Having Electric Terminal Detail Patents (Class 313/583)
  • Patent number: 11202376
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a housing including a first plate facing in a first direction, a second plate facing in a second direction, and a side part surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate; a display exposed through the first plate; a wireless communication circuit; and a processor, wherein the second plate includes: a first metal member and a second metal member, wherein the first metal member further includes a first side part facing a portion of the non-metallic extension part, and the second metal member further includes a second side part facing the first side part or another portion of the non-metallic extension part, and wherein the second plate includes an oxidized layer. The electronic device described above and the method for fabricating a housing of the electronic device may be diversified according to embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Ik Lee, Hyeong-Sam Son
  • Patent number: 9991672
    Abstract: The light emitting device according to the present invention comprises a laser diode; a wavelength converting member which is configured to convert a wavelength of a light emitted from the laser diode; and a support member which is configured to support the wavelength converting member so that the light passes through two surfaces of the wavelength converting member. The wavelength converting member comprises a fluorescent material and a binder. At least one light transmissive member is disposed on at least one of these two surfaces of the wavelength converting member. The binder has a melting point higher than a melting point of the light transmissive member. The light transmissive member is fixed to the support member by fusion bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Morizumi, Yukihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9969648
    Abstract: A method of sealing at least two inorganic substrates together using an induction energy source comprising applying to at least one of the substrates a paste composition including a glass frit, and an induction coupling additive, bringing at least a second substrate into contact with the paste composition, and subjecting the substrates and paste to induction heating, thereby forming a hermetic seal between the two inorganic substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Ferro Corporation
    Inventors: Srinivasan Sridharan, George E. Sakoske, Chandrashekhar S. Khadilkar, Gregory R. Prinzbach, John J. Maloney
  • Patent number: 9341344
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light source unit which emits primary light, and an optical unit which functions when the primary light emitted from the light source unit is applied to the optical unit. The optical unit includes a reducing portion which is directly provided in a illumination light emitting portion or provided frontward to part of the illumination light emitting portion and which reduces the density of the primary light as the illumination light emitted from the illumination light emitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kamee
  • Patent number: 8624492
    Abstract: A plasma display panel and a multi plasma display panel are disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a back substrate positioned opposite the front substrate, a barrier rib positioned between the front substrate and the back substrate to partition a discharge cell, and a seal portion positioned outside the barrier rib in an area between the front substrate and the back substrate. A distance between the barrier rib and the seal portion on one side of the plasma display panel is different from a distance between the barrier rib and the seal portion on the other side of the plasma display panel opposite the one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soomyun Lee, Kyungtae Kim
  • Patent number: 8591278
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a PDP bus electrode comprising steps of: (a) applying onto a glass substrate a black paste comprising, based on the weight of the black paste, (i) a black colorant, (ii) a first glass frit having a first softening point, (iii) a second glass frit having a second softening point, (iv) a photopolymerization initiator, (v) a photopolymerizable compound, and (vi) an organic medium; (b) applying onto the applied black paste a white paste comprising a metal powder, glass frit and an organic medium; (c) exposing the applied pastes to light; (d) developing the exposed pastes; and (e) firing the developed pastes with a firing profile having a firing peak temperature, wherein the first softening point is lower than the firing peak temperature and wherein the second softening point is higher than the firing peak temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Cho Yong Woo, Sanjuro Inoue, Tomonori Oki
  • Patent number: 8587198
    Abstract: A rear panel for a plasma display panel (PDP) includes a substrate, and an address electrode on the substrate, the address electrode including an aluminum containing layer and a silver containing layer stacked on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Il Shin, Chang Won Park, Ryun Min Heo, Kuninori Okamoto, Min Su Park, Won Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8502447
