With Protective Coating Or Filter Patents (Class 313/489)
  • Publication number: 20110316412
    Abstract: A surface light source apparatus with dual-side emitting light includes at least a cathode wire structure, a transparent anode structure, a fluorescent layer and a low-pressure gas layer. The transparent anode structure is a surface structure, wherein the cathode wire structure and the transparent anode structure are parallel to each other. The fluorescent layer is located between the cathode wire structure and the transparent anode structure. The low-pressure gas layer fills the space between the cathode wire structure and the transparent anode structure and functions to induce the cathode evenly emitting electrons. The electron mean free path of the low-pressure gas layer allows at least a sufficient number of electrons to directly impact the fluorescent layer under an operation voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yi-Ping Lin, Shih-Pu Chen, Jung-Yu Li, Lian-Yi Cho
  • Publication number: 20110304257
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp may include a pair of hot cathode electrodes at both its ends, wherein a phosphor is formed in a laminated manner on the inner surface of a glass tube and a protection film is formed between the glass tube and the phosphor, wherein a residual impure gas in the lamp, including the amount occluded by the phosphor and the protection film, is set to 0.5% or less with the sealed rare gas partial pressure ratio, and wherein the following relationship is fulfilled: GHg=A×CL, A=0.0032-0.163 [mg/cc], wherein the amount of sealed mercury is GHg [mg], the lamp internal volume is CL [cc], and the coefficient is A [mg/cc].
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Keigo Iwase, Yukio Matsuda, Takashi Osawa, Takehiko Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8044567
    Abstract: A light source includes a base, a light-transmissive envelope coupled to the base, a composition disposed within the light-transmissive envelope, and a gas phase contained by the envelope for suppressing vaporization of the composition at operating temperatures greater than about 2000 Kelvin. The composition includes a first region and a second region and operable to suppress or reflect photons having a wavelength greater than about 700 nm and to emit or transmit photons having a wavelength between about 400 nm and about 700 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Timothy John Sommerer, Peter Joel Meschter, Vikas Midha, William Paul Minnear, David Jeffrey Bryan
  • Patent number: 8035288
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) including a protective layer and a material for preparing the protective layer that can be easily fabricated and has little defects, includes a magnesium oxide (MgO) powder including a cathode rays emission spectrum having a first emission peak in a wavelength in the range of 300 to 450 nm, a second emission peak in a wavelength in the range of 650 to 750 nm, and an intensity ratio between 1:0.15 and 0.40 as an intensity ratio of the second emission peak with respect to the first emission peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Young Chu, Sung-Hwan Moon, Dong-Hyun Kang, Yuri Matulevich, Jae-Hyuk Kim, Mi-Hyun Lee, Chang-Hyuk Kim, Jong-Seo Choi
  • Patent number: 8013807
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plasma display panel (PDP) having an upper substrate at which black matrices are disposed. The apparatus includes an external light shield having a panel side facing a display surface of the PDP and an opposing viewer side facing away from the display surface. The light shield includes a base unit and includes pattern units that absorb external light from the viewer side. The pattern units have boundaries defined by intersections of the pattern units and the base unit. The boundaries define widths of pattern tops disposed toward the panel side or the viewer side and define widths of pattern bottoms disposed toward the other of the panel side and the viewer side. A distance between a pair of adjacent black matrices is 4 to 12 times greater than a distance between adjacent boundaries, of a pair of adjacent pattern units, at adjacent pattern bottoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Rae Cha, Ji Hoon Sohn, Sam Je Cho, Woo Sung Jang, Woon Seo Shin
  • Patent number: 8013508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp having a discharge vessel (10) sealed at both ends, a filling which can be ionized and is enclosed in the discharge area (106) of the discharge vessel (10), and electrodes (11, 12) which extend into the discharge area (106), in order to produce a gas discharge, with the discharge vessel (10) having an electrically conductive coating (107) which is designed as a starting aid and is arranged at least in the boundary area (109) between the discharge area (106) and a first sealed end (102) of the discharge vessel (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Michael Boenigk, Dirk Grundmann, Matthias Lau, Andreas Naujoks, Melanie Roth
  • Patent number: 8014060
    Abstract: In a substrate for a display apparatus, the substrate includes a base substrate and a shielding layer formed on a surface of the base substrate. The shielding layer has an energy bandgap corresponding to a reference wavelength of external light. Thus, the shielding layer blocks light having wavelength equal to or less than the reference wavelength, so that a wavelength band of light may be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Joon Hong, Min-Ho Yoon, Nam-Seok Roh, Woo-Jae Lee, Jong-Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 8008847
