With Dielectric Layer Patents (Class 313/509)
  • Patent number: 6936963
    Abstract: A process for encapsulating a component made of organic semiconductors is provided which includes steps of: a) providing a housing including a substrate with electrical connections and a cover; b) mixing a soldering glass with at least one of a binder and a solvent; c) applying the soldering glass at least to the cover, in the form of an encircling bank; d) expelling the binder or solvent; e) sintering-on of the solder; f) covering the substrate with layers which represent the semiconductor component together with electrodes; g) placing the cover onto the substrate; and h) locally heating the soldering glass by means of a light source with a predetermined peak wavelength, wherein the housing parts and soldering glass are matched to one another such that their coefficients of thermal expansion differ from one another by less than 1.0×10?6K?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Alfred Langer, Ekkehard Messner
  • Patent number: 6933522
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device with the feature of three-wavelength luminescence is provided. The device includes a hole transporting layer, an electron blocking layer, a first host material layer, a second host material layer, a hole blocking layer, and an electron transporting layer placed between an anode and a cathode in turn. In which, the first host material layer has a first guest luminous substance mixed therein for projecting a first color light source (B), while the second host material layer correspondingly has a second guest luminous substance and a third guest luminous substance mixed therein for projecting a second color light source (G) and a third color light source (R), respectively, under the effect of an external bias voltage, wherein said second guest luminous substance or said third guest luminous substance may be a phosphorescence substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Opto Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Der Lin, Feng-Ju Chuang, Jwo-Huei Jou, Yen-Shih Huang
  • Patent number: 6933671
    Abstract: The invention provides a display system for displaying images and an electronic device equipped with the display system. The display system can include a first electrode region in which first electrodes connected to switching elements are arranged on a substrate in a matrix, and light-emitting power-supply lines that are arranged around the first electrode region and are connected to the first electrodes. Functinal layers are formed over the first electrodes, and a second electrode is formed at least over the functional layers. Each light-emitting power-supply line and the second electrode have a first capacitor therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hayato Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 6916553
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device comprising a transparent or translucent support, a transparent or translucent first electrode, a second conductive electrode and an electroluminescent phosphor layer sandwiched between the transparent or translucent first electrode and the second conductive electrode, wherein the first and second electrodes each comprises a polymer or copolymer of a 3,4-dialkoxythiophene, which may be the same or different, in which the two alkoxy groups may be the same or different or together represent an optionally substituted oxy-alkylene-oxy bridge; a display comprising the above-mentioned electroluminescent device; a lamp comprising the above-mentioned electroluminescent device; manufacturing processes for the above-mentioned electroluminescent devices; and the use of such devices for the integrated backlighting of static and dynamic posters and signage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: AGFA-Gevaert
    Inventors: Peter Willaert, Tom Cloots, Roger Van den Bogaert
  • Patent number: 6906458
    Abstract: The present invention provides reduced production cost in a method for manufacturing an organic EL device including a step of forming a light-emitting layer having a predetermined pattern ink-jet method. The method achieves this objective by not forming a bank which surrounds an area in a substrate surface other than an area at which a light-emitting layer is formed. A solution-repellent treatment is performed so that a droplet of a liquid containing a light-emitting material has a contact angle of 15° to 90° with respect to the substrate surface immediately before formation of the light-emitting layer. Accordingly, a fluorine containing layer (a layer composed of a material containing fluorine) is formed. Between a step of forming the light-emitting layer and a step of forming a cathode, a step of forming a hole blocking layer over the entire surface of the substrate is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hidekazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6899916
    Abstract: A composite substrate includes a substrate, an electrode formed on the substrate, a first dielectric layer of thick film dielectric formed on the electrode, a second dielectric layer formed on the first dielectric layer by a solution coating-and-firing technique, and a buffer layer formed below and/or within the first dielectric layer. The composite substrate keeps the thick-film dielectric layer fully insulating and enables functional thin films formed thereon such as a light emitting layer to perform stable operation, especially stable light emission. An EL panel using the same and a method for preparing the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: The Westaim Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Saita, Jun Hagiwara, Yukihiko Shirakawa, Masato Susukida
  • Patent number: 6900590
