Abstract: An organic EL display panel including organic light emitting layers, each continuous in a column direction, in gaps between column banks. The organic light emitting layer in a gap end region extending in the column direction from a column direction end of the gap to a reference position a defined distance from the column direction end towards a display region and within a peripheral region has a volume greater than volumes of the organic light emitting layers in gap end regions extending in the column direction from column direction ends of the gaps to the reference position.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display panel includes forming pixel electrode layers in a matrix on a substrate. The method includes arranging column banks extending in a column direction above the substrate. The method includes applying ink containing organic light emitting material to gaps between the column banks so that the ink is continuous between ends of the column banks in the column direction. The method includes arranging the substrate and a rectifying plate facing each other, the rectifying plate having a uniform density of through holes, such that the rectifying plate is at a predefined distance from the column banks. The method includes exhausting gas from an environment including the substrate and the rectifying plate. The method further includes heating the substrate to dry the ink to form an organic functional layer. The method includes forming a counter electrode layer above the organic functional layer.

Abstract: An organic EL display panel including organic light emitting layers, each continuous in a column direction, in gaps between column banks. The organic light emitting layer in a gap end region extending in the column direction from a column direction end of the gap to a reference position a defined distance from the column direction end towards a display region and within a peripheral region has a volume greater than volumes of the organic light emitting layers in gap end regions extending in the column direction from column direction ends of the gaps to the reference position.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display panel includes forming pixel electrode layers in a matrix on a substrate. The method includes arranging column banks extending in a column direction above the substrate. The method includes applying ink containing organic light emitting material to gaps between the column banks so that the ink is continuous between ends of the column banks in the column direction. The method includes arranging the substrate and a rectifying plate facing each other, the rectifying plate having a uniform density of through holes, such that the rectifying plate is at a predefined distance from the column banks. The method includes exhausting gas from an environment including the substrate and the rectifying plate. The method further includes heating the substrate to dry the ink to form an organic functional layer. The method includes forming a counter electrode layer above the organic functional layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) device whose organic EL layer is less likely exposed to moisture. The organic EL device includes an organic EL layer; and a hygroscopic layer disposed with respect to at least one main surface of the organic EL layer. The hygroscopic layer includes: a hygroscopic film containing a base material and a hygroscopic agent mixed in the base material; and a pair of covering films each covering a different one of surfaces of the hygroscopic film in a thickness direction of the hygroscopic film. A region of the hygroscopic film that is in contact with one covering film whose distance from the organic EL layer is smaller than a distance of the other covering film from the organic EL layer contains the hygroscopic agent at a content rate lower than an average content rate of the hygroscopic agent in the hygroscopic film.

Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an organic EL layer; and a hygroscopic layer that is disposed above and/or below the organic EL layer, and has a hygroscopic film, a first covering film, and a second covering film, the first covering film covering one of main surfaces of the hygroscopic film, the second covering film covering the other main surface of the hygroscopic film, wherein a relational expression A/B?0.2 is satisfied, where A denotes hygroscopicity indicating mass of moisture, expressed in g/m2, that is absorbable by the hygroscopic film per unit of area, and B denotes the number of defects per unit of area, expressed in pieces/mm2, that is calculated based on the number of defects in each of the first covering film and the second covering film.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) device whose organic EL layer is less likely exposed to moisture. The organic EL device includes an organic EL layer; and a hygroscopic layer disposed with respect to at least one main surface of the organic EL layer. The hygroscopic layer includes: a hygroscopic film containing a base material and a hygroscopic agent mixed in the base material; and a pair of covering films each covering a different one of surfaces of the hygroscopic film in a thickness direction of the hygroscopic film. A region of the hygroscopic film that is in contact with one covering film whose distance from the organic EL layer is smaller than a distance of the other covering film from the organic EL layer contains the hygroscopic agent at a content rate lower than an average content rate of the hygroscopic agent in the hygroscopic film.

Abstract: A moisture sorption film including: a film of base material; zeolite grains dispersed in the film of base material, having an average diameter of 100 nm or smaller, and having a maximum moisture sorption ratio of 10 wt % or greater. The moisture sorption film has a thickness of 500 nm or greater and contains the zeolite grains at an amount of 0.13 g/cm3 or greater.

Abstract: An organic EL device includes: an organic EL layer; and a hygroscopic layer that is disposed above and/or below the organic EL layer, and has a hygroscopic film, a first covering film, and a second covering film, the first covering film covering one of main surfaces of the hygroscopic film, the second covering film covering the other main surface of the hygroscopic film, wherein a relational expression A/B?0.2 is satisfied, where A denotes hygroscopicity indicating mass of moisture, expressed in g/m2, that is absorbable by the hygroscopic film per unit of area, and B denotes the number of defects per unit of area, expressed in pieces/mm2, that is calculated based on the number of defects in each of the first covering film and the second covering film.

Abstract: An EL display device according to the present technology includes a light emitter in which an array of pixels are arranged, each of the pixels including sub-pixels configured to emit at least red, green, and blue light; and a thin film transistor array configured to control light emission of the light emitter. The sub-pixels include light-emitting layers, the light-emitting layers being configured to emit at least red, green, and blue light and being disposed within areas defined by a bank having a lattice shape. Among the sub-pixels, sub-pixels that are adjacent and configured to emit identical colors include one of the light-emitting layers disposed within a first coupled bank area, the first coupled bank area corresponding to an area defined by the bank of two of the sub-pixels.