    Abstract: A gas discharge tube is manufactured by closing an opening of a glass tube by forming a glass layer with outer peripheral shape identical to the outer peripheral shape of the glass tube on an end face of the glass tube. An open end face (opening) of the glass tube is pressure-welded to a dry film containing a low melting point glass powder and a binder resin, and then the glass tube is lifted up to transfer the dry film for closing the opening to the end face of the glass tube. A phosphor support member is inserted into the glass tube from a side opposite to the end face and then an end of the phosphor support member is caused to adhere to the dry film. The binder resin is burnt off, and the dry film is vitrified to produce a low melting point glass layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Shinoda Plasma Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Tokai, Hitoshi Yamada, Kenji Awamoto
  • Patent number: 7999456
    Abstract: Provided is a white light emitting diode (LED) including a blue LED chip; and yellow, green, and red light emitting phosphors that are coated on the blue LED chip at a predetermined mixing ratio and converts light, emitted from the blue LED chip, into white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung LED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Rak Sohn, Chul Soo Yoon, Chang Hoon Kwak, Il Woo Park
  • Patent number: 7986082
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp according to the present invention includes: a glass tube 1 in which mercury and a rare gas are enclosed; a protective film 3 that is attached so as to cover an inner face of the glass tube 1; and a phosphor layer 4 that is laminated on the protective film 3. The protective film 3 has a thickness of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m. Further, the protective film 3 is formed of inorganic particles and has a volume ratio of 0.1 to 0.5. Preferably, the inorganic particles are of at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cerium oxide, yttrium oxide, and calcium halophosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Manabe, Fumihiro Inagaki, Shogo Toda, Masaaki Hama
  • Patent number: 7965043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a discharge vessel of a quartz glass for discharge lamps with a diffusion barrier inner layer of silicon oxide, which as a single layer is applied and/or is generated on the inner surface as well as to a method for generating and/or applying such a diffusion barrier inner layer and to the use of such a discharge vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Auer Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Küpper, Margareta Hamel, Christoph Mölle, Dietmar Ehrlichmann, Rainer Kronfoth, Klaus Günther
  • Patent number: 7923908
    Abstract: A novel metal halide reflector lamp is described wherein the reflector lamp has a passive optical element to scramble, color mix, and otherwise commingle the light emitted by the metal halide burner. The optical element is placed close to the radiating plasma volume to intercept a large solid angle. Preferably, the optical element substantially intercepts the emitted light within a solid angle that has its vertex at the center of the discharge volume of the burner and is subtended by the open end of the reflector. The optical element can be designed to scatter, reflect or refract the light emanating in this solid angle which otherwise would not impinge on the primary optical control surface of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventor: Walter P. Lapatovich
  • Patent number: 7919913
    Abstract: A light illuminating element including a transparent closed casing, an exciting gas, a first exciting coating, and a first dielectric multi-layer long-pass filter is provided. The transparent closed casing has a first inner side, a second inner side, a first outer side corresponding to the first inner side, and a second outer side corresponding to the second inner side. The exciting gas is disposed inside the transparent closed casing, and suitable for providing an ultraviolet light. The first exciting coating is disposed on the first inner side or the first outer side, and is suitable for absorbing the ultraviolet light to provide a visible light. The first dielectric multi-layer long-pass filter is disposed on the second inner side or the second outer side, and suitable for reflecting the ultraviolet light and allowing the visible light to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Inventor: Jenn-Wei Wii
  • Publication number: 20100308710
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) including a protective layer and a material for preparing the protective layer that can be easily fabricated and has little defects, includes a magnesium oxide (MgO) powder including a cathode rays emission spectrum having a first emission peak in a wavelength in the range of 300 to 450 nm, a second emission peak in a wavelength in the range of 650 to 750 nm, and an intensity ratio between 1:0.15 and 0.40 as an intensity ratio of the second emission peak with respect to the first emission peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Young Chu, Sung-Hwan Moon, Dong-Hyun Kang, Yuri Matulevich, Jae-Hyuk Kim, Mi-Hyun Lee, Chang-Hyuk Kim, Jong-Seo Choi