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device according to the invention is provided with a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode formed on the transparent substrate, an organic thin film layer formed on the transparent electrode to be a front electrode in a display area, a back electrode formed opposite to the front electrode on the organic thin film layer, a metal auxiliary electrode to be leading wiring laminated on the transparent electrode outside the display area and a sealing member bonded and fixed to the transparent substrate so that it encircles the display area and is characterized in that one or plural locations which crosses/cross the metal auxiliary electrode and is/are non-continuous in the longitudinal direction of the metal auxiliary electrode is/are formed in the metal auxiliary electrode located in a bonded part of the transparent substrate and the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuma Ooishi, Yoshikazu Yamaguchi, Eiichi Kitazume
  • Patent number: 6897607
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display panel includes more than one organic electroluminescent element having a first display electrode, one or more organic functional layers including a light-emitting layer formed of an organic compound, and a second display electrode, which are sequentially layered in that order. The panel also includes a resin substrate carrying the organic electroluminescent element in contact therewith. The panel is provided with an inorganic barrier film for covering the surfaces of the resin substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sugimoto, Toshiyuki Miyadera, Ayako Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6897620
    Abstract: An electron emitter has an emitter section formed on a substrate, a cathode electrode formed on one surface of the emitter section, and an anode electrode formed on the same one surface of the emitter section and cooperating with the cathode electrode in providing a slit. A pulse generation source applies a drive voltage between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode. The anode electrode is connected to GND (ground). The slit has a width in the range from 0.1 ?m to 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihisa Takeuchi, Tsutomu Nanataki, Iwao Ohwada, Nobuyuki Kokune
  • Patent number: 6894433
    Abstract: An organic electro-luminescent (EL) device is provided. The present invention discloses that the number of moisture-absorbing channels is increased to prevent the generation of dark spots and to improve the luminescence quality of the organic EL device. The organic electro-luminescent (EL) device comprises: a substrate; at least a bottom electrode, formed on the substrate, a plurality of isolation ribs for moisture-absorption and insulation, formed on a surface of the bottom electrode, intersecting the bottom electrode, wherein regions between every two of the isolation ribs are pre-determined light-emitting regions; at least an organic layer comprising an organic electro-luminescent layer, formed on a surface of the bottom electrode in the pre-determined light-emitting region; and at least an opposed electrode, formed on a surface of the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Opto Tech Corporation
    Inventor: Feng-Ju Chuang
  • Patent number: 6891329
    Abstract: The EL device of the present invention has a structure in which a first electrode, a first insulator layer, an electroluminescence-producing light emitting layer, a second insulator layer, and a second electrode layer are successively stacked on an electrical insulating substrate. At least one of the first insulator layer and the second insulator layer has as a main component barium titanate and in addition 0.1 to 3 mole % magnesium oxide, 0.05 to 1.0 mole % manganese oxide, no more than 1 mole % yttrium oxide, 2 to 12 mole % of barium oxide and calcium oxide, and 2-12 mole % silicon oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: The Westaim Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuto Nagano, Takeshi Nomura, Taku Takeishi, Suguru Takayama
  • Patent number: 6891326
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device that may have mixed organic layers is provided. A method of fabricating such an organic light emitting device is provided. A first organic material is solution deposited to form a patterned organic layer over a first electrode. A second organic material is deposited, by means other than solution processing, on and in physical contact with the first organic layer to form a second organic layer. The second organic layer forms a blanket layer over the first organic layer. A second electrode is then deposited over the second organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventor: Min-Hao Michael Lu
  • Patent number: 6885148
    Abstract: In order to provide an active matrix display device in which a thick insulating film is preferably formed around an organic semiconductive film of a thin film luminescent device without damaging the thin film luminescent device, the active matrix display device is provided with a bank layer (bank) along a data line (sig) and a scanning line (gate) to suppress formation of parasitic capacitance in the data line (sig), in which the bank layer (bank) surrounds a region that forms the organic semiconductive film of the thin film luminescent device by an ink-jet process. The bank layer (bank) includes a lower insulating layer formed of a thick organic material and an upper insulating layer of an organic material which is deposited on the lower insulating layer and has a smaller thickness so as to avoid contact of the organic semiconductive film with the upper insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Ichio Yudasaka
  • Patent number: 6873101
