Rare Earth Patents (Class 313/468)
  • Patent number: 6501100
    Abstract: There is provided a white light illumination system including a radiation source, a first luminescent material having a peak emission wavelength of about 570 to about 620 nm, and a second luminescent material having a peak emission wavelength of about 480 to about 500 nm, which is different from the first luminescent material. The LED may be a UV LED and the luminescent materials may be a blend of two phosphors. The first phosphor may be an orange emitting Eu2+, Mn2+ doped strontium pyrophosphate, (Sr0.8Eu0.1Mn0.1)2P2O7. The second phosphor may be a blue-green emitting Eu2+ doped SAE, (Sr0.90-0.99Eu0.01-0.1)4Al14O25. A human observer perceives the combination of the orange and the blue-green phosphor emissions as white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alok Mani Srivastava, Holly Ann Comanzo
  • Patent number: 6373184
    Abstract: Provided with a phosphor for a fluorescent display that includes at least one divalent transition metal and at least two trivalent metal added to SrTiO3 and having a formula of: SrTi1−x−yMxNyO3:zPr3+ wherein M represents the divalent transition metal selected from the group consisting of Zn, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu and Cd, N represents the trivalent metal selected from the group consisting of Ga, Al, In and B, and 0≦x≦0.1, 0≦y≦0.1 and 0≦z≦0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyung Soo Suh, Jin Ho Lee, Kyoung Ik Cho, Jae Dong Byun
  • Patent number: 6369542
    Abstract: A trolling motor foot control for use with a trolling motor is disclosed. The trolling motor foot control includes a pad adapted to receive an operator's foot, a first operating interface coupled to the pad and adapted to be coupled to the trolling motor and a second operator interface coupled to the pad and adapted to be coupled to the trolling motor. The first operator interface is configured to adjust a speed of the trolling motor at a first rate in response to input from the operator's foot. The second operator interface is configured to adjust the speed of the trolling motor at a second smaller rate in response to input from the operator's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson Outdoors Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Knight
  • Patent number: 6356699
    Abstract: A glass component in an optical system, which may be a lazing or an optical amplifying medium, comprising a silicate base glass doped with at least two Group III B elements, the glass, and a method of preventing clustering of a rare earth metal ion in the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Roger F. Bartholomew, Heather D. Boek, Michelle D. Pierson, Carlton M. Truesdale
  • Patent number: 6304027
    Abstract: A mixed green-emitting phosphor manufactured by mixing about 20 to 60 weight percent of Y3(Al,Ga)5O12:Tb phosphor, less than about 30 weight percent of LaOCl:Tb phosphor, less than about 60 weight percent of Y2SiO5:Tb phosphor, and less than about 20 weight percent of Zn2SiO4:Mn phosphor and a cathode ray tube employing it are disclosed. The luminance characteristic is excellent under a high current density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Samsung Display Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-mo Yang, Won-ho Yun
  • Patent number: 6245259
    Abstract: The wavelength-converting casting composition is based on a transparent epoxy casting resin with a luminous substance admixed. The composition is used in an electroluminescent component having a body that emits ultraviolet, blue or green light. An inorganic luminous substance pigment powder with luminous substance pigments is dispersed in the transparent epoxy casting resin. The luminous substance is a powder of Ce-doped phosphors and the luminous substance pigments have particle sizes ≦20 &mgr;m and a mean grain diameter d50≦5 &mgr;m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors, GmbH & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Klaus Höhn, Alexandra Debray, Peter Schlotter, Ralf Schmidt, Jürgen Schneider
  • Patent number: 6168729
    Abstract: A fluorescent material and a display device incorporating the fluorescent material are described. The fluorescent material is a mixture including a phosphor which is excitable at a voltage of 1 kV or higher for emitting light and a phosphor which is excitable at a voltage of 1 kV or lower for emitting light, wherein each phosphor emits light of the same color and the fluorescent material is luminous at an anode voltage of 2 kV or lower. The fluorescent display device accelerates electrons emitted from an electron source at an anode voltage of 2 kV or lower and rushes these electrons against an anode for exciting the fluorescent material present on the anode. The fluorescent material is a mixture as set forth above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Futaba Denshi Kogyo, K.K.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Toki, Fumiaki Kataoka, Shigeo Itoh, Yoshitaka Sato