  • Patent number: 7839068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorescent lamp including a visible radiation and/or UV-radiation transmissive discharge vessel, at least one luminescent layer coated onto the inner wall of the discharge vessel for converting UV-radiation to other wavelengths of UV-A, UV-B and/or visible radiation characterized in, that at a section to which no luminescent layer is applied on the inner surface area of said discharge vessel at least one substrate layer is applied on the outer surface of this area of said discharge vessel, and/or at least a section to which luminescent layer is applied on the inner surface area of said discharge vessel at least one substrate layer is applied on the outer surface of this area of said discharge vessel; whereby said substrate layer comprises at least one volatile organic material being releasable over an extended time period, whereby the volatile organic material is released by UV-radiation and/or thermal heat generated from said fluorescent lamp and, whereby at operation the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Daiyu Hayashi, Michiel Jacobus Van Der Meer, Olaf Mastenbroek
  • Patent number: 7830077
    Abstract: A light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: first insulators (4) arranged so as to face each other; an emitter (2) arranged between the first insulators; a second insulator (5) functioning as a base for the first insulators and the emitter; an electrode (6) arranged to face, or contact with, the first insulators partially; another electrode (10) contacting with the second insulator and interposing the second insulator between the electrode and itself; and a light-transmitting substrate (8) that faces the second insulator with the first insulators interposed somewhere and with the emitter interposed elsewhere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Iwao Ueno, Junichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20100277056
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp having a protective polymeric sleeve to provide impact resistance and contain fragments if the lamp shatters. A UV-blocking layer is coated on the outside of the glass envelope of the lamp or on the inside of the sleeve to help protect the polymeric sleeve from UV degradation. The UV-blocking layer includes a UV-blocking component of Al2O3 or ZnO or SiO2 or TiO2 or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: James Michael Kostka, Jon B. Jansma
  • Publication number: 20100277055
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp having a protective polymeric sleeve to provide impact resistance and contain fragments if the lamp shatters. The sleeve comprises an inner layer of a UV-blocking polymeric material and an adjacent layer of a polymeric material, preferably polycarbonate. The inner layer is preferably a co-polymer comprised of a polycarbonate block and a block comprised of isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, and resorcinol. The inner layer helps protect the rest of the sleeve from UV degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: James Michael KOSTKA
  • Publication number: 20100277057
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorescent lamp, comprising: a glass bulb; mercury that is enclosed within the glass bulb, an amount of the mercury being from 2.2 ?g/cm3 to 8.8 ?g/cm3; a rare gas that is enclosed within the glass bulb; an electrode that is attached to the glass bulb; a protective layer that is formed on an inside surface of the glass bulb, and includes metal oxide particles and at least 50 wt % of silica, a thickness of the protective layer being from 0.5 ?m to 5.0 ?m; and a phosphor layer that is formed over the protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiro Inagaki, Masaaki Hama
  • Publication number: 20100259158
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (200) of the present invention includes a first panel (1) and a second panel (8). A discharge space (14) is formed between the first panel (1) and the second panel (8). In the plasma display panel (200), an electron emitting material (20) is disposed to face the discharge space (14). The electron emitting material (20) contains Sn, an alkali metal, O (oxygen), and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yayoi Okui, Osamu Inoue, Kojiro Okuyama, Seigo Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20100219743
    Abstract: PDP with excellent display quality, including a dielectric layer that does not contain lead, satisfies transmittance, insulation resistance and dielectric constant, and suppresses coloring. PDP includes front panel and a rear panel disposed facing each other and sealed together at the peripheries thereof with discharge space provided therebetween. Front panel-includes display electrodes, dielectric layer and protective layer on front glass substrate. The rear panel includes electrodes, barrier ribs and phosphor layers on a substrate. In PDP, display electrode includes metal bus electrodes containing silver. Dielectric layer includes first dielectric layer covering metal bus electrodes and containing bismuth oxide, and second dielectric layer covering first dielectric layer and containing bismuth oxide. The thickness ratio of second dielectric layer to first dielectric layer is 1.3 or more and 7.2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Akira Kawase, Kazuhiro Morioka, Tatsuo Mifune
  • Publication number: 20100194264
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include at least one discharge vessel; and two electrodes, which extend into a discharge space of the discharge vessel and between which a light-emitting discharge arc is formed during operation of the high-pressure discharge lamp, wherein a partial coating is applied to a circumferential surface of the lamp in the region of an end section, on the discharge space side, of at least one of the electrodes, said partial coating changing the luminance and color temperature of the emitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Marc Luennemann, Oliver Hering