    Abstract: Methods for creating a protective seal suitable for protecting polymer-based electronic devices, including light emitting diodes and polymer emissive displays, are disclosed together with the protected devices. The protective seal includes one or more thin films of silicon nitride (SiN) or other inorganic dielectric applied at low temperature. One or more nonreactive metal layers may be present in the protective layer as well. Other embodiments are disclosed which include a protective cover over the protective layers. These protective layers provide encapsulation with sufficient protection from the atmosphere to enable shelf life and stress life for polymer electronic devices that are adequate for commercial applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Boo Nilsson, Phillip Bailey
  • Patent number: 6870313
    Abstract: An electroluminescence system includes two electrodes, a dielectric layer with a pigment, another dielectric and, optional pigment layers, which are serially connected; a device for the production of an electroluminescence system including a dispensing roll and an applier roll carrying slots sized to the one of the strips forming the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Filippo degli Azzoni Avogadro Carradori
    Inventor: Michel Tramontana
  • Patent number: 6853132
    Abstract: The invention provides an EL element, EL display, and electronic apparatus that is capable of efficiently emitting light from a light-emitting layer toward the exterior and of realizing a bright display. An EL element is provided with at least one organic layer including a light-emitting layer and a pair of electrodes opposed to each other with the aforementioned organic layer therebetween. One electrode of the aforementioned pair of electrodes is a transparent electrode, through which light emitted from the aforementioned light-emitting layer passes. A wavelength at the peak of the light emission of the aforementioned light-emitting layer and a wavelength at the peak of transmittance of the aforementioned transparent electrode are in close agreement with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 6841266
    Abstract: Fabrication device of organic light emitting diode (OLED) includes a Substrate, a transparent conductive layer, an insulating film layer, an organic light-emitting layer, and a conductive layer; when a suitable potential is applied thereto, an organic light-emitting layer emits a visible light, however, it usually occurs breakdown between cathode and anode or bad signal, therefore, the present invention provides a positive insulating film photoresist with an easily inclining obtuse angle, smooth surface, and easily controlled fabrication condition to cover the edge of a transparent electrode (anode) in order to avoid that when the edge of ITO transparent electrode is sharp it causes an organic light-emitting layer film breakdown and results from signal lost or weaken to increase the yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Man-Lin Chen, Hsien-Kuang Lin, Pa-Yen Lu, Wen-Kuo Weng, Chun-Neng Ku
  • Patent number: 6838820
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device (51) comprises a partitioning relief pattern having overhanging sections (13) for partitioning an electrode layer of the electroluminescent device (51) into a plurality of independently addressable electrode segments (11a, 11b, 11d). The overhanging section (13) is bent at predetermined positions (13b, 13c, 13d, 13e). The bends thus formed are rounded and/or beveled in order to reduce the risk that electrode segments (11a, 11b, 11d) are inadvertently connected via a second electrode layer segment present on top of the overhanging section (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Lucien Maria Johan Van Der Schaft, Herbert Lifka
  • Publication number: 20040263072
    Abstract: A flat panel display is provided. The flat panel display includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes formed on the substrate, a plurality of insulating layers formed on the substrate, a second electrode insulatingly opposite the first electrodes, and a plurality of organic emission layers interposed between the first electrodes and the second electrode and emitting light by driving of the first electrodes and the second electrode, wherein a region having the insulating layers and an opening region absent of the insulating layers are located between or outside the first electrodes. Using this configuration, damage to the organic emission layers by a gas emitted from the insulating layers can be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Joon-Young Park, Jun-Yeob Lee, Jae-Jung Kim, Yong-Joong Choi, Mi-Sook Suh
  • Patent number: 6835470
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device comprising two electrodes (3, 5) whereby at least one organic electroluminescent semiconducting layer (4) is arranged therebetween, in addition to a substrate (2) supporting said device, and an electric current source (1) which is electroconductively linked to said electrodes. The inventive device is characterized in that substrate (2) is made or a metal or metal alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Recherche et Developpement du Groupe Cockerill Sambre en abrégé: RD-CS
    Inventors: Pascal Magain, René Winand
  • Publication number: 20040256980
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic light-emitting element where a lower electrode, an organic compound layer and an upper electrode are laminated on a substrate, wherein the upper electrode of the organic EL element is formed by a laminate of at least a conductive first inorganic film, a conductive organic film and a conductive second inorganic film, in order to suppress the occurrence of dark spot, so that the occurrence of pinholes in the upper electrode leading to dark spots is suppressed. Here, pinholes refer to holes in the upper electrode that penetrate upper electrode from the organic compound layer underneath to the atmosphere above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20040256979