    Abstract: An image display element includes: a front panel; a back panel opposite to the front panel; a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix between both the panels, and to be selected to be in a display or non-display state; and plural electrodes for controlling the pixels. Both the panels are bonded together with the pixels and the electrodes interposed therebetween, and the electrodes are connected to a driving control circuit via metal wires. The back panel is divided such that electrode terminals connected to the electrodes are exposed between adjacent plural pixel lines, and a groove part having a shape wider at the top on the back side of the opposing surface from the front panel than at the bottom is formed at the divided portion. The metal wires are connected to the exposed electrode terminals of the groove part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Zenichiro Hara, Satoru Kiridoshi, Suguru Nagae, Takanori Okumura, Yoshiyuki Suehiro, Nobuo Terazaki, Yutaka Saito, Yuji Saito, Toshinao Yuki, Ryota Oki, Takeshi Yoshida, Jun Sugahara, Hiroyuki Sato, Yoshinori Fukuda, Yosuke Sato, Masami Kimura
  • Patent number: 8482199
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) comprises: a front substrate and a rear substrate which face each other; and a barrier wall which is interposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate, which includes base portions arranged on either side of a main discharge space, and protruding portions protruding on the base portions, respectively, and which defines stepped spaces on either side of the main discharge space. The stepped spaces are formed according to stepped surfaces formed by the base portions and the protruding portions. The PDP further comprises a pair of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode which generate a mutual discharge through the main discharge space. A channel space is defined by outer walls of the protruding portions on either side of the main discharge space, and an external light absorbing layer covers the channel space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eui-Jeong Hwang, Hyoung-Bin Park, Sang-Ho Jeon, Seung-Hyun Son, Hyun-Chul Kim, Hyeon-Seok Kim, Bok-Chun Yun, Sil-Keun Jeong, Jung-Min Kim, Sung-Hyun Choi, Sang-Hyuck Ahn, Sung-Hee Cho, Gi-Young Kim, Myoung-Sup Kim, Hye-Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 8410694
    Abstract: To provide a plasma display panel that can improve the bright room contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhito Matsushita, Takashi Sasaki, Fumiaki Yoshino
  • Patent number: 8358067
    Abstract: In a lighting apparatus which emits light of a desired wavelength by irradiating excitation light from a light source to a wavelength converting member, a structure is such that a part of wavelength-converted light which is launched from the wavelength converting member is made to launch from an irradiated-light emerging area without making the light incidence again to the wavelength converting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kamee, Takeshi Ito, Masahiro Nishio
  • Patent number: 8350473
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate positioned to be opposite to 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 phosphor layer includes a red phosphor layer emitting red light, a green phosphor layer emitting green light, and a blue phosphor layer emitting blue light. A thickness of the blue phosphor layer is larger than a thickness of the red phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihoon Lee, Heekwon Kim, Jeonghyun Hahm
  • Patent number: 8334820
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a scan electrode and a sustain electrode positioned parallel to each other on a front substrate, an upper dielectric layer positioned on the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, a rear substrate on which an address electrode is positioned to intersect the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, a lower dielectric layer positioned on the address electrode, and a barrier rib positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate. The barrier rib includes lead (Pb) equal to or less than 1,000 ppm (parts per million). A discharge gas is filled between the front substrate and the rear substrate and includes helium (He) of 9% to 42%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seongnam Ryu, Gibum Lee, Jongmun Yang, Jain Goo, Hyeonjae Lee, Jinyoung Kim, Jeonghyun Hahm, Myongsoon Jung, Jihoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8319705
    Abstract: The plasma display device has a display panel having first and second display electrodes and address electrodes, an electrode drive circuit, and a drive control circuit for controlling the electrode drive circuit. The drive control circuit performs a reset drive control, address drive control and sustain drive control in each subfield. The drive control circuit performs an all cell reset drive control which resets all cells in a first subfield out of the plurality of subfields, and an ON cell reset drive control which resets ON cells in a second subfield. At a first temperature T1, an ultimate potential of an slope pulse of the first display electrode is controlled to be a first potential in the ON cell reset drive control, and at a second temperature T2>T1, the ultimate potential is controlled to be a second potential higher than the first potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kumagai, Katsumi Ito