  • Publication number: 20100176710
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has a front substrate including a plurality of display electrode pairs, a dielectric layer, and a protective layer, and a rear substrate including a plurality of data electrodes, a barrier rib, and a phosphor layer. The front substrate and rear substrate are faced to each other so that the display electrode pairs and the data electrodes intersect, and a hydrogen-absorbing material containing palladium inside is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sogou, Shigeyuki Okumura
  • Publication number: 20100164361
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) protective layer including a ternary compound in the form of BaXO, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, Gd, La, Er, Ho, Nd, Sm, and Ce. Such protective layer has excellent electron emission characteristics and phase stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Hwan Moon, Jae-Hyuk Kim, Dong-Hyun Kang, Yury Matulevich, Hee-Young Chu, Mi-Hyun Lee, Chang-Hyuk Kim, Jong-Seo Choi
  • Publication number: 20100156269
    Abstract: A protective tube which is thermally shrink-fitted over at least the end portions of a fluorescent lamp, with the protective tube encapsulating the fluorescent lamp tube and overlapping a portion of the ends of the terminal caps terminating each end of the lamp tube. The protective tube forms a seal between the protective tube, the lamp tube and the terminal caps. A fluorescent lamp having a protective tube thereon, which protective tube seals the glass tube and terminal caps of the fluorescent tube and partially overlaps the ends of the terminal caps from which the terminals project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Roger B. Enterkin
  • Patent number: 7741766
    Abstract: A slurry composition for forming a layer is provided. The slurry composition includes 100 parts by weight of a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, ZrO3, and a combination thereof; 1-200 parts by weight of a binding agent per 100 parts by weight of the metal oxide, the binding agent being selected from the group consisting of calcium phosphate (CaP), a calcium-barium-boron-based (CBB-based) oxide, a triple carbonate ((Ca, Ba, Sr)CO3), and a combination thereof; 1-10 parts by weight of a binder per 100 parts by weight of the metal oxide, the binder being selected from the group consisting of nitro cellulose, ethyl cellulose, methyl methacrylate, and a combination thereof; and 50-500 parts by weight of a solvent per 100 parts by weight of the metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: DMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Seok Park
  • Patent number: 7737615
    Abstract: A light emitting composition, light source device, and display device are provided. The light emitting composition has a phosphor, including a glass layer containing at least silicon (Si) and oxygen (O) formed on the surface of the phosphor. Exposed regions of the phosphor are made discrete by the glass layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Igarashi, Tsuneo Kusunoki
  • Publication number: 20100140511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat discharge lamp (1000) that transmits in the visible and/or UV comprising first and second dielectric walls (2, 3) that are facing each other, kept parallel and sealed at the periphery (8), that thus define an internal space (10) filled with a plasma gas and comprising a source of UV and/or visible light (6); and first and second electrodes (4, 5) in separate planes parallel to the first and second walls, the first electrode (4) being at a potential V0 higher than the potential V1 of the second electrode, and the first electrode being arranged in the internal space and closer to the first dielectric wall than the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Guillaume Auday, Laurent Joulaud, Jingwei Zhang, Philippe Guillot, Philippe Belenguer
  • Publication number: 20100133985
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) is made of front panel (2) and a rear panel. The front panel includes display electrodes (6), dielectric layer (8), and protective layer (8) that are formed on glass substrate (3). The rear panel includes electrodes, barrier ribs, and phosphor layers that are formed on a substrate. The front panel and the rear panel are faced with each other, and the peripheries thereof are sealed to form a discharge space therebetween. Each of display electrodes (6) contains at least silver. Dielectric layer (8) is made of first dielectric layer (81) that contains bismuth oxide and calcium oxide and covers display electrodes (6), and second dielectric layer (82) that contains bismuth oxide and barium oxide and covers first dielectric layer (81).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Kawase, Kazuhiro Morioka, Kazuhiro Yokota, Yui Saitou, Tatsuo Mifune
  • Patent number: 7728499
    Abstract: Ceramic HID lamps with improved thermal management having an adherent infrared reflective coating layer located on the outer surface of the vessel are described. They include a coating of a nonmetallic material proximate the first and second end portions of the vessel. Such coatings can minimize temperature gradients during lamp operation. Methods for preparing such lamps with improved thermal management are described as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Preeti Singh, Mohamed Rahmane, Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Balasubramaniam Vaidhyanathan, Gregory Michael Gratson, Sheela Kollali Ramasesha, Mohandas Nayak