    Abstract: Processes concerning the formation of an interlayer insulating film or a contact hole increase if an electrode of a light emitting element and a wiring are manufactured with different layers. Therefore, it suggests a light emitting element with a new structure which enables to shorten the processes. A light emitting device of the present invention has a structure integrated an electrode of a light emitting element and a source electrode. Thereby, processes concerning the formation of an interlayer insulating film and a contact hole can be reduced and be shortened. In addition, an electrode structure that can be waited a portion which functions as an electrode of a light emitting element, and a portion which functions as a source electrode with its sufficient function is adopted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Murakami, Noriko Miyagi
  • Patent number: 6833669
    Abstract: Continuous manufacturing of EL lamp laminate material comprising a front substrate made up of an organic binder phosphor particulate layer coated on an ITO/PET substrate with a rear substrate made up of a barium titanate layer coated on an aluminum foil polyester film laminate is described. The resultant EL lamp laminate is coiled and stored on a take-up reel for subsequent use as an EL lamp having a transparent ITO front electrode and aluminum foil rear electrode. Large surface illumination area, split-electrode and parallel plate EL lamps made from the EL lamp laminate material are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: E-Lite Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. George, Gustaf T. Appelberg
  • Patent number: 6833666
    Abstract: A flat panel display device having a high capacitance and a high aperture ratio. A thin film transistor and a capacitor are formed on an insulating substrate. The thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode and source and drain electrodes. The capacitor has first and second capacitor electrodes and a dielectric layer. An insulating layer is formed over the transistor to insulate the gate electrode from the source and drain electrodes, and a portion of the insulating layer is formed as the dielectric layer between the first and second capacitor electrodes. A non-planar shape of the first capacitor electrode and a conforming shape of the dielectric layer and a second capacitor electrode increase a capacitance of the capacitor. The portion of the insulating layer serving as the capacitor dielectric is formed to be thinner than the portion of the insulating layer formed over the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Moh Seo, Jae-Bon Koo
  • Patent number: 6833671
    Abstract: The present invention describes an organic electroluminescent (EL) device and a method for manufacturing the same. The organic electro-luminescent (EL) device includes: a substrate; at least a first electrode formed on the substrate; at least a heat dissipation layer formed on the first electrode, wherein the heat dissipation layer includes a plurality of contact windows exposing portions of the first electrode; at least an organic layer formed to cross the heat dissipation layer partially, covering the exposed portions of the contact windows to contact the first electrode; and at least a second electrode formed on the organic layer. The heat generated in the organic layer during operation dissipates out of the active region of the device and thus the device lifetime is prolonged and the reliability is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Inventor: Kuan-Chang Peng
  • Publication number: 20040251825
    Abstract: A luminescent device for reducing unevenness of brightness. The luminescent device includes a transparent substrate, which has a light exit surface and an incident surface, and a luminescent element, which is formed on the incident surface of the transparent substrate. The luminescent element includes a transparent electrode formed on the incident surface of the transparent substrate, an auxiliary electrode formed on a part of the transparent electrode, and a thin-film layer, which is formed on the transparent electrode, for emitting light. The transparent substrate includes a projection formed on the light exit surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kato, Masato Hieda, Mitsuharu Muta
  • Publication number: 20040251819
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a light emitting device to be used for illuminating many kinds of luminous materials comprises the following steps. Firstly, an anode is provided. Then, an insulating layer is partially formed on a surface of the anode to define a plurality of light-emitting regions on the surface of the anode, wherein the plurality of light-emitting regions are uncovered by the insulating layer. Then, the many kinds of luminous materials are formed on corresponding light-emitting regions and the insulating layer so as to form a luminous material layer. Afterwards, a cathode is formed on the luminous material layer. The light emitting device produced by such method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Wei-Chieh Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20040251827
    Abstract: An organic electro luminescent display with auxiliary layers on a cathode contact and an encapsulating junction region to easily remove polymer organic layers of the junction and a method for fabricating the same. The organic electro luminescent display has the first electrode formed on a lower insulating substrate, a pixel defining layer formed to make some portions of the first electrode opened over the entire surface of the lower insulating substrate, an organic emission layer formed on an opening of the first electrode, the second electrode formed on the organic emission layer, an upper substrate for encapsulating the first electrode, the organic emission layer and the second electrode, and auxiliary layers formed on the cathode contact and the encapsulating junction region of the lower insulating substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Tae-Min Kang, Myung-Won Song, Seong-Taek Lee, Jin-Woo Park, Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 6831409