  • Patent number: 6153123
    Abstract: Sulfur-containing phosphor powders, methods for making phosphor powders and devices incorporating same. The powders have a small particle size, narrow particle size distribution and are substantially spherical. The method of the invention permits the continuous production of such powders. The invention also relates to products such as display devices incorporating such phosphor powders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Superior MicroPowders, LLC
    Inventors: Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Toivo T. Kodas, James Caruso, Daniel J. Skamser, Quint H. Powell, Klaus Kunze
  • Patent number: 6144152
    Abstract: Color rendering indices Ra,8 between 80 and 90 and R9 greater than 20, and a color point on or near the Planckian curve, are achieved with a lamp vessel provided with a luminescent screen including a first luminescent substance which emits predominantly between 520 nm and 565 nm, a second luminescent substance which emits predominantly between 590 nm and 630 nm, and a third luminescent substance which emits predominantly in the range between 615 nm and 780 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Phillips Corporation
    Inventor: Dick Van Der Voort
  • Patent number: 6133688
    Abstract: A luminescent material of general formulaLn.sub.y/3 Na.sub.x-y (Al.sub.x Si.sub.192-x O.sub.384)(MO.sub.3).sub.zwherein 0<x<96, 0<y<96, y<x and z<20, and Ln comprises one or more elements chosen from the group formed by Sc, Y, La and the Lanthanides and wherein M comprises one or more elements chosen from the group formed by Mo, W, V, Nb and Ta. Luminescent materials of this general formula are relatively cheap and are very suitable for use in low pressure mercury discharge lamps of the three band type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Phillips Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Justel, Carolin Borgmann, Ferdinand Schuth
  • Patent number: 6090309
    Abstract: A phosphor composition selected from a range of phosphor compositions is provided for discharging spent electrons from a display screen of a luminescent display. The selected phosphor composition is a mixture of phosphor species, including a dielectric phosphor species capable of emitting visible green, blue or red light when subjected to excitation electrons at a relatively high voltage and a conductive phosphor species capable of emitting visible green, blue or red light when subjected to energized excitation electrons at a relatively low voltage. The display screen of the luminescent display is coated with the selected phosphor composition to form a cathodoluminescent layer on the screen. The cathodoluminescent layer is then selectively subjected to excitation electrons having a voltage within a predetermined broad range. The excitation electrons impart their energy to the phosphor composition causing it to emit visible green, blue or red light, thereby creating an image on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Surjit S. Chadha, Charles M. Watkins
  • Patent number: 6077458
    Abstract: The current coefficient and saturation brightness of a phosphor is increased by coating the surfaces of phosphor particles (11, 21, 41) constituting a powdered phosphor with layers (12, 22, 42), preferably composed of phosphor, of 5 .mu.m, or less in thickness. A cathode-ray tube using this phosphor has a high luminance and/or a high resolution. If the above phosphor contains phosphor particles covered with electrically conductive phosphor and is used for an electroluminescence device or a vacuum fluorescent display, the life time and stability are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Shiiki, Hisashi Toyama, Hidetsugu Matsukiyo
  • Patent number: 6042746
    Abstract: A multi-stage process for preparing a phosphor product includes the stages of selecting precursors of a dopant and a host lattice as the phosphor starting materials, grinding the starting materials in an initial grinding stage for an initial grinding time period to produce an initial ground material having a smaller particle size distribution than the starting materials, firing the initial ground material in an initial firing stage at an initial firing temperature for an initial firing time period to produce an initial fired material, grinding the initial fired material in an intermediate grinding stage for an intermediate grinding time period to produce an intermediate ground material having a smaller particle size than the initial fired material, wherein the intermediate grinding time period is substantially less than the initial grinding time period, firing the intermediate ground material in an intermediate firing stage at an intermediate firing temperature for an intermediate firing time to produce an in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Surjit S. Chadha, Charles M. Watkins