  • Patent number: 7710011
    Abstract: A flat light source including a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealant, several sets of dielectric pattern and a phosphor layer is provided. The first substrate has electrodes thereon. The sealant is disposed between the first and second substrates to form a space between the first and second substrates and the sealant. These sets of dielectric pattern are formed in the space between the first and second substrates. Each set of dielectric pattern has at least two dielectric strips, and each dielectric strip covers one of the electrodes correspondingly. Each dielectric strip has a top surface and two side surfaces, and the top surface has an uneven contour. The phosphor layer is disposed between the two dielectric strips of each set of dielectric pattern, and the phosphor layer is further disposed on the top surface of the dielectric strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Jen Chang, Chu-Chi Ting, Su-Chiu Lee
  • Publication number: 20100096975
    Abstract: In order to reduce the discharge delay time and increase the image quality in a display device such as a PDP using ultraviolet light emission produced by discharge, there is provided a display device including: a front panel and a rear panel disposed opposite to each other with discharge spaces formed therebetween, and a discharge gas being injected into the discharge spaces; at least a pair of electrodes for performing a display discharge; and phosphor layers emitting visible light by using ultraviolet light emission produced by discharge of the discharge gas. At least one of the compounds represented by the composition formulas Cs(1?x)M1xAl02 (where M1 is the I group element, 0?5x<1) and Cs(1?x)M2xAl(1+x)O(2+2x) (where M2 is the II group element, 0?x<1) is present in any of the components constituting the discharge spaces of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin IMAMURA, Tatsuya MIYAKE, Shunsuke MORI, Kazutaka TSUJI, Keizo SUZUKI, Toshiaki KUSUNOKI, Mitsuharu IKEDA, Shirun HO
  • Patent number: 7696694
    Abstract: A low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp (1) has a discharge vessel (3) enclosing, in a gastight manner, a discharge space provided with a filling of mercury and a rare gas. The discharge vessel (3) comprises means for maintaining an electric discharge in the discharge space. A portion of the surface (15) of the discharge vessel (3) facing the discharge space is provided with a protective layer (16) comprising yttrium oxide or aluminum oxide and further comprises a borate and/or a phosphate of an alkaline earth metal and/or of scandium, yttrium, or a further rare earth metal. Preferably, the alkaline earth metal is calcium, strontium, and/or barium. Preferably, the further rare earth metal is lanthanum, cerium, and/or gadolinium. The lamp according to the invention has a comparatively low mercury consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Engelbertus Cornelius Petrus Maria Vossen, Cornelia Titia Staats, Leonie Maria Geerdinck, Esther De Beer, Ingrid Jozef Maria Snijkers-Hendrickx
  • Patent number: 7674534
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding filter that has low electric conductivity, high visible light transmittance and good durability, a method of manufacturing the electromagnetic wave shielding filter, and a PDP apparatus including the electromagnetic wave shielding filter. The electromagnetic wave shielding filter includes a laminate structure including multiple stacks each consisting of a niobium oxide layer, a first protective layer having a ZnO as a main component, and a metal layer sequentially laminated in that order, the multiple stacks formed by repeatedly laminating the respective layers at least three times, and a niobium oxide layer formed on the laminate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Corning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eui-soo Kim, Kyeong-keun Woo, Jeong-hong Oh, Tae-soon Park
  • Publication number: 20100052509
    Abstract: In a panel unit 10, a discharge gas is filled into a discharge space 13. A protective layer 114 is provided in a partial region (a front panel 11 side) facing the inner space 13, and a phosphor layer 124 is provided in a counter region (a back panel 12 side) which holds the discharge space 13. The discharge gas is set at a total pressure of not less than 1.50×104 [Pa] and not more than 6.66×104 [Pa], and comprises an Xe gas as a first gas component and an Ar gas as a second gas component and is free from an Ne gas, provided that the Ne gas may be contained in the discharge gas at a partial pressure ratio of not more than 0.5[%] based on the total pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Masashi Gotou, Kyohei Yoshino
  • Patent number: 7663306
    Abstract: An electrooptic device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes an electrooptic element in which an electrooptic substance is interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode, the electrooptic element being disposed on a surface of the first substrate that opposes the second substrate; an electronic element for driving the electrooptic element; and a power supply wire for supplying power to at least one of the electrooptic element and the electronic element. The second substrate includes a second auxiliary wire for supplying auxiliary power to at least one of the electrooptic element and the electronic element, the second auxiliary wire being disposed on a surface of the second substrate that opposes the first substrate, the second auxiliary wire having a planar shape that corresponds with a non-opening region of the electrooptic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 7655873