    Abstract: In a display device in which a light emitting layer is interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode, and at least one of the light emitting layer and one of the first and second electrodes from which light is extracted functions as a cavity portion of a cavity structure for resonating light generated in the light emitting layer, the peak wavelength of internal emission spectrum inside the light emitting layer and the peak wavelength of multiple interference filter spectrum by the cavity portion are shifted from each other to adjust the RGB balance in the luminance variance under the existence of a view angle by adjusting that shift value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Jiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 6828727
    Abstract: In an active matrix drive light emitting device, above a thin film transistor, a light emitting element having an anode, a layer comprised of an organic compound and a cathode containing an alkali metal is formed between a third insulating layer comprised of silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride and a fourth insulating layer containing carbon as its main constituent. The light emitting element is formed between partition layers that are formed of an insulating material and have an inverse tapered shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20040239238
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes an anode electrode formed on a substrate; a buffer pattern formed under the anode electrode having a certain thickness; a pixel define layer for exposing a portion of the anode electrode; an organic thin film layer formed on the anode electrode; and a cathode electrode formed on the substrate. An upper surface of the pixel define layer is at least coplanar with or lower than that of the anode electrode. The thickness of the pixel define layer is at least substantially the same as or less than a sum of thicknesses of the anode electrode and the buffer pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan-Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20040234745
    Abstract: A light emitting layer including a quantum structure and the forming method of forming the same is provided. The forming method includes several steps. At first, a compound dielectric layer forms, including a dielectric layer and an impure dielectric layer, which comprises major elements and impurities. The compound dielectric layer is treated to drive the impurities to form the quantum structure in the dielectric layer according to the difference in characteristic between the major elements and impurities. For example, oxidizing the major elements to drive the impurities of the impure dielectric layer to form the quantum structure inside the dielectric layer, because the oxidizing capability of the major elements is stronger than that of the impurities. The quantum structure and compound dielectric layer construct the light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ting-Chang Chang, Po-Tsun Liu
  • Publication number: 20040227457
    Abstract: An electroluminescence device, including phosphor particles, which phosphor particles give donor-acceptor type luminescence, and have an average equivalent sphere diameter of 1.0 &mgr;m or more and 12.0 &mgr;m or less and a coefficient of variation of equivalent sphere diameters of 3% or more and 30% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040227461
    Abstract: In a bottom emission type light-emitting apparatus, a face of a substrate, which is opposite from a light-emitting device, is an uneven surface having a plurality of asperities. The mean spacing Sm of adjacent asperities or the mean spacing S of peaks of adjacent projections of the asperities is no less than three times the longest wavelength of light generated by the light-emitting layer and no more than two hundred times the longest wavelength. The arithmetic mean slope Aa of the uneven surface is in a range between 3° and 20°, inclusive. Therefore, the apparatus substantially has higher extraction efficiency and a higher brightness in a specific direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Tetsuya Utsumi, Masaaki Arima, Masayuki Harada, Mari Funada
  • Publication number: 20040227462
    Abstract: In a light-emitting apparatus, a face of a substrate on which a light-emitting device is formed is an uneven surface having a plurality of asperities. The mean spacing Sm of adjacent asperities or the mean spacing S of peaks of adjacent projections of the asperities is no less than three times the longest wavelength of light generated by a light-emitting layer and no more than two hundred times the longest wavelength. The arithmetic mean slope &Dgr;a of the uneven surface is in a range between 4° and 30°, inclusive. Therefore, the apparatus emits substantially a greater amount of light from a light extraction side and has less brightness unevenness than a light-emitting apparatus with no uneven surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Tetsuya Utsumi, Tomoko Utsumi, Masaaki Arima, Masayuki Harada, Mari Funada
  • Publication number: 20040222740