  • Patent number: 6025675
    Abstract: In a cathode-ray tube, a phosphor screen is formed by employing a blue phosphor obtained by mixing Cu with ZnS:Ag, Al in a normal solid phase reaction, then forming the phosphor solution on the inner surface of a panel of a cathode ray tube. The resulting cathode-ray tube can have increased brightness with negligible loss of chromacity. The amount of Cu as a co-activator in the blue phosphor can range between 0.6 to 1.5 ppm. In a preferred embodiment, the blue phosphor has a chromacity y-value of 0.089.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Ihara, Hiroshi Kato, Katsutoshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 5900695
    Abstract: A luminescent screen includes a luminescent zeolite containing rare earths, such as terbium (Tb), and europium (Eu), and an oxide of a transition metal, such as, molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), niobium (Nb), and tantalum (Ta). It was found that a zeolite containing both terbium, and tungsten oxide had an absorbability that was approximately 60 times as high as that of a zeolite containing only terbium, thus increasing the luminescent efficiency of the zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Phillips Corporation
    Inventors: Ulrich H. Kynast, Volker U. Weiler
  • Patent number: 5825124
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube includes a phosphor screen having a tricolor phosphor layer composed of a red phosphor, a green phosphor of ZnS:Cu, Al activated with Ni, Fe, or Co, and a blue phosphor of ZnS:Ag activated with Ni, Fe, or Co. The green phosphor and the blue phosphor have a decay intensity of at most 0.5% upon elapse of 8 milliseconds after excitation is removed therefrom. The green phosphor of ZnS:Cu, Al activated with Ni and the blue phosphor of ZnS:Ag activated with Ni have their afterglow characteristics substantially equalized to the afterglow characteristics of the red phosphor of Y.sub.2 O.sub.2 S:Eu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Ohno, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Kenji Takayanagi, Masaru Ihara
  • Patent number: 5821685
    Abstract: A display (300, 400) includes a face plate (40, 60) having an inner surface, a back plate (44, 64) having an inner surface opposing the inner surface of the face plate (40, 60), an electron source (48, 68) opposing the inner surface of the face plate (40, 60), and a phosphor (49, 72, 70) disposed on the face plate (40, 60). The phosphor (49, 72, 70) includes an electron-excitable UV-emitting material (52, 72) and a UV-excitable light-emitting phosphor (50, 70). The UV-excitable light-emitting phosphor (50, 70) is disposed to receive UV radiation emitted by the electron-excitable UV-emitting material (52, 72). The electron-excitable UV-emitting material (52, 72) includes a sol-gel product formed using sol-gel techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald O. Peterson
  • Patent number: 5808409
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phosphor suitable for use in a cathode-ray tube, a fluorescent lamp, a radiation intensifying screen, which comprises transparent spherical particles having an average particle size of 0.5 to 20 .mu.m and a ratio of the major diameter to the minor diameter of individual particles in the range of 1.0 to 1.5, and ultrafine particles having a diameter of 0.2 .mu.m or less in an amount of 5 wt % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naotoshi Matsuda, Masaaki Tamatani, Keiko Albessard, Miwa Okumura, Takeshi Takahara, Takeo Itou
  • Patent number: 5798059
    Abstract: A color display screen having a coating which comprises at least a greend an/or a red phosphor as well as at least a pigment having the following composition:Ga.sub.a In.sub.b Zn.sub.c Al.sub.d O.sub.n S.sub.m Se.sub.o Te.sub.pwherein0.05<a<1.95 0.0.ltoreq.n<0.30.05<b<1.95 2.1<m.ltoreq.30.00.ltoreq.c<0.09 0.0.ltoreq.o<0.30.00.ltoreq.d<0.2 0.0.ltoreq.p<0.3and n+m+o+p=3 and a+b+2/3c+d=2, yields a high-contrast and low-reflection picture, because the pigmentation in accordance with the invention is self-luminescent and its solid-solution properties enable its absorption properties to be accurately adapted to the emission spectrum of the phosphor. The solid solutions having the composition Ga.sub.a In.sub.b Zn.sub.c Al.sub.d O.sub.n S.sub.m Se.sub.o Te.sub.p are characterized by steep absorption edges in the yellow-orange spectral range and by a high absorptivity. This permits thin pigment-containing layers and small quantities of pigment to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Bredol, Jacqueline Merikhi, Dieter Wadow
  • Patent number: 5788881