Abstract: A method including: forming a thin-film transistor array device that constitutes a pixel circuit; forming light-emitting layers; and after forming a light-emitter by forming the light-emitting layers, sealing the light-emitter entirely. The forming of the light-emitting layers includes: preparing transfer substrates, each transfer substrate having a supporting substrate on which a transfer layer including at least one of red, green, and blue light-emitting materials is formed; and transferring the corresponding transfer layer onto a transfer-target substrate of an EL display device by using the corresponding transfer substrate, and the forming of the light-emitting layers, the sealing, and the forming of the transfer layer of each transfer substrate are performed within an isolation atmosphere for preventing exposure to the air.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an EL display device, the EL display device including: a light-emitter emitting light of at least red, green, and blue colors; and a thin-film transistor array device controlling light-emission of the light-emitter, the light-emitter including at least red, green, and blue light-emitting layers arranged within regions partitioned by banks, and being sealed with a sealing layer, the method including: preparing at least three types of transfer substrates corresponding to red, green, and blue colors, each transfer substrate having a supporting substrate on which a transfer layer including at least red, green, or blue light-emitting material is formed by an inkjet method; and when forming the light-emitting layers, repeatedly performing a transfer process that includes transferring the transfer layer onto a transfer-target substrate of the EL display device by using the transfer substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an EL display device, in which forming of light-emitting layers includes: preparing transfer substrates, each transfer substrate having a supporting substrate on which a transfer layer including at least red, green, or blue light-emitting material is formed; and performing a transfer process that includes transferring the corresponding transfer layer onto a transfer-target substrate of the EL display device by using the corresponding transfer substrate, each transfer substrate has barrier walls on the supporting substrate thereof, the barrier walls defining openings corresponding to a pixel pattern, and the transfer layer is formed by applying organic material ink to between the barrier walls by an inkjet method, the organic material ink containing the light-emitting material, and the top surface of each of the barrier walls has a protrusion that comes into contact with a corresponding one of banks of the EL display device.

Abstract: The radiation detector includes: a housing defining an enclosed space filled with a radiation detection gas; first and second electrodes opposing each other across the enclosed space; insulating materials covering surfaces of the first and second electrodes facing the enclosed space; and a voltage source for applying a voltage to the first and second electrodes, whereby a radiation sensor is formed. The radiation sensor is configured so that: in a radiation detection period, a predetermined voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, and an electric charge is accumulated on the insulating materials by ions and/or electrons generated by ionization of the gas by incident radiation; and in a radiation measurement time, an electric discharge is caused by applying a reverse bias voltage from that applied to the first and second electrodes in the radiation detection period, and a firing voltage is measured.

Abstract: The radiation detector includes: a housing defining an enclosed space filled with a radiation detection gas; first and second electrodes opposing each other across the enclosed space; insulating materials covering surfaces of the first and second electrodes facing the enclosed space; and a voltage source for applying a voltage to the first and second electrodes, whereby a radiation sensor is formed. The radiation sensor is configured so that: in a radiation detection period, a predetermined voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, and an electric charge is accumulated on the insulating materials by ions and/or electrons generated by ionization of the gas by incident radiation; and in a radiation measurement time, an electric discharge is caused by applying a reverse bias voltage from that applied to the first and second electrodes in the radiation detection period, and a firing voltage is measured.

Abstract: A forming method of a protective film made of oxide containing any one of calcium oxide (CaO), strontium oxide (SrO) and barium oxide (BaO) and having a higher band gap than that of magnesium oxide (MgO) (higher than 7.9 eV) is provided. By adjusting a time constant of a protective film to a predetermined value or larger, the voltage drop time is adjusted so as to be usable for a plasma display panel. At this time, the time constant ?(=C×R) defined by the discharge capacitance C and the protective film resistance R is referenced.

Abstract: A forming method of a protective film made of oxide containing any one of calcium oxide (CaO), strontium oxide (SrO) and barium oxide (BaO) and having a higher band gap than that of magnesium oxide (MgO) (higher than 7.9 eV) is provided. By adjusting a time constant of a protective film to a predetermined value or larger, the voltage drop time is adjusted so as to be usable for a plasma display panel. At this time, the time constant ?(=C×R) defined by the discharge capacitance C and the protective film resistance R is referenced.

Abstract: In a PDP having row electrode pairs and column electrodes formed on the front glass substrate placed parallel to the back glass substrate with a discharge in between, each of the column electrodes faces a central area between adjacent transparent electrodes of the row electrode in the row direction, and is placed in a position closer to the transparent electrode serving as its partner for initiating an address discharge than to the unrelated transparent electrode located on the opposite side of the column electrode.

Abstract: In a PDP having row electrode pairs and column electrodes formed on the front glass substrate placed parallel to the back glass substrate with a discharge in between, each of the column electrodes faces a central area between adjacent transparent electrodes of the row electrode in the row direction, and is placed in a position closer to the transparent electrode serving as its partner for initiating an address discharge than to the unrelated transparent electrode located on the opposite side of the column electrode.

Abstract: A method for driving a plasma display panel having column electrodes formed on a front substrate side together with row electrodes. Wall charge adjusting pulses having the same polarity as a sustain pulse are simultaneously applied to respective row electrodes formed in pair for a predetermined period after an addressing stage terminates and before a sustain stage starts in each sub-field.