    Abstract: Provided are an electromagnetic shielding film capable of improving brightness, a plasma display panel (PDP) filter using the electromagnetic shielding film, a PDP device including the electromagnetic shielding film, and a method of manufacturing the electromagnetic shielding film. The electromagnetic shielding film includes a transparent substrate, an electromagnetic shielding film pattern which is formed on the transparent substrate and whose face opposite to the transparent substrate is blackened, and a black conductive layer pattern which is formed on the electromagnetic shielding film pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Corning Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-won Choi
  • Publication number: 20100019650
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is formed of a front panel including display electrodes, a dielectric layer, and a protective layer that are formed on a glass substrate, and a rear panel including electrodes, barrier ribs, and phosphor layers that are formed on a substrate. The front panel and the rear panel are faced with each other, and peripheries thereof are sealed to form a discharge space therebetween. The dielectric layer of the front panel contains Bi2O3 and at least CaO and BaO, and the content expressed in mole % of CaO is greater than that of BaO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kawase, Kazuhiro Morioka, Yui Saitou, Shinsuke Yoshida, Tatsuo Mifune
  • Publication number: 20090268429
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp includes a glass container (204) having mercury enclosed therein, and a phosphor layer (202) formed on an inner side of the glass container (204). The phosphor layer (202) includes phosphor particles (202a) and rod-shaped bodies (202b) composed of a metal oxide and spanning between the phosphor particles. The rod-shaped bodies (202b) have a thickness of, for example, 1.5 [?m] or less. Pairs of adjacent phosphor particles may be spanned by more than one rod-shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Nozomu Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Katsumi Itagaki, Hideki Wada, Toshihiro Terada, Tomokazu Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7592748
    Abstract: Provided is a configuration for conveniently performing an ground with respect to a film-typed front filter, comprising: a panel; a film-typed front filter attached to a front surface of the panel; a back cover installed at the rear of the panel; a front cabinet equipped at the front of the panel; a frame electrically connected with the back cover; and a grounding member providing with the first point connected with the frame and the second point grounding the film-typed front filter upwardly as a different goods from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Dae Yeon
  • Patent number: 7586244
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp which comprises at least a burner (2) having a symmetrical discharge chamber (21), where at least the outer contour of the burner (2) has an elliptical shape in the region of the discharge chamber (21), two electrodes (41, 42) extending into the discharge chamber (21) and arranged in mutual opposition on the major axis of symmetry of the discharge chamber (21), and a multilayer interference filter (3) arranged on the outer contour of the burner (2) in the region of the discharge chamber (21), wherein the interference filter (3) mainly reflects light from at least one wavelength range of the UV light into the space between the two electrodes (41, 42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Arnd Ritz, Holger Mönch
  • Patent number: 7550925
    Abstract: A gas discharge lamp (1) with a discharge vessel (2), a first electrode (3) projecting into the discharge vessel (2), and a second electrode (4) projecting into the discharge vessel (2) is described. The first electrode (3) is connected to an electrically conductive first conductor surface (5) surrounding the discharge vessel (2). The second electrode (4) is connected to an electrically conductive second conductor surface (6) surrounding the discharge vessel (2) and arranged such that it overlaps the first conductor surface (5) so as to form a capacitance (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Lesch, Willebrordus Gerardus Traa
  • Patent number: 7550911
    Abstract: A backlight unit has an external electrode fluorescent lamp in an housing. The external electrode fluorescent lamp includes a glass bulb having a discharge space inside, and electrodes around both ends of the glass bulb. A protective layer and a phosphor layer are formed on an internal surface of the glass bulb in this order. The glass bulb is made of soda glass, and sodium oxide precipitated from this soda glass appears on part of the internal surface of the glass bulb where the protective layer is not formed, so as to be exposed to the discharge space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Terada, Masanobu Murakami, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Taizou Ono, Hideki Wada, Shingo Tsutsumi, Mitsuharu Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Arata, Yuko Habuta, Tomokazu Matsuura, Hirofumi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7550910