    Abstract: A phosphor composition selected from a range of phosphor compositions is provided for discharging spent electrons from a display screen of a luminescent display. The selected phosphor composition is a mixture of phosphor species, including a dielectric phosphor species capable of emitting visible green, blue or red light when subjected to excitation electrons at a relatively high voltage and a conductive phosphor species capable of emitting visible green, blue or red light when subjected to energized excitation electrons at a relatively low voltage. The display screen of the luminescent display is coated with the selected phosphor composition to form a cathodoluminescent layer on the screen. The cathodoluminescent layer is then selectively subjected to excitation electrons having a voltage within a predetermined broad range. The excitation electrons impart their energy to the phosphor composition causing it to emit visible green, blue or red light, thereby creating an image on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Surjit S. Chadha, Charles M. Watkins
  • Patent number: 5772918
    Abstract: An europium activated yttrium oxysulfide fluorescencer composition for color cathode-ray tube is disclosed, wherein a first red fluorescencer with predetermined particle size and a second red fluorescencer with smaller particle size are mixed and said first fluorescencer and second fluorescencer comprises respectively 0.07-0.08 g atomic weight of europium as an activator relative to 1 mole of yttrium oxysulfide as a mother body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Hwang Kim
  • Patent number: 5744061
    Abstract: A color display screen comprising a coating which contains at least a green and/or a red phosphor and at least a pigment having the composition Zn.sub.3-3x In.sub.2xy Ga.sub.2x-2xy S.sub.3, wherein 0.2<x<0.97 and 0.1<y.ltoreq.1.0, yields a high-contrast and low-reflection picture, because the solid-solution properties of the pigmentation in accordance with the invention enable its absorption properties to be accurately adapted to the emission spectrum of the phosphor. The solid solutions having the above-mentioned composition are characterized by steep absorption edges in the yellow-orange spectral range and by a high absorptivity. This permits thin pigment-containing layers and small quantities of pigment to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Bredol, Jacqueline Merikhi, Dieter Wadow
  • Patent number: 5707549
    Abstract: To provide a stable phosphor with a high brightness and little luminous degradation, a phosphor comprises yttrium, aluminum (a part or the whole of aluminum may be replaced with gallium), and oxygen as basic constituting elements, Tb or Ce as an activator, and the garnet structure as a crystal structure and in the curve 1-1 showing the temperature dependency of the thermoluminescence intensity, the integrated intensity of the thermoluminescence peak in the temperature range from 300K to 700K is made smaller than the integrated intensity of the thermoluminescence peak in the temperature range of less than 300K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Matsukiyo, Masatoshi Shiiki
  • Patent number: 5644193
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phosphor suitable for use in a cathode-ray tube, a fluorescent lamp, a radiation intensifying screen, which comprises transparent spherical particles having an average particle size of 0.5 to 20 .mu.m and a ratio of the major diameter to the minor diameter of individual particles in the range of 1.0 to 1.5, and ultrafine particles having a diameter of 0.2 .mu.m or less in an amount of 5 wt % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naotoshi Matsuda, Masaaki Tamatani, Keiko Albessard, Miwa Okumura, Takeshi Takahara, Takeo Itou
  • Patent number: 5635110
    Abstract: A multi-stage process for preparing a phosphor product includes the stages of selecting precursors of a dopant and a host lattice as the phosphor starting materials, grinding the starting materials in an initial grinding stage for an initial grinding time period to produce an initial ground material having a smaller particle size distribution than the starting materials, firing the initial ground material in an initial firing stage at an initial firing temperature for an initial firing time period to produce an initial fired material, grinding the initial fired material in an intermediate grinding stage for an intermediate grinding time period to produce an intermediate ground material having a smaller particle size than the initial fired material, wherein the intermediate grinding time period is substantially less than the initial grinding time period, firing the intermediate ground material in an intermediate firing stage at an intermediate firing temperature for an intermediate firing time to produce an in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Micron Display Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Surjit S. Chadha, Charles M. Watkins
  • Patent number: 5619098
