Abstract: A vacuum vessel includes a face plate, a rear plate having an interior surface that opposes the face plate, and a side wall joining the face plate and the rear plate, and a plurality of plate-like spacers provided between the face plate and the rear plate so that lengthwise directions thereof are parallel to each other. In addition, a plurality of linear fixing members are adhered to an exterior surface of the rear plate on the opposite side from the interior surface at mutually prescribed intervals and along the lengthwise direction of the plurality of spacers.

Abstract: An encapsulation structure comprises a first barrier layer, and an electroluminescence device configured to be coupled to the first barrier layer and comprising a substrate and an electroluminescence element both defining a lateral side. The electroluminescence element comprises a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. Further, the encapsulation structure comprises a second barrier layer configured to be coupled to the electroluminescence device, and an adhesive configured to locate between and connect the first and second barrier layers, and at least to be coupled to the lateral side of the electroluminescence device to seal the electroluminescence device between the first and second barrier layers. An encapsulation method is also presented.

Abstract: An end piece for a retrofit fluorescent lamp may include a housing section open on a first end face and a cover that can close off the first end face, wherein the housing section and the cover can be non-detachably interlocked.

Abstract: The filament clamp assembly has a pair of bifurcated clamps to hold the connecting leads of a filament within a cavity of a cathode of a separate cathode assembly. The filament clamp assembly is mounted on the insulator block in self-aligning relation. The cathode assembly has a tungsten cathode with an internal cavity to receive the filament that is secured within a retainer shield made of one of tungsten, molybdenum and graphite by a threaded graphite cylindrical collar.

Abstract: A lamp (10) has a light source (12) with a distal portion (14) and a proximal portion (16), the proximal portion (16) comprising a press seal (17) having a given cross-section. A lamp envelope (18) receives the light source (12), the envelope (18) being arrayed about a longitudinal axis (20) and having a base (22) generally orthogonal to the longitudinal axis (20). A clip-receiving aperture (24) is formed in the base (22), and at least one clip locator surface (26, 52, 54) is formed in the base (22) adjacent the clip-receiving aperture (24). A clip (28) is positioned in the clip-receiving aperture (24), the clip having a passage (29) shaped and formed to receive the press seal (17) of the light source (12) therein. The clip (28) has at least one first retainer (32) and at least one second retainer (33), the at least one first retainer (32) being shaped and formed to engage the at least one clip locator surface (26, 52, 54), whereby the clip (28) is located within the clip-receiving aperture (24).

Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge lamp (1) with a discharge vessel, which has an outer tube (2), which surrounds a discharge space (4) filled with a discharge medium, an outer electrode (6), which is arranged on the outer side of the outer tube (2), an elongate inner electrode (7), which is arranged axially within the outer tube (2), at least one retaining disk (8) with an axial bore, through which the elongate inner electrode (7) runs, the retaining disk (8) extending substantially from the inner electrode (7) up to the inner side of the outer tube (2), as a result of which the inner electrode (7) is centered at least indirectly within the discharge vessel. The retaining disk (8) is supported on both sides loosely in the direction of the longitudinal axis by means of a supporting means (9a-9c) on the left-hand side and a supporting means (10a-10c) on the right-hand side.

Abstract: An airtight container includes a front substrate, a rear substrate opposite to the front substrate, a plurality of spacers arranged between the front substrate and the rear substrate with the spacers having a predetermined interval therebetween, and a frame provided between the front substrate and the rear substrate and surrounding the plurality of spacers, and of which an internal space surrounded by the front substrate, the rear substrate and the frame is maintained at pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, wherein both the front substrate and the rear substrate are made from glass material, the airtight container satisfies H1<H2<H3, and 1.3(H2?H1)/L<(H3?H2)/W, where H1 is an average height of the spacers, H2 is a height of an edge of the frame on a side of the internal space, H3 is a height of an edge of the frame on a side opposite to the internal space, W is a width of the frame, and L is the predetermined interval.