    Abstract: A mercury vapor discharge fluorescent lamp having a barrier layer which is 0.01 to 50 weight percent pigment particles, the presence of the pigment particles in the barrier layer increasing the CRI value of the lamp by at least 1 or 2 or 3 to preferably at least 90. The pigment particles are preferably inorganic and yellow. The color temperature of the lamp is preferably 2300-3800 K. The pigment particles help filter out mercury emissions at 405 and 436 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Jon B Jansma
  • Publication number: 20090153019
    Abstract: Provided are a protecting layer for a plasma display panel (PDP), a method of forming the same, and a PDP including the protecting layer. The protecting layer includes a magnesium oxide-containing layer having a surface to which magnesium oxide-containing particles having a magnesium vacancy-impurity center (VIC) are attached. The protecting layer is resistant to plasma ions and has excellent electron emission effects, and thus, a PDP including the protecting layer can be operated at low voltage with high discharge efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Min-Suk Lee, Jong-Seo Choi, Suk-Ki Kim, Yury Matulevich, Jae-Hyuk Kim, Soon-Sung Suh, Hee-Young Chu
  • Patent number: 7538495
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp including a glass bulb, a protection layer formed on an inner surface of the glass bulb, and a phosphor layer formed on a surface of the protection layer. The surface of the protection layer that is in contact with the phosphor layer has cracks. The bulk density of the metal oxide particles in the protection layer 32 is 80% or more. The surface of the protection layer 32 has 20 to 200 cracks per millimeter in a tube axis direction. The average particle diameter of the metal oxide particles is in the range from 0.01 ?m to 1 ?m. The thickness of the protection layer is in the range from 0.5 ?m to 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Wada, Hirofumi Yamashita, Shogo Toda, Yoshio Manabe, Takashi Maniwa, Nozomu Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Katsumi Itagaki
  • Publication number: 20090121612
    Abstract: A cold cathode fluorescent lamp which makes a step dedicated to the acquisition of advantageous effects unnecessary without lowering an optical flux maintaining factor and, at the same time, prevents peeling-off of a phosphor layer in a step of bending light transmitting glass tube is provided. The cold cathode fluorescent lamp includes a light-transmitting glass tube, a phosphor layer which is formed on an inner surface of the light-transmitting glass tube, mercury and a rare gas which is filled in the inside of the light-transmitting glass tube, and cold cathodes which are arranged in a sealed manner in both end portions of the light-transmitting glass tube in a state that the cold cathodes face each other in an opposed manner, wherein the phosphor layer is constituted of a plurality of phosphor particles and a bonding agent. The bonding agent is made of aluminum oxide and boron oxide. The phosphor particles are covered with the bonding agent by coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Norikazu UCHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 7530715
    Abstract: A luminescent assembly has a housing, at least one shortwave light source, at least one shortwave light reflecting cover and a primary visible light source. The shortwave light source is mounted with the housing and emits shortwave light when electricity is applied to the shortwave light source. The shortwave light reflecting cover covers part of the shortwave light source. The primary visible light source, which is significantly larger than the shortwave light source, is a fluorescent/phosphorescent coating formed on part of the housing opposed to the shortwave light cover, and emits visible light when shortwave light is irradiated from the shortwave light source and reflected by the shortwave light reflecting cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Inventor: Jenn-Wei Mii
  • Publication number: 20090108730
    Abstract: The provided is a plasma display panel (PDP) for inducing initial discharge as short-gap discharge to prevent an increase of a discharge firing voltage, suppressing the short-gap discharge after the initial discharge, and inducing full discharge as long-gap discharge to improve luminous efficiency. The PDP includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a barrier rib, a phosphor layer, address electrodes, first and second electrodes, a dielectric layer, and a protective layer. The first and second electrodes extend in the second direction, and form a first discharge gap therebetween. The dielectric layer is formed on the second substrate while covering the first and second electrodes. The protective layer covers the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes a first secondary electron emission portion and a second secondary electron emission portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Yim, Shinichiro Nagano, Jeong-Nam Kim
  • Publication number: 20090102349
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate positioned opposite the front substrate, a barrier rib positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate to partition a discharge cell, and a phosphor layer positioned in the discharge cell. The phosphor layer includes a phosphor material and an additive material. The discharge cell includes a red discharge cell, a green discharge cell, and a blue discharge cell. A width of the blue discharge cell is larger than a width of the red discharge cell based on a lower part of the barrier rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventor: Heekwon Kim