  • Patent number: 8288948
    Abstract: A plasma display panel including a front substrate and a rear substrate facing each other; a barrier wall interposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate, including base portions arranged on either side of a main discharge space and protruding portions protruding on the base portions, and defining stepped spaces on either side of the main discharge space; a scan and a sustain electrode pair including a pair of bus electrodes disposed in the main discharge space and a pair of transparent electrodes extending from the bus electrodes toward the stepped space; an address electrode that generates, together with the scan electrode, an address discharge and crossing the scan electrode; a phosphor layer formed across the main discharge space and the stepped spaces; and a discharge gas filled in the main discharge space and the stepped spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eui-Jeong Hwang, Seung-Hyun Son
  • Patent number: 8277685
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dispersant having a multifunctional head, and a phosphor paste composition comprising the dispersant. The dispersant has a multifunctional head that comprises an acidic group, a basic group and an aromatic group, thereby enhancing an affinity for the surface of phosphor particles and improving dispersibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon Mi Yoon, Hyeon Jin Shin, Jae Young Choi, Seong Jae Choi, Bum Jae Lee, Ungyu Paik, Sangkyu Lee, Jung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 8278824
    Abstract: Electrode and electrode pad configurations for a gas discharge device having one or more substrates and a multiplicity of pixels or sub-pixels that are defined by a hollow plasma-shell filled with an ionizable gas. The invention is described with reference to a plasma-dome, but other plasma-shell geometric shapes may be used including plasma-discs and plasma-spheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Imaging Systems Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Ann Wedding, Daniel K. Wedding, Oliver M. Strbik, III
  • Patent number: 8264146
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front panel wherein an electrode, a dielectric layer and a protective layer are formed on a substrate of the front panel; and a rear panel wherein an electrode, a dielectric layer and a barrier rib and a phosphor layer are formed on a substrate of the rear panel. The front panel and the rear panel are oppositely disposed to each other. The electrode of the front panel is composed of a transparent electrode and a bus electrode, and the bus electrode comprises a melted-solidified portion obtained by a melting and subsequent solidifying of electrically-conductive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Michiru Kuromiya, Shuzo Tsuchida, Tomohiro Okumura
  • Patent number: 8247970
    Abstract: A PDP (Plasma Display Panel) comprising a front substrate structure (first substrate structure) in which two pairs of an X electrode and a Y electrode and a non-emission area therebetween are formed, and a plurality of light-shielding films formed with spacing from the X electrode and the Y electrode in the non-emission area. The light-shielding film contains a metal material common with a metal material forming the X electrode and the Y electrode. And, the light-shielding film is formed in an island-shape having spacing from a neighboring barrier rib formed to a rear substrate structure (second substrate structure). According to the above structure, the area of the light-shielding film which may cause a capacitance-coupled portion with the X electrode, the Y electrode, or an address electrode can be made small, thereby suppressing capacitance coupling even when a conductive material is used to the light-shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriaki Setoguchi, Masahiro Sawa, Yuji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8231422
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of metal electrodes, and a dielectric layer. The plurality of metal electrodes are formed on the substrate in a predetermined direction. The dielectric layer is formed on the metal electrodes by firing a glass material. The metal electrodes are formed with a film thickness of 6 ?m or less. The dielectric layer is formed with a film thickness of 25 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motonari Kifune, Masashi Nishiki, Akira Shimoyoshi
  • Patent number: 8222818
    Abstract: This cold cathode tube lamp comprises a glass tube (11) into which at least a rare gas is filled and a discharge tube composed of a pair of an electrode (21) and an electrode (22) disposed facing each other at both ends inside the glass tube (11). In the respective electrode (21) and electrode (22), lead terminals (31a, 31b, 31c) and lead terminals (32a, 32b, 32c), one end of each of which is connected to the electrode and the other end of each of which is led out to the outside of the glass tube (11) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiki Takata
  • Patent number: 8212477