    Abstract: A phosphor is disclosed which is suitable for use for a fluorescent display device and driven at a driving voltage as low as 1 kV or less and free of S and Cd. Compounds of Ti, alkaline earth metal and an element of Group 13 of the periodic table in predetermined amounts are heated at 1100.degree. to 1400.degree. C. for calcination, resulting in a solid solution of the rare earth element and one element of Group 13 being formed in a phosphor matrix made of an oxide of alkaline earth metal and Ti. An example of the phosphor is SrTiO.sub.3 :Pr,Al exhibiting a red luminous color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Futaba Denshi Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Toki, Shigeo Itoh, Fumiaki Kataoka
  • Patent number: 5601751
    Abstract: A process is provided for manufacturing high-purity phosphors having utility in field emission displays. The high-purity phosphor is a host lattice infiltrated by a dopant that activates luminescent properties therein. The lattice and dopant are initially milled together to reduce their average particle size while simultaneously achieving complete mixing between the lattice and the dopant. The resulting mixture is maintained free of a flux or substantially any other treatment agent capable of contaminating the phosphor and placed in a heating vessel formed from a substantially impervious contaminant-free material. The mixture is heated to a high temperature effectuating thorough infiltration of the dopant into the lattice structure. The use of an impervious contaminant-free heating vessel and the exclusion of flux or other treatment agents from the mixture avoids undesirable contamination and undue particle size growth of the phosphor product during the manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Micron Display Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Watkins, Surjit S. Chadha
  • Patent number: 5600202
    Abstract: A green-emitting phosphor of Tb-activated oxide, which is represented by the compositional formula:(Y.sub.l-x-y-z Tb.sub.x Yb.sub.yD.sub.z).sub.3 (Al.sub.l-w Ga.sub.w).sub.5 O.sub.12wherein D is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sc and La, and x, y, z and w are numbers satisfying the following conditions:1.times.10.sup.-2 .ltoreq.x.ltoreq.2.times.10.sup.-11.times.10.sup.-6 .ltoreq.y.ltoreq.2.times.10.sup.-21.times.10.sup.-4 .ltoreq.z.ltoreq.5.times.10.sup.-10.ltoreq.w.ltoreq.1,and which contains from 1.times.10.sup.-5 to 1.times.10.sup.-2 gram atom of barium element per mol of the phosphor and is capable of emitting a color within the following range by CIE chromaticity coordinates:0.325.ltoreq.X.ltoreq.0.3600.540.ltoreq.Y.ltoreq.0.625.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignees: Kasei Optonix, Ltd., Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Yasuo Oguri, Takashi Hase, Yasuhiko Uehara, Hisashi Toyama
  • Patent number: 5552667
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing photoluminescence emissions (68) from thin CaF.sub.2 films grown on either silicon or silicon/aluminum substrate shows narrow emission linewidth and high emission intensities for CaF.sub.2 with thickness as low as 0,2 .mu.m, The preferred embodiment is doped with a rare-earth such as Nd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Texas Instrument Incorporated
    Inventors: Chin-Chen Cho, Tsen H. Lin, Shou-Kong Fan, Walter M. Duncan
  • Patent number: 5498923
    Abstract: A single crystal fluorescent material is used in the conversion of a short wavelength image. Conversion to a long wavelength image in the visible spectrum permits use of conventional glass optics for visual observation of UV and x-ray images. An illustrative use is in inspection of masks designed for use in fabrication of large scale integrated circuitry built to submicron design rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Bruno M. La Fontaine, Donald L. White, Obert R. Wood, II
  • Patent number: 5455489
    Abstract: Electronic displays including CRTs and projection TV (PTV), field emission displays (FED), plasma and electroluminescent (EL) displays, all of whom involve the use of luminescent materials (active displays) for the transfer of information to an audience. The phosphor material used in these displays comprises doped nanocrystals; tiny, separated particles of the order of 100 angstroms or less and thus exhibiting quantum-confined properties. These quantum-confined particles of certain luminescent materials when doped with an activator yield ultra-fast and efficient phosphors. The resultant displays will possess high brightness and high resolution. In addition, certain of the displays will exhibit digital control and increased gray scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Inventor: Rameshwar N. Bhargava
  • Patent number: 5394055