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. A first electrode, which is a pixel electrode, and a second electrode, which is a common electrode, are formed to have an uneven surface, thereby maximizing a luminous efficiency and a reflection efficiency. In addition, since a surface of a contact area between a counter electrode and a common electrode can be increased, the resistivity between the two electrodes can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Chang Nam Kim
  • Publication number: 20040217701
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel and an organic EL device, which functions as a backlight. The organic EL device includes a Peltier element, which functions as a substrate, and an organic EL element formed on the Peltier element. The organic EL element includes an organic EL layer and first and second electrodes, which sandwich the organic EL layer. The first electrode is shared with a metal layer, which is a heat absorbing electrode of the Peltier element. The second electrode is formed from ITO, which transmits visible light. Light emitted from the organic EL element exits from the second electrode. As a result, the organic EL device is thin and has a superior cooling effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kato, Tadahiro Ohmi, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Akihiro Morimoto
  • Patent number: 6812638
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor diode comprises a hole transport layer which is arranged on an anode side and formed of an organic compound having a hole transport capability, and an electron transport layer which is arranged on a cathode side and formed of an organic compound having an electron transport capability. The hole transport layer and the electron transport layer are laminated one upon another. The cathode has a work function close to or smaller than the electron affinity of the electron transport layer, while the anode has a work function larger than that of the cathode. The organic semiconductor diode exhibits nonlinear current-voltage characteristics when a voltage is applied between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Wakimoto, Kenji Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040212296
    Abstract: An organic EL cell is formed to satisfy the expression (1): B0<B&thgr; in which B0 is a normal luminance intensity of luminescence radiated from a light extraction surface to an observer side, and B&thgr; is aluminance intensity of the luminescence at an angle of 50° to 70°. A region for disturbing an angle of reflection/refraction of light is provided in an optical path in which the luminescence is output from said emitting layer to the observer side through said transparent electrode. As the region, an anisotropic scattering resin layer containing a light-transmissive resin, and micro domains dispersed/distributed in the light-transmissive resin and different in birefringence characteristic may be formed substantially without interposition of any air layer in an optical path in which the luminescence is output from the emitting layer to the observer side through the transparent electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka Nakamura, Noriyuki Juni, Minoru Miyatake
  • Publication number: 20040212302
    Abstract: A white cold light source uses an LED or a gas discharge lamp and a luminescent rare earth doped glass comprising multiple rare earth cations and a particularly high total rare earth content to generate white light emission. Preferably, the luminescent glass has a 2700K to 7000K black body temperature and color rendering index value exceeding 80. A first embodiment of the glass is composed primarily of P2O5, Al2O3, and alkaline earth and alkali earth oxides, and possesses other properties such as physical and thermal properties that are compatible with conventional melting, forming and other manufacturing steps. Other embodiments of the luminescent glass have a maximum water content of 0.1 wt-% and do not contain any boron. Also the luminescent glass is preferably free of water, boron oxides and nitrides. The luminescent glass can be used as a wavelength converter to produce bright white light emission when pumped by conventional commercially available blue and UV light emitting diode sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Martin Letz, Ulrich Peuchert, Markus Schweizer, Bernd Drapp, Wolfram Beier, Karina Seneschal, Axel Engel, Joseph S. Hayden, Carol Click
  • Patent number: 6809474
    Abstract: The invention has for its object to provide, without incurring any cost increase, a thin-film EL device in which a dielectric layer is corrected for non-flat portions to have a smooth surface, thereby ensuring enhanced display quality, and its fabrication process. This object is achieved by the provision of a thin-film EL device having at least a structure comprising an electrically insulating substrate (11), a lower electrode layer (12) stacked on the substrate according to a given pattern, a multilayer dielectric layer (13) formed thereon by repeating a solution coating-and-firing step plural times, and a light-emitting layer (14), a thin-film insulator layer (15) and a transparent electrode layer (16) stacked on the dielectric layer. The multilayer dielectric layer has a thickness of at least four times as large as a thickness of the electrode layer and 4 &mgr;m to 16 &mgr;m inclusive. The fabrication process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiko Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20040207316
    Abstract: The invention describes a passive-matrix powered display with structured pixels and a structured second electrode based on electroluminescent polymers with the following characteristics:
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Joerg Blaessing, Karsten Heuser, Matthias Stoessel, Georg Wittmann
  • Patent number: 6806642