Abstract: A ceramic electrode for a gliding electric arc system. The ceramic electrode includes a ceramic fin defining a spine, a heel, and a tip. A discharge edge of the ceramic fin defines a diverging profile approximately from the heel of the ceramic fin to the tip of the ceramic fin. A mounting surface coupled to the ceramic fin facilitates mounting the ceramic fin within the gliding electric arc system. One or more ceramic electrodes may be used in the gliding electric arc system or other systems which at least partially oxidize a combustible material.

Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the plasma display panel includes a first member, which is a base substrate for forming a phosphor layer, having at least one inclined surface. Also a method of manufacturing the plasma display panel is disclosed. In one embodiment, both the first member and a second member formed on the first member are manufactured using a photolithography method using different exposure masks. Accordingly, the plasma display panel may be manufactured having increased reliability and productivity and a method of manufacturing the plasma display panel is provided.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device having spacers and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic light emitting display device according to the present invention includes a first substrate divided into a pixel region and a non-pixel region surrounding the pixel region; a plurality of organic light emitting diodes having each pixel formed on the first substrate and provided onto the pixel region; a second substrate for encapsulating the pixel region; and a spacer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, provided in at least on region between pixels as a non-light emission region and containing a desiccant.

Abstract: A cathode sub-assembly is comprised of a retainer, a cathode and a collar, each of which has smooth unthreaded surfaces that slidably engage each other. A shield serves to hold the sub-assembly in a support plate. The cathode projects from the sub-assembly into an arc chamber with a tortuous path created therebetween for passage of a plasma flow.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) and a method of manufacturing the same with improved luminous efficiency. The PDP includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a plurality of sustain electrode pairs between the first substrate and the second substrate and extending in a first direction; a plurality of address electrodes on the second substrate and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; a first dielectric layer on the second substrate for covering the address electrodes; a discharge enhancement layer on the first dielectric layer; a plurality of barrier ribs on the discharge enhancement layer and defining discharge cells between the first and second substrates; and phosphor layers in the discharge cells, wherein the discharge enhancement layer has an opening in each of the discharge cells, and wherein the barrier ribs have a roughness less than that of the discharge enhancement layer.

Abstract: A wireless communications system can include a charged particle generator configured to generate plural energized particles and a charge transformer configured to receive the plural energized particles that include charged particles from the charged particle generator and to output energized particles that include particles having substantially zero charge. The charged particle generator can be configured to direct the plural energized particles through the charge transformer to propagate through free space until received by a broadband signal receiver that can demodulate a data signal to complete the data communication.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an image displaying apparatus which has plural spacers for defining a distance between substrates, the present invention enables to effectively perform a process of assembling the spacers in a less number of steps and improves accuracy of a spacer assembling position. In this method, in case of clamping plural spacers respectively by individual hands, positioning the plural spacers on the substrate in a lump, applying an adhesive to the positioned spacers, heat hardening the adhesive, and fixing the spacers to which the adhesive was applied to the substrate, pitches of the hands are adjusted according to heat expansion of the substrate in the pitch direction of the spacers occurred due to the heating of the adhesive.

Abstract: A spacer positioned between a faceplate and a rear plate so as to extend across a first region on which an anode is provided and into a second region on which the anode is not provided is included. The spacer includes a plurality of conductive members extending across a first section of a side surface of the spacer that underlies the first region and into a second section of the side surface of the spacer that underlies the second region, distances from the faceplate to the conductive members differing from each other. The plurality of conductive members have an end portion in the second section. The position of the end portion of a conductive member farther from the faceplate is farther from the end portion of the anode.

Abstract: A plasma display panel has heights of barrier ribs prevented from abnormally increasing at positions where a phosphor dispensing process starts and ends, improving discharge performance and uniformity of a panel. A front substrate and a rear substrate face each other. Address electrodes and display electrodes extend separately from each other in a first direction and a second direction, respectively, in a space between the front substrate and the rear substrate, the first direction crossing the second direction. Barrier ribs partition a display area including a plurality of discharge cells in the space between the front substrate and the rear substrate. A non-display area is formed along a periphery of the display area. A phosphor layer is formed in each discharge cell. The non-display area includes a buffer area formed of at least a single region outside the display area.