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a color picture tube, which has a fluorescent film of a red emission component exhibiting a red emission with a deep color tone and is excellent in emission brightness. This object can effectively be accomplished by a color picture tube, having a face plate on which dot-shaped or stripe-shaped fluorescent films of blue, green and red emission components are respectively formed, characterized in that the fluorescent film of the red emission component is formed of a red emission composition comprising a mixture of an europium activated rare earth element oxide phosphor having an x value of 0.630 to 0.652 in CIE Chromaticity Representation and an europium activated rare earth element oxysulfide phosphor having an x value of 0.652 to 0.674 in CIE Chromaticity Representation, the red composition having an x of 0.647 to 0.662 in CIE Chromaticity Representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Kasei Optonix
    Inventors: Hideo Tono, Masaru Naito
  • Patent number: 5387836
    Abstract: A rare earth oxysulfide phosphor of the formula (Ln.sub.1-x-y La.sub.x Ln'.sub.y).sub.2 O.sub.2 S wherein Ln is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Gd, Sc and Lu, Ln' is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Eu, Tb, Sm, Er, Tm, Dy, Ho, Nd and Pr, and x and y are numbers within ranges of 0.005<x.ltoreq.0.07 and 0.0001.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.2, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Kasei Optonix, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuji Adachi, Hideo Tono
  • Patent number: 5386176
    Abstract: An indium borate phosphor of this invention is represented by formula (In.sub.l-a-b-c-d Tb.sub.a Eu.sub.b Sm.sub.c M.sub.d)BO.sub.3 wherein[1] if b.noteq.0 and c.noteq.0,1.times.10.sup.-6 .ltoreq.a.ltoreq.1.times.10.sup.-20<b.ltoreq.1.times.10.sup.-10<c.ltoreq.1.times.10.sup.-31.times.10.sup.-7 .ltoreq.d.ltoreq.1.times.10.sup.-2[2] if b=c=0,1.times.10.sup.-6 .ltoreq.a.ltoreq.1.times.10.sup.-11.times.10.sup.-7 .ltoreq.d.ltoreq.1.times.10.sup.-2and M is at least element selected from the group consisting of Ti, P, Si, and Ge. This phosphor has a higher bonding force between BO.sub.3 ions and ions of In or any other contained metal than that of a conventional indium borate phosphor. As a result, the current-brightness and burning characteristics of the indium borate phosphor can be greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Nuchia Kagaku Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Miyuki Sumitomo, Katsunori Uchimura
  • Patent number: 5363013
    Abstract: Disclosed are terbium-activated oxide phosphors having incorporated, at least one of ytterbium, thulium, samarium and europium. Incorporation of the element (s) has made it possible to produce phosphors exhibiting high brightness and suffering little brightness deterioration under high-density electron bombardment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignees: Hitachi Ltd., Kasei Optonix Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Matsukiyo, Teruki Suzuki, Hajime Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Uehara, Yasukazu Morita, Yoshihiro Koseki, Hiromichi Yamada, Shigeo Fujino, Takashi Hase, Tsutomu Yamada, Susumu Omatoi
  • Patent number: 5363012
    Abstract: A pigment-attached blue-emitting phosphor comprising a blue-emitting phosphor and a blue pigment attached to the surface of the blue-emitting phosphor, said blue pigment being a CoO.ZnO.SiO.sub.2 type pigment containing Mo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Kasei Optonix, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohito Mizukami, Chihito Funayama
  • Patent number: 5343316
    Abstract: A red-emitting phosphor represented by a general formula (Y.sub.1-x-y Cr.sub.x Gd.sub.y).sub.3 (Al.sub.1-z Ga.sub.z).sub.5 O.sub.12 with the provide that 0.0005.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.05, O.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.1, O.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.1, providing red- and infrared emitting luminescence, using alone or in a mixture with other phosphors in a cathode ray tube, having a constant main emission peak even if excited by a high current density, having a satisfactory luminescence efficiency, and causing less brightness saturation in proportion as a current density increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Nichia Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Morimoto, Miyuki Sumitomo, Katsunori Uchimura
  • Patent number: 5315209
    Abstract: A color cathode ray tube includes a face plate, and a selective light absorption film formed on the external surface of the face plate to improve the emission tint, the film having a predetermined characteristic of spectral transmittance. The selective light absorption film is formed of a coating material which consists of a base coating including an alcoholic solution of silicon alkoxide having --OH group or --OR group, and an organic or inorganic dye or pigment mixed into the base coating. Such a coating material is applied onto the external surface of the face plate to form the selective light absorption film. The selective light absorption film has main and auxiliary absorbing bands. If the fluorescent face of the face plate includes a blue fluorescent element of ZnS:Ag, a green fluorescent element of ZnS:Au, Cu and Al and a red fluorescent element of Y.sub.2 O.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuo Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 5309070