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has a first substrate, plural pairs of display electrodes, a second substrate, and plural data electrodes. Each pair of the display electrodes is made up of a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode which are arranged parallel to each other on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. A discharge space is formed between the first substrate and second substrate. The data electrodes are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the display electrodes on the second substrate. The data electrode is wider in peripheral portion of the second substrate than in a central portion of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Murakoso, Kenji Ogawa, Toru Ando, Kentaro Ueda, Yohei Koshio, Ryuichi Murai
  • Patent number: 8198812
    Abstract: A gas filled detector shell with attached antenna for the detection of high energy transmissions, including microwaves, lasers, electromagnetic signals, RF waves, radiation, and/or other transmissions emitted by a source including a weapon system. The shell may also be used as a safety device to warn and alert personnel working around high energy devices of electromagnetic leaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Imaging Systems Technology
    Inventors: Robert P. Wenzlaff, Edwin F. Peters, Carol Ann Wedding
  • Patent number: 8193707
    Abstract: The black bus electrode of plasma display panel is formed from a conductive composition comprising a conductive powder, glass powder, organic binder, organic solvent, and black pigment, wherein the conductive powder is platinum particle or gold particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Hasashi Matsuno, Michael F. Barker
  • Patent number: 8193708
    Abstract: A plasma display device includes a chassis base supporting a plasma display panel. A printed circuit board having a plurality of scan integrated circuits is mounted on the chassis base. Lines of a first flexible printed circuit and of a second flexible printed circuit connect the scan electrodes to the scan integrated circuits. The lines of each of the first and second flexible printed circuits include a first outer line and a second outer line at respective sides of each of the first and second flexible printed circuits, at least one inner line between the first outer line and the second outer line, and at least one dummy line at an outer side of the first outer line. The second outer line of the first flexible printed circuit is connected to the dummy line of the second flexible printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Young Yeo
  • Patent number: 8179042
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has a first plate and a second plate facing each other via a discharge space. A plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a first direction, and a plurality of address electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction are provided at the first plate. Also, a plurality of first barrier ribs extending in the second direction are integrally formed with the second plate at the first plate side of the second plate. Further, the plasma display panel has, for example, an antireflective film formed on a surface of the second plate at an opposite side of a surface facing the first plate. As a result, a contrast of an image can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Plasma Display Limited
    Inventors: Hideaki Yanagita, Takashi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8154203
    Abstract: A plasma display member does not cause an erroneous discharge in a display region end portion and includes: a substrate (1); a substantially stripe-shaped address electrode (2) arranged on the substrate (1); a dielectric layer (3) covering the address electrode (2) and a grid-shaped partition arranged on the dielectric layer (3) and having main walls (4) substantially parallel to the address electrode (2) and auxiliary walls (5) intersecting the main partitions (4). The auxiliary wall (5) intersecting the main wall (4) located at the outermost position among the main walls (4) located at non-display regions (7) at the right and left of a display region (6) has a bottom width identical to the bottom width (L1) of the main wall (4) located at the outermost position among the main walls (4) located at the non-display regions (7) at the right and left of the display region (6) which is multiplied by 0.3 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Minori Kamada, Kenichi Kawabe
  • Patent number: 8138993
    Abstract: The control of a plasma display panel, successively comprises, at least for all the cells of a current line having to switch state for the next line: a connection of a terminal of application of an intermediary supply voltage to output terminals of column control stages corresponding to the junction points of first and second switches between two terminals of application of a supply voltage, to perform a precharge or a predischarge of the screen cells; a disconnection of said output terminals from this intermediary voltage; and a connection of each output terminal to a first or to a second power supply voltage by the turning-on of the first or second switch of the corresponding stage, according to a luminance reference value, delayed with respect to the disconnection of the corresponding output terminal from the terminal of application of the intermediary voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Jerome Bourgoin, Gilles Troussel
  • Patent number: 8125148