Abstract: A cathode sub-assembly is comprised of a retainer, a cathode and a collar, each of which has smooth unthreaded surfaces that slidably engage each other. A shield serves to hold the sub-assembly in a support plate. The cathode projects from the sub-assembly into an arc chamber with a tortuous path created therebetween for passage of a plasma flow.

Abstract: An electric resistor element is provided outside of the image region. The electric resistor element and a potential regulating element are connected outside of the image region. A part of a surface of a front substrate other than a surface thereof opposite to the rear substrate and a part of a surface of a rear substrate other than a surface thereof opposite to the front substrate are connected by a high thermal conducting member. The electric resistor element is disposed between the part of the surface of the front substrate, which is connected to the part of the surface of the rear substrate by the high thermal conducting member, and the part of the surface of the rear substrate, which is connected to the part of the surface of the front substrate by the high thermal conducting member.

Abstract: This invention provides a plasma tube array-type display sub-module capable of reducing a possibility of occurrence of troubles on a plasma tube array during a manufacturing process even in a case where irregularities are formed on the back side of the plasma tube array, and a display device. The plasma tube array-type display sub-module comprises a plasma tube array including a plurality of plasma tubes arranged in parallel, the plasma tube array being held between an address electrode support sheet having address electrodes formed thereon and a display electrode support sheet having display electrodes formed thereon, wherein the plasma tube array is fixed to a sub-module frame through an intermediate layer that is made of a material more flexible than that of the plasma tube array and can deform along the irregularities on the address electrode support sheet of the plasma tube array.

Abstract: A mount (30) for a fluorescent lamp (32) has a glass flare (34) with a first portion (36) penetrating the fluorescent lamp (32) and a second portion (38) the fluorescent lamp (32). Two spaced-apart lead-in wires (40, 42) are sealed in the glass flare (34): and an electron emitter (12) is fixed between the spaced-apart lead-in wires (40, 42) and mated thereto by an electrical connection (46). The electron emitter (12) comprises a substrate (10) of a first material having an electron emitting material (11) thereon and two ends (20,22) and an element (23) mechanically and electrically fixed to each of the ends (20, 22), the element (23) comprising a second material different from the first material and is used to make the electrical connection (46) between the ends (20, 22) and the lead-in wires (40, 42).

Abstract: A hermetically sealed device comprising a spacing unit and a resistive heating element desirably having a closed-loop structure and process for hermetically sealing a device by using such heating element and spacing unit. The frit can form multiple closed-loops to prevent crack propagation. The heating element can be advantageously made of a metal such as Invar® and/or Kovar®. The invention enables hermetic frit sealing with low residual stress in the seal for large-area displays. The invention is particularly advantageous for hermetic sealing of OLED display devices having a large area, such as those above 10 inches (25 cm).

Abstract: A structure for attaching a dust collection electrode of a wet electric dust collector that is low-cost and resistant to entire face corrosion, space corrosion, and hole corrosion. An end of a dust collection electrode element is tightened and slung to be supported by a slung beam slung in a lateral direction in a building accommodating a dust collection apparatus. A supporting member made of Hastelloy® is attached to the dust collection electrode element. The supporting member and the slung beam include attachment holes through which the supporting member and the slung beam are tightened together by a bolt and nut. The slung beam and the dust collection electrode element have therebetween the supporting member to sling and support the slung beam and the dust collection electrode plate so that the slung beam and the dust collection electrode plate are separated from each other.

Abstract: To provide a light emitter substrate which is characterized in that discharge current reduction performance is excellent, plural phosphors are arranged in an X direction and a Y direction on a substrate, metal backs are arranged on the phosphors, ribs extending in the Y direction are arranged between the phosphors adjacent in the X direction, first resistors to electrically connect the metal backs adjacent in the Y direction are formed on the ribs respectively, and second resistors to electrically connect the metal backs adjacent in the X direction are formed under the ribs respectively.

Abstract: There is provided a light emitter substrate which can suppress halation by forming a rib between adjacent light-emitting members of respectively different light emitting colors, and at the same time can withdraw a potential difference when a discharge occurs between adjacent metal backs, thereby achieving a desired discharging current suppressing capability. For that purpose, the plural parallel ribs protruding from a substrate are formed, a phosphor is provided between the adjacent ribs, plural divided metal backs are disposed respectively on the phosphors in the direction along the ribs, the metal back is connected to a feeding resistor on the rib by means of a connection conductor, and the feeding resistor is covered by a high-resistance cover member.

Abstract: The filament clamp assembly has a pair of bifurcated clamps to hold the connecting leads of a filament within a cavity of a cathode of a separate cathode assembly. The filament clamp assembly is mounted on the insulator block in self-aligning relation. The cathode assembly has a tungsten cathode with an internal cavity to receive the filament that is secured within a retainer shield made of one of tungsten, molybdenum and graphite by a threaded graphite cylindrical collar.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display panel having a face plate, a rear plate, and a frame member, forming a vacuum container, a plurality of plate-like spacers arranged between the face plate and the rear plate in an interior of the vacuum container to maintain an internal space of the vacuum container, and a support member that supports a rear surface of the display panel. The support member includes a plate-like member having a plurality of protruding portions with a linear shape, and a longitudinal direction of the protruding portions and a longitudinal direction of the spacers are substantially parallel to each other.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixel areas, a driving transistor disposed on the first substrate, an organic layer disposed on the driving transistor, a first electrode disposed on the organic layer and electrically connected to the driving transistor, an insulating layer pattern disposed on the organic layer, the insulating layer pattern having a first opening corresponding to each pixel area, a bank pattern disposed on the insulating layer pattern, the bank pattern having a second opening corresponding to the first opening, an organic light emitting layer disposed in the first and second openings, and a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer.

Abstract: An organic EL device panel includes an organic EL device substrate including a substrate, a plurality of organic EL devices which are formed on the substrate, and a plurality of wirings for driving the organic EL devices, a sealing substrate which covers the organic EL devices, and a sealing material which is used for attaching the organic EL device substrate to the sealing substrate, wherein space for placing the sealing material includes a region having a sealing space where there is an overhead crossing of wirings, and wherein the organic EL device substrate is attached to the sealing substrate by a sealing material without a spacer in the region where there is the overhead crossing of wirings.

Abstract: A flexible barrier assembly having a flexible visible light-transmissive substrate having a Tg greater than or equal to that of heat-stabilized polyethylene terephthalate (“HSPET”) overcoated with a first polymer layer having a Tg greater than or equal to that of HSPET and further overcoated with at least two visible light-transmissive inorganic barrier layers separated by at least one second polymer layer having a Tg greater than or equal to that of HSPET can be used to mount, cover, encapsulate or form moisture- and oxygen-sensitive articles such as organic light emitting devices and light valves.

Abstract: An electron emission display, including an electron emission unit on a first substrate, a light emission unit on a second substrate, the second substrate affixed to the first substrate and having the electron emission unit and the light emission unit positioned therebetween, and a plurality of spacers disposed between the first and second substrates, wherein each spacer of the plurality of spacers includes a spacer body and at least one coating layer disposed on the spacer body, and wherein each spacer of the plurality of spacers satisfies the proviso that 0.02<?2/?1<100, where ?1 is a specific resistivity of an outer-most coating layer disposed on the spacer body and ?2 is a specific resistivity of an element in direct contact with the outer-most coating layer.

Abstract: Evaporated receptacles for inkjet deposited polymeric light-emitting diode (PLED)/organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and a method of making the same. The evaporated receptacles are formed via a shadow mask vacuum deposition process. The method of forming a light-emitting display includes forming an electrode on a substrate, forming a receptacle structure over the electrode via a shadow mask vacuum deposition process, and delivering a quantity of polymeric solution, which contains a light-emitting material, into the receptacle via a standard inkjet deposition process.

Abstract: An electrode for a spark plug includes a contact portion. In a particular embodiment, the electrode further includes an annular base and a support portion formed from a different material than the contact portion. The contact portion may be aligned axially with a central axis of the annular base. Further, the contact portion is configured to shield the annular base and the support portion from a second electrode inserted into the annular base.

Abstract: The invention discloses a holding rod 20, 22 for a discharge lamp 2, in particular a mercury vapor or xenon short-arc lamp, for holding an anode 24 or cathode 26 in an interior 6 of a discharge vessel 4, the holding rod 20, 22 containing doped molybdenum or tungsten doped with at least one metal oxide compound. Furthermore, the invention discloses a discharge lamp having such a holding rod 20, 22.

Abstract: A substrate for an organic light-emitting device, includes a transparent substrate having an optical index n0, bearing, on a first main face, a first transparent or semi-transparent coating of an electrode, referred to as the lower electrode, with a sheet resistance less than or equal to 6?/? and which includes the following stack of layers: an anti-reflection sublayer having a given optical thickness L1 and having an optical index n1 such that the ratio of n1 to n0 is greater than or equal to 6/5; a first metallic layer having a given thickness e1; a first separating layer, having a given optical thickness L2; a second metallic layer, having an intrinsic electrical conductivity property, and having a given thickness e2; and an overlayer for adapting the work function, L1 being between 20 nm and 120 nm, L2 between 75 nm and 200 nm, and the sum of the thicknesses e1+e2 of the first and second metallic layers being less than or equal to 40 nm.

Abstract: A conducting film or device multilayer electrode includes a substrate and two transparent or semitransparent conductive layers separated by a transparent or semitransparent intervening layer. The intervening layer includes electrically conductive pathways between the first and second conductive layers to help reduce interfacial reflections occurring between particular layers in devices incorporating the conducting film or electrode.

Abstract: A flat-type fluorescent lamp includes upper and lower glass substrates facing each other; a spacer glass having a zigzag shape between the upper and lower glass substrates for providing a plurality of discharge areas; first and second electrode parts at ends of the upper and lower glass substrates along a longitudinal direction thereof; first and second reflective sheets respectively formed on upper and lower surfaces of the spacer glass; and a plurality of first fluorescent substances formed on the upper glass substrate and a plurality of second fluorescent substances formed on the lower glass substrate.

Abstract: A vacuum envelope and an electron emission display having the vacuum envelope. The vacuum envelope includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A plurality of frames is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate to form an inner vacuum space. An absorbing member is arranged between at least two of the frames.

Abstract: Reflector lamp, particularly metal halogen vapor reflector lamp, comprising a reflector, which is rotationally symmetric about a central axis and which encloses, together with a cover, a lamp interior and which tapers toward a neck region opposite the cover, wherein a burner comprising a burner space and also pinched seals, which lie diametrically opposite each other on opposing sides of the burner space and through which corresponding supply lines are run, is arranged on the central axis in the lamp interior, wherein a tubular shielding enclosure, which is connected to the burner by means of a spring clip, is provided at least partially surrounding the burner.

Abstract: Provided are an organic light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic light emitting device includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate, and a first adhesive force improving member. The first display substrate includes a first substrate, a first electrode, organic light emitting patterns, a first spacer, and a second electrode. The first electrode is formed on an entire surface of the first substrate, and the organic light emitting patterns are disposed on the first electrode. The first spacer corresponds to the organic light emitting pattern and is disposed on the first electrode. The second electrode covers the organic light emitting patterns and the first spacer. The second display substrate includes a second substrate, and a first driving signal delivery part. The first adhesive force improving member electrically/physically couples the second electrode to the first driving signal delivery part.

Abstract: This invention describes an electrode structure formed from a plurality of individual electrodes, the individual electrodes being provided on separate submounts, the submounts being coupled to one another using kinematic ball mounts. Such a structure may be configured as a RF ion guide, mass filter or ion trap.

Abstract: A flat-type display comprising a first panel AP and a second panel CP which are bonded to each other in their circumferential portions and having a space between the first panel AP and the second panel CP, the space being in a vacuum state, a spacer being disposed between a first panel effective field and a second panel effective field that work as a display portion, said spacer being fixed to the first panel effective field and/or the second panel effective field with a low-melting-point metal material layers 33A and 33B.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including a front substrate, a rear substrate and intermediate barrier ribs defining discharge cells and having sustain electrodes located within the intermediate barrier ribs. A space is located between the front substrate and the rear substrate and includes an emissive area and a non-emissive area about emissive area. The emissive area has a fluorescent layer within. In the non-emissive area, an epoxy compound seals the emissive area from the outside, thus improving the sealing efficiency of the plasma display panel.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device is provided. The device may include a substrate having an emission region and a non-emission region, a sub-pixel formed on the substrate in the emission region of the substrate, and a sealant provided in the non-emission region that seals the emission region of the substrate. The sub-pixel may include a first electrode formed on the substrate in the emission region of the substrate, an emission portion formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode arranged on the emission portion. A barrier rib may be provided to partition the second electrode. A width of an end portion of the barrier rib may be narrower than a width of another portion of the barrier rib.

Abstract: A spacer for an image display apparatus includes a base material and a film configuration in which a first film having a structure that silver particles are dispersed in aluminum oxynitride and a second film containing tungsten, germanium and nitrogen are layered on the base material in this order.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus, system, and method for enhancing air purification efficiency regarding a gaseous medium passing through an opening. Included is a high voltage source that creates an effective voltage field across the opening; and at least one charge bleeding element constructed and arranged to maintain an effective voltage field across the opening.

Abstract: Each of the column electrodes is divided into an upper electrode portion and a lower electrode portion. The panel surface is made up of an upper panel face facing the upper electrode portion and a lower panel face facing the lower electrode portion. A transverse wall of the partition wall unit is disposed facing the boundary area between the upper and lower panel faces. The upper and lower electrode portions of the column electrode have the opposing ends at which projections are respectively provided and extend out toward the respective other electrode portions.

Abstract: A vacuum envelope and an electron emission display having the vacuum envelope are provided. The vacuum envelope includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A side member is disposed at peripheries of the first substrate and the second substrate. A first spacer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate at an active area of the vacuum envelope, and a second spacer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate at a non-active area of the vacuum envelope, the non-active area surrounding the active area. A height of the first spacer is greater than a height of the second spacer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing plasma display panel and a substrate holder, preventing an occurrence of dust giving an unfavorable effect in a forming process of a film on a substrate of a plasma display panel in a film forming apparatus. When forming the film, a substrate (3) and a dummy substrate (35) are held by a first substrate holder (31) composed of a supporter sustaining underneath the substrate and a restrictor restricting a position of the substrates (3) in a plane direction, and a second substrate holder (32) sustaining the first substrate holder (31).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an image display device includes the steps of preparing a plurality of spacers preliminarily, measuring heights of the plurality of spacers prepared by the preparing step individually, and deciding an order of arranging the spacers on the basis of the measured heights obtained in the measuring step. The spacers are arranged in the order decided in the deciding step.

Abstract: A vacuum vessel includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and spaced apart therefrom, and support frames mounted along the edges of the first and the second substrates. At least two support frames are separately formed on at least one side of the first and the second substrates. Adhesive layers are placed on a surface of the support frame facing the first substrate as well as on the opposite-surface of the support frame facing the second substrate to attach the two substrates and the support frames to each other. A filler is disposed between the neighboring support frames to prevent the vacuum leakage.