    Abstract: An AC TFEL device includes a front electrode set deposited on a transparent substrate and a rear electrode set, the electrode sets enclosing a thin film laminate which includes a pair of insulating layers sandwiching an alkaline earth thiogallate thin film phosphor doped with a rare earth activator. The thiogallate phosphor layer is capable of producing blue light of sufficient intensity to create a full color TFEL panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Inventors: Sey-Shing Sun, Richard T. Tuenge, James Kane, Christopher N. King, P. Niel Yocom
  • Patent number: 5213894
    Abstract: A red pigment coated phosphor comprises a phosphor for color cathode ray tube and red pigment attached to said phosphor by an organic binder, wherein said organic binder is gellatin and casein. A process for preparation of a red pigment coated phosphor comprises the steps of: preparing three dispersions of red phosphor particles, red pigment particles and organic binder, respectively; uniformly mixing said three dispersions and agitating them sufficiently; adjusting pH of the mixture obtained; and adding a curing agent thereto, washing said mixture and then drying it. The red pigment coated phosphor of the present invention has a good dispersion and a good affinity for phosphor slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Samsung Electron Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ung-su Kim
  • Patent number: 5204582
    Abstract: There are disclosed a europium and terbium-coactivated phosphor having chemical composition formula(M.sub.l-x-y Eu.sub.x Tb.sub.y).sub.n Dwherein M represent Y or Lu, D represents (Al.sub.l-z Ga.sub.z).sub.5 O.sub.12 in which z is defined by 0.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.1, or O.sub.2 S, x is defined by 0.0003.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.001, y is defined by 0.0003.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.002 and n is 2 or 3, and wherein when D is (Al.sub.l-z Ga.sub.z).sub.5 O.sub.12, M is Y, n is 3 and y is defined by 0.001.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.02, or when D is O.sub.2 S, n is 2, y is defined by 0.0003.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.005; a cathode ray tube for color copy or color print coated with said europium and terbium-coactivated phosphor; and a copy (printing) unit using said cathode tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Brother Industries, Limited
    Inventors: Yasukazu Morita, Yasuhiko Uehara, Hiromichi Yamada, Yoshimasa Hara
  • Patent number: 5202777
    Abstract: A far-red emitting phosphor for cathode ray tubes used in liquid crystal light valves comprises Y.sub.3-y Gd.sub.y Al.sub.5-x Ga.sub.x O.sub.12 :A, where x ranges from 0 to 5, y ranges from 0 to 3, and A is selected from the group consisting of chromium, iron, vanadium, neodymium, dysprosium, cobalt, nickel, titanium or combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Esther Sluzky, Mary A. Lemoine, Kenneth R. Hesse
  • Patent number: 5196763
    Abstract: A mixed green light-emitting phosphor for a fluorescent screen of a projection cathode ray tube is prepared by mixing LaOCl phosphor activated with Tb with at least a mixture of phosphors selected from the group of a Y.sub.3 (Al,Ga).sub.5 O.sub.12 phosphor activated with Tb and a Zn.sub.2 SiO.sub.4 phosphor activated with Mn, a Y.sub.3 (Al,Ga).sub.5 O.sub.12 phosphor activated with Tb and a InBo.sub.3 phosphor activated with Tb, or a InBO.sub.3 phosphor activated with Tb and a Zn.sub.2 SiO.sub.4 phosphor activated with Mn. The fluorescent screen of the cathode ray tube is tested under standard drive conditions. From the test results, it is noted that the characteristics of the brightness and the C.I.E. coordinates of the fluorescent screen using the mixed green light-emitting phosphors is remarkably improved compared with that of the conventional Y.sub.3 Al.sub.5 O.sub.12 phosphor activated with Tb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Samsung Electron Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-Mo Yang, Min-Soo Kim, Woo-Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 5185207
    Abstract: In a phosphor for a cathode-ray tube, a composition containing SiO.sub.2 and at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium, zirconium, and antimony is adhered on the surfaces of phosphor particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Nichia Kagaku Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Misa Furuoka, Shoichi Bando, Akio Fujii
  • Patent number: 5185553
    Abstract: A green emitting phosphor for use in a color cathode ray tube and a cathode ray tube using the said green emitting phosphor are disclosed. The green emitting phosphor according to the present invention satisfies the following general formula:[ZnS:CuAuAlM](where M indicates at least one element of Ce, Tb, Eu, Sc and La.), i.e., the green emitting phosphor according to the present invention is prepared by adding a trace of one of the above mentioned rare earth elements to the conventional [ZnS:CuAuAl] green emitting phosphor. The green emitting phosphor thus prepared according to the present invention is highly luminescent and thermally stabilized, as well as improving the work efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Samsung Electron Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun -mo Yang, Woo-chan Kim
  • Patent number: 5177401
    Abstract: Disclosed are terbium-activated oxide phosphors having incorporated, at least one of ytterbium, thulium, samarium and europium. Incorporation of the element (s) has made it possible to produce phosphors exhibiting high brightness and suffering little brightness deterioration under high-density electron bombardment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Kasei Optonix Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Matsukiyo, Teruki Suzuki, Hajime Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Uehara, Yasukazu Morita, Yoshihiro Koseki, Hiromichi Yamada, Shigeo Fujino, Takashi Hase, Tsutomu Yamada, Susumu Omatoi
  • Patent number: 5140449
    Abstract: A doubly activated yttriuim aluminum garnet (YAG) phosphor, activated with both europium and chromium, is provided. The concentration of Eu ranges from about 1 to 5 at %, while the concentration of Cr ranges from about 0.1 to 1 at %. The YAG:Eu,Cr phosphor has a line spectrum which more closely matches the spectral sensitivity of amorphous silicon liquid crystal light valves thereby, providing more efficient use of the available energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Esther Sluzky, Mary A. Lemoine, Kenneth R. Hesse
  • Patent number: 5122708
    Abstract: A color reference CRT of the type employing a screen of a pattern of individual phosphor elements of different color components, is produced by adjusting the screen weights of the different color components to achieve the desired reference color when the screen is scanned by an electron beam of predetermined beam current and anode potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: North American Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Donofrio
  • Patent number: 5115306
    Abstract: A projection cathode-ray tube for a projection video apparatus, comprising a green-emitting screen including a terbium-activated lanthanum oxychloride phosphor. The disclosed phosphor exhibits a luminance maximum at a minimum beam size, a property advantageous for producing a high-resolution image. The phosphor is chemically stable at high temperatures. The phosphor shows no substantial decrease in emission efficiency even at about 80.degree. C., and the emission luminance is twofold that of the prior art. The green-emitting screen is made by the steps of: (a) settling the terbium-activated lanthanum oxychloride phosphor onto the inner surface of a cathode-ray tube, wherein the phosphor is settled from a suspension comprising a solution of potassium water glass and barium nitrate, and wherein the ratio of the weight concentration of potassium water glass to barium nitrate is in the range between about 20 to about 35; and (b) removing the resulting supernatant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tsuda, Masaaki Tamatani, Fukaya Ajiro, Nagai Hitosi
  • Patent number: 5089743
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube for producing images in red, green or blue is used for a projection type television set. A multi-layered interference filter is disposed between a face glass and a fluroescent layer so as to gather light beams from the fluorescent layer. The innermost layer of the interference layer is made of a high refractive index material such as tantalum pentaoxide which is resistant to hydrofluoric acid, so that a fluorescent material can be applied as efficiently as possible. The innermost layer of the interference filter has the optical distance expressed by the equation:nd=(2m+1).lambda..sub.h /4.lambda..sub.h =.lambda.+.lambda..sub.pwhere n stands for the refractive index of the layer, d stands for thickness of the layer, m stands for an integer larger than 0, .lambda..sub.h is the cutoff wavelength of the optical spectrum transmissitivity of the multi-layered interference film for yielding a transmissivity of fifty percent and .lambda..sub.p is 20 to 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okuda, Yasuo Iwasaki