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate arranged to face the front substrate, barrier ribs for partitioning discharge cells between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and an exhaust hole formed on the rear substrate in an area between the barrier ribs and the seal layer. A distance between the outermost barrier rib and the seal layer is less than a circumferential length of the exhaust hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Hungun Park, Younjin Kim
  • Patent number: 8089434
    Abstract: A sheet in an electronic display is composed of a substrate containing an array of wire electrodes. The wire electrodes are preferably electrically connected to patterned transparent conductive electrode lines. The wire electrodes are used to carry the bulk of the current. The wire electrodes are capable of being extended away from the substrate and connected directly to the printed circuit board. The transparent conductive electrode (TCE) is used to spread the charge or voltage from the wire electrode across the pixel. It is a patterned film and must be at least 50% transparent, and, for most applications, is preferably over 90% transparent. In most display applications, the electroded surface of the electroded sheet has to be flattened. Use of a thin polymer substrate yields a light, flexible, rugged sheet that may be curved, bent or rolled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nupix, LLC
    Inventors: Chad B. Moore, Giacomo James Piazza
  • Patent number: 8076849
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate on which first and second electrodes are positioned parallel to each other, a rear substrate on which a third electrode is positioned to intersect the first and second electrodes, and a barrier rib positioned between the front and rear substrates to partition a discharge cell. At least one of the first or second electrode has a single-layered structure. At least one of the first or second electrode includes a plurality of line portions intersecting the third electrode, a projecting portion projecting from the line portion, and a connecting portion connecting at least two line portions to each other. The projecting portion and the connecting portion are positioned in a straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seongnam Ryu, Woogon Jeon, Wootae Kim, Kyunga Kang, Jeonghyun Hahm, Jaesung Kim
  • Patent number: 8057979
    Abstract: A photosensitive paste composition for forming a black layer on top of plasma display panel (PDP) barrier ribs includes black pigment nanoparticles for contrast enhancement and a cyclic acid anhydride for fundamentally preventing the gelation of the paste composition. The photosensitive paste composition prevents electrical or optical crosstalk between adjacent discharge cells to achieve better contrast. The fundamental prevention of the gelation of the paste composition permits the paste composition to have good storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Beom-Wook Lee, Dong-Hee Han, Sang-Wook Sin, Jin-Hwan Jeon
  • Patent number: 8058804
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of light guides which emit received light, and a plurality of external light blocking members which are disposed between exit surfaces of the plurality of light guides, and block light from the outside. Accordingly, the bright room contrast of the PDP is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-il Yoon, Jeong-ho Nho, Sung-hwan Lim, Wook-jae Jeon, Dae-hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8035301
    Abstract: A plasma display device having a panel main body in which a pair of transparent substrates is arranged in opposition so as to form a discharge space between the substrates on at least a front side, barrier ribs are arranged on at least one of the substrates to divide the discharge space into a plurality of spaces, a group of electrodes is arranged on the substrates so as to generate discharge in the discharge space divided with the barrier ribs, and phosphor layers that emit by discharge are provided, in which the phosphor layers are equipped with a green phosphor layer including at least Zn2SiO4:Mn, a surface of Zn2SiO4:Mn is coated with magnesium oxide, and a ratio of an Mg element to a Si element on the surface measured with an XPS apparatus is 0.7 to 4.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Nagasaki, Izumi Toyoda, Junichi Hibino, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Keiji Horikawa, Nobuyuki Shigetoh, Yuichiro Miyamae
  • Patent number: 8026668
    Abstract: Each of the red, green and blue phosphor layers includes magnesium oxide including a magnesium oxide crystal body having properties of causing a cathode-luminescence emission having a peak within a wavelength range of 200 nm to 300 nm upon excitation by electron beams, as a secondary electron emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Itakura, Hai Lin, Atsushi Hirota
  • Patent number: 8013529
    Abstract: A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel having a front panel, a rear panel, and a plurality of address electrodes therebetween, a chassis base affixed to the rear panel of the plasma display panel, a plurality of printed circuit boards which on the chassis base, each printed circuit board electrically connected to the electrodes via a flexible printed circuit, and an insert member between the chassis base and the printed circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun-Chang Kang