    Abstract: A light source producing predominantly blue light is tuned to the transmission bands of color LCD subpixels for optimum light transmission and color separation. The spectral output of the light source has three peaks located in the same areas of the spectrum where LCD color filters transmit most of the light, thereby providing a balanced white. It has been discovered that brightness enhancing films aid in the color conversion by enhancing the cascaded peaks, in addition to increasing the brightness of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Durel Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Pires, Charles I. Zovko
  • Patent number: 6803122
    Abstract: The invention aims to solve the problem of prior art EL devices that undesirable defects form in dielectric layers, and especially the problems of EL devices having dielectric layers of lead-base dielectric material including a lowering, variation and change with time of the luminance of light emission, and thereby provide an EL device ensuring high display quality without increasing the cost. Such objects are achieved by an EL device comprising at least an electrically insulating substrate 11 and a structure including an electrode layer 12, a dielectric layer 13, 14, 15, a light emitting layer 17 and a transparent electrode layer 19 stacked on the substrate 11, wherein the dielectric layer is a laminate including a first thick-film ceramic high-permittivity dielectric layer 13 whose composition contains at least lead, a second high-permittivity layer 14 whose composition contains at least lead, and a third high-permittivity layer 15 whose composition is free of at least lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiko Shirakawa, Masashi Miwa, Katsuto Nagano, Yoshihiko Yano
  • Publication number: 20040195966
    Abstract: A method of providing a layer including a metal or silicon or germanium and oxygen on a surface, the method including the steps of forming an adsorbed layer less than 12 monolayers thick on the surface by exposing it to a liquid or vapor containing metal-, silicon-, or germanium-containing organic molecules, and treating this layer by exposure to a glow discharge in an oxygen containing gas, thereby converting the adsorbed layer to a layer including silicon (or germanium) and oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Natasha M J Conway, Alan Mosley
  • Publication number: 20040189194
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL display including a substrate, anodes arranged on one major surface of the substrate, an insulating separator layer covering the major surface of the substrate and having through-holes in the positions of the anodes, organic emitting layers disposed on the anodes, buffer layers disposed between the anodes and the organic emitting layers, and a cathode covering the organic emitting layers, wherein a central portion of each of the buffer layers is thicker than its periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoko Kihara, Yasushi Mori, Katsuyuki Naito
  • Patent number: 6797413
    Abstract: The invention aims to provide a composite substrate which suppresses reaction of a substrate with a dielectric layer that can otherwise cause degradation of the dielectric layer and which can be sintered at high temperature while minimizing the occurrence of cracks in the dielectric layer, and an EL device using the composite substrate. The object is attained by a composite substrate in which an electrode and a dielectric layer are successively formed on an electrically insulating substrate, the substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10-20 ppm/K, and an EL device using the composite substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Takeishi, Katsuto Nagano, Suguru Takayama, Yoshihiko Yano
  • Patent number: 6798136
    Abstract: A system for converting light from a first range of wavelengths to a second range of wavelengths includes a semiconductor die and a phosphor embedded epoxy contacting a first end of the semiconductor die. A frame contacts the phosphor embedded epoxy. The first and second ranges of wavelengths include blue/ultraviolet light and visible light, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: GELcore LLC
    Inventor: Mathew L. Sommers
  • Patent number: 6798132
    Abstract: A display device using an organic light emitting element is provided which is structured so as to ensure excellent display performance by avoiding dot defect and improve long-term reliability. The distance between an organic light emitting element and a sealing substrate is controlled using the top of a bank that is placed in a pixel portion and the top of an insulating film that is placed in a driving circuit portion. As a result, a gap is provided between the organic light emitting element and the sealing substrate and a damage to the organic light emitting element can be avoided. Furthermore, the sealing substrate can be as close to an element substrate as possible, thereby keeping the amount of moisture that enters the display device from its sides small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Rumo Satake
  • Publication number: 20040183089
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for fabricating a multicolor light-emitting lamp by using a blue LED having a structure capable of avoiding cumbersome bonding. In particular, the present invention provides a technique for fabricating a multicolor light-emitting lamp by using a hetero-junction type GaP-base LED capable of emitting high intensity green light in combination. Also, for example, in fabricating a multicolor light-emitting lamp from the blue LED and the yellow LED, the present invention provides a technique for fabricating a multicolor light-emitting lamp from a blue LED requiring no cumbersome bonding and a hetero-junction type GaAs1-ZPZ-base yellow LED of emitting light having high light emission intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Takashi Udagawa