baking, sealing material temporary baking, bonding, and exhausting processes are performed in the dry gas atmosphere, or in an atmosphere in which a dry gas is circulated at a pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kado, Mitsuhiro Ohtani, Masaki Aoki, Kanako Miyashita
  • Patent number: 7161298
    Abstract: A plasma display device includes a blue phosphor composed of a compound represented by Me3MgSi2O8:Eu (where, Me is at least calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), or barium (Ba)). Concentration of bivalent Eu ions is 45 to 95% and concentration of trivalent Eu ions is 5 to 55%, of the europium (Eu) atoms contained in the blue phosphor layer. The plasma display device has less luminance degradation in a panel manufacturing process, high luminance, and long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawamura, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Masaki Aoki, Mitsuhiro Otani, Hiroshi Setoguchi, Junichi Hibino
  • Patent number: 7147802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma display device apt to increase luminance of a phosphor layer and prevent degradation of a discharge characteristic, and to a phosphor used for the device. This plasma display device has a green phosphor having a crystal structure of Zn2SiO4:Mn, and a monovalent oxide is substituted for part of the green phosphor. The monovalent oxide is one or more of lithium oxide (Li2O), sodium oxide (Na2O), potassium oxide (K2O), cesium oxide (Cs2O), rubidium oxide (Rb2O), copper oxide (Cu2O), and silver oxide (Ag2O). This structure allows reduction of oxygen defects occurring in the green phosphor, suppression of the luminance decrease of the green phosphor, and improvement of a discharge characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Mitsuhiro Otani, Hiroyuki Kawamura, Masaki Aoki, Junichi Hibino
  • Patent number: 7140940
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a manufacturing method for a PDP that can continuously apply phosphor ink for a long time and can accurately and evenly produce phosphor layers even when the cell construction is very fine. To do so, phosphor ink is continuously expelled from a nozzle while the nozzle moves relative to channels between partition walls formed on a plate so as to scan and apply phosphor ink to the channels. While doing so the path taken by the nozzle within each channel between a pair of partition walls is adjusted based on position information for the channel. When phosphor particles is successively applied to a plurality of channels, phosphor ink is continuously expelled from the nozzle even when the nozzle is positioned away from the channels. The phosphor ink is composed of: phosphor particles that have an average particle diameter of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawamura, Shigeo Suzuki, Masaki Aoki, Kanako Miyashita, Mitsuhiro Ohtani, Hiroyuki Kado, Keisuke Sumida, Nobuyuki Kirihara
  • Patent number: 7131879
    Abstract: A PDP with superior light-emitting characteristics and color reproduction is achieved by setting the chromaticity coordinate y (the CIE color specification) of light to 0.08 or less, more preferably to 0.07 or less, or 0.06 or less, enabling the color temperature of light to be set to 7,000K or more, and further to 8,000K or more, 9,000K or more, or 10,000K or more. The PDP is manufactured by a method in which the processes for heating the fluorescent substances such as the fluorescent substance baking, sealing material temporary baking, bonding, and exhausting processes are performed in the dry gas atmosphere, or in an atmosphere in which a dry gas is circulated at a pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kado, Mitsuhiro Ohtani, Masaki Aoki, Kanako Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20060232207
    Abstract: A plasma display panel having an excellent image display quality and high reliability is provided by preventing deterioration of a phosphor due to hydrocarbon gas remaining in the plasma display panel. The plasma display panel includes front panel (50) and rear panel (60) disposed opposing each other, and front panel (50) is provided with a plurality of display electrodes composed of a pair of scan electrode (6) and sustain electrode (7), and rear panel (60) has barrier ribs (10) forming discharge cells (11). In the plasma display panel, rear panel (60) includes data electrodes (9) perpendicular to display electrodes composed of a pair of scan electrode (6) and sustain electrode (7) on substrate (2), dielectric layer (13) covering data electrodes (9), reflective layer (20) containing an oxidation catalyst and covering at least a part of dielectric layer (13), and phosphor layer (12) covering reflective layer (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Masaki Aoki, Yuichiro Miyamae, Keiji Horikawa, Junichi Hibino, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hiroshi Setoguchi, Izumi Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20060139991
    Abstract: The magnetic memory device comprises: a memory cell including two magnetoresistive effect elements serially connected to each other, and a select transistor connected to a connection node between the two magnetic resistant devices, a bit line connected to the connection node of the magnetoresistive effect elements via the select transistor, and a read circuit for reading information memorized in the magnetoresistive effect elements, based on a voltage of the connection node outputted to the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masaki Aoki
  • Publication number: 20060138974
    Abstract: A plasma display device provided with a green color phosphor which is charged entirely with a positive potential, adsorbs only limited amounts of water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon, and not liable to cause chemical reaction thereto. A green color phosphor layer is formed of the green phosphor comprising at least one compound selected from among materials defined by the general formulae of M1-a (Ga1-xAlx)2 O4:Mna (where “M” denotes one of Zn, Mg, Ca and Sr), (Y1-a-yGda) (Ga1-xAlx)3 (BO3)4:Tby, (Y1-a-yGda) (Ga1-xAlx)3 (BO3)4:Cey, Tby, (Y1-a-yGda) BO3:Tby and (Y1-a-yGda)3 (Ga1-xAlx)5 O12:Tby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Yuichiro Miyamae, Masaki Aoki, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Hiroshi Setoguchi, Junichi Hibino, Yoshinori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20060139241
    Abstract: A plasma display device including a green phosphor of which brightness is hardly deteriorated and a production method therefor are disclosed. The plasma display device comprises a plasma display panel in which a plurality of discharge cells of one color or a plurality of colors are disposed, red phosphor layers 110R, green phosphor layers 110G, and blue phosphor layers 110B are arranged correspondingly to the respective discharge cells, and the red phosphor layers 110R, the green phosphor layers 110G, and the blue phosphor layers 110B are excited by ultraviolet rays to emit light. The green phosphor layers 110G include a green phosphor expressed by (Ma-x-yEuxTby)O.MgO.2SiO2 (here, M is at least one element selected from Ca, Sr, and Ba).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Keiji Horikawa, Yuichiro Miyamae, Masaki Aoki, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Junichi Hibino, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hiroshi Setoguchi
  • Patent number: 7067969
    Abstract: A blue phosphor composing a blue phosphor player in a plasma display device has a crystal structure of Ba(1-x)EuxMgAl10O17 or Ba(1-x-y)EuxSryMgAl10O17. In this blue phosphor, La substitutes for a proportion of Ba or Sr so as to achieve a high-luminance plasma display device with less luminance deterioration in panel manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Aoki, Hiroyuki Kawamura, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Mitsuhiro Otani, Hiroshi Setoguchi, Junichi Hibino
  • Patent number: 7063584
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a gas discharge display panel includes a disposing step of disposing on a substrate, material of one of an electrode, a dielectric layer, a barrier rib, and a phosphor layer; and a baking step of baking the substrate on which the material has been disposed, while the substrate is carried on a support platform. The support platform has at least one channel in a surface thereof on which the substrate is placed, extending from a covered area covered by the substrate through to an exposed area not covered by the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yonehara, Masaki Aoki, Keisuke Sumida, Morio Fujitani, Hideki Asida
  • Patent number: 7057342
    Abstract: A plasma display panel capable of restricting the yellowing of a dielectric layer and the occurrence of dielectric breakdown, wherein glass constituting a dielectric layer uses glass containing a metal oxide MO2 capable of a trivalent or tetravalent-ion formation in glass. Accordingly, even when Ag is ionized from an electrode consisting essentially of Ag to diffuse to a dielectric layer, Ag does not aggregate to be formed into a colloid with an ionized state kept. Therefore, yellowing and dielectric breakdown caused by Ag turning to colloid can be restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Aoki, Hiroyuki Yonehara, Morio Fujitani
  • Publication number: 20060108923
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a plasma display unit that employs phosphors having an amount of charge controlled close to zero, by which degradation in luminance, color temperature, and charge characteristics can be minimized. A phosphor bearing positive or negative charge is coated with a compound for controlling the amount of charge of the phosphor through a strong chemical bonding, whereby the amount of charge of a phosphor can be suppressed within ±0.01 ?C/g. Controlling the amount of charge of phosphors close to zero can keep impurity gases away from the phosphor particle when the panel is in operation, suppressing problems critical to driving a plasma display unit, such as luminance degradation of phosphors, improper alignment of color in panel operation, luminance degradation when the panel displays all white.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Masaki Aoki, Yumi Kondo, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Hiroshi Setoguchi, Junichi Hibino, Yoshiki Tanaka, Teppei Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20060103310
    Abstract: Fine particles of a phosphor are weighed, mixed, and filled. Provided after this step are at least one step of firing the particles in a reducing atmosphere, and a step of pulverizing, dispersing, rinsing, drying and then treating the particles in an ozone atmosphere after the last step of treatment in the reducing atmosphere. This method recovers oxygen vacancy in the host crystal of the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Junichi Hibino, Masaki Aoki, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hiroshi Setoguchi
  • Patent number: 7040944
    Abstract: A PDP with superior light-emitting characteristics and color reproduction is achieved by setting the chromaticity coordinate y (the CIE color specification) of light to 0.08 or less, more preferably to 0.07 or less, or 0.06 or less, enabling the color temperature of light to be set to 7,000K or more, and further to 8,000K or more, 9,000K or more, or 10,000K or more. The PDP is manufactured by a method in which the processes for heating the fluorescent substances such as the fluorescent substance baking, sealing material temporary baking, bonding, and exhausting processes are performed in the dry gas atmosphere, or in an atmosphere in which a dry gas is circulated at a pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kado, Mitsuhiro Ohtani, Masaki Aoki, Kanako Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20060071588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma display device and to a method of producing a phosphor to be used for the device, that prevents the phosphor layer from deteriorating, and improves the luminance, life, and reliability, of the PDP. The plasma display device is equipped with a plasma display panel in which a plurality of discharge cells are arranged, phosphor layers (110R, 110G, 110B) in color corresponding to each discharge cell are allocated, and phosphor layers (110R, 110G, 110B) are excited by ultraviolet light to emit light. Green phosphor layer (110G) has a green phosphor including Zn2SiO4:Mn, the element ratio of zinc (Zn) to silicon (Si) is 2/1 to 2.09/1 at least at the proximity of the surface, and the layer is positively charged or zero-charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Horikawa, Masaki Aoki, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Yuichiro Miyamae, Junichi Hibino, Tanaka Yoshinori, Setoguchi Hiroshi
  • Publication number: 20060072301
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma display device and to a method of producing a phosphor to be used for the device, that prevents the phosphor layer from deteriorating, and improves the luminance, life, and reliability, of a PDP. The plasma display device is equipped with a plasma display panel in which a plurality of discharge cells are arranged, phosphor layers (110R, 110G, 110B) in color corresponding to each discharge cell are disposed, and phosphor layers (110R, 110G, 110B) are excited by ultraviolet light to emit light. Green phosphor layer (110G) has a green phosphor including Zn2SiO4:Mn, the element ratio of zinc (Zn) to silicon (Si) at the proximity of its surface is 2/1, which is the stoichiometric ratio, and the layer is positively charged or zero-charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Miyamae, Masaki Aoki, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Keiji Horikawa, Junichi Hibino, Tanaka Yoshinori, Setoguchi Hiroshi
  • Publication number: 20060066239
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other to provide a discharge space between the first substrate and the second substrate, a scan electrode and a sustain electrode both provided on the first substrate, a dielectric layer for covering the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, and a protective layer provided on the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes magnesium oxide and magnesium carbide. This plasma display panel performs stable discharge characteristics, such as a driving voltage, thereby displaying an image stably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hasegawa, Kaname Mizokami, Yoshinao Oe, Masaki Aoki, Junichi Hibino