  • Patent number: 8013528
    Abstract: A plasma display member comprises a plurality of substantially stripe-shaped address electrodes (7) formed on a substrate (5), a dielectric layer (6) covering the address electrodes, main barrier ribs (8) located on the dielectric layer and formed substantially in parallel with the address electrodes, and auxiliary barrier ribs (9) formed orthogonal to the main barrier ribs. In the plasma display member, the pitch (Pt1) between the outermost main barrier rib of the main barrier ribs located in the non-display region on both sides in the lateral direction of a display region and the main barrier rib adjacent to the outermost main barrier rib is integer times the pitch (Pt2) between the main barrier ribs located in the display region, where the integer is two or more. In addition, exposure processing is performed a plurality of times by using a photomask having a specific shape, thereby making it possible to obtain a plasma display having a high display quality and a high productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Otsu, Tetsuo Uchida
  • Patent number: 8008861
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate facing the front substrate, a barrier rib that is positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate and partitions a discharge cell, and a phosphor layer formed inside the discharge cell. The phosphor layer includes a first phosphor layer emitting first color light, a second phosphor layer emitting second color light, and a third phosphor layer emitting third color light. The first phosphor layer includes a first pigment. A thickness of the second phosphor layer is larger than a thickness of the first phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Heekwon Kim, Byungho Rhee, Jinyoung Kim, Gibum Lee
  • Patent number: 8007684
    Abstract: The invention has for its object the provision of an oxynitride fluorescent material has higher emission luminance than conventional rare earth element-activated sialon fluorescent materials. To this end, an oxynitride fluorescent material is designed in such a way as comprising a JEM phase as a mother crystal and a luminescence center element M1. For instance, the luminescence center element M1 is at least one kind of an element selected from Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu. And the JEM phase is expressed as a general formula MA1(Si6-zAlz) N10-zOz (where M indicates a metal element, 0.1?z?3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: National Institute For Materials Science
    Inventor: Naoto Hirosaki
  • Patent number: 8004191
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel has discharge cells which each have a range of widths between the first substrate and the second substrate. In addition, the discharge spaces are separated by non-discharge spaces having heights which are less than the heights of the discharge spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun Son, Sang-Ho Jeon, Hyeon-Seok Kim, Bok-Chun Yun, Sil-Keun Jeong, Eui-Jeong Hwang, Jung-Min Kim, Sung-Hyun Choi, Mun-Ho Nam, Hyun-Chul Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Hye-Jung Lee, Sang-Hyuck Ahn, Sung-Hee Cho, Gi-Young Kim, Myoung-Sup Kim, Hyoung-Bin Park
  • Patent number: 7999473
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel has discharge cells which each have a range of widths between the first substrate and the second substrate. In addition, the discharge spaces are separated by non-discharge spaces having heights substantially the same as the heights of the discharge spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun Son, Sang-Ho Jeon, Hyeon-Seok Kim, Bok-Chun Yun, Sil-Keun Jeong, Eui-Jeong Hwang, Jung-Min Kim, Sung-Hyun Choi, Mun-Ho Nam, Hyun-Chul Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Hye-Jung Lee, Sang-Hyuck Ahn, Sung-Hee Cho, Gi-Young Kim, Myoung-Sup Kim
  • Patent number: 7999471
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a multi-cell electronic circuit array and exemplary multi-cell electronic circuit arrays are disclosed. In one embodiment, a multi-cell electronic circuit array includes an elongate substrate having a linear array of first electronic cell components micro fabricated thereon. The elongate substrate is inserted into a tubular enclosure which has at least one second electronic cell component which interacts with the first electronic cell components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Fraser M. Smith, Shayne M. Zurn, Marc Olivier
  • Patent number: 7965040
    Abstract: Each of the red, green and blue column electrodes has widened portions each having a row-direction width larger than that of the other portions. Each of the widened portions faces a head portion of each of the transparent electrodes of a pair of row electrodes constituting each row electrode pair. The widened portion of the green column electrode facing the green discharge cell provided with the green phosphor layer is located in a different position in the column direction from a position of each of the widened portions of the red and blue column electrodes respectively facing the red and blue discharge cells respectively provided with the red and blue phosphor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Iwasaki, Yoshihiko Kamo, Jiro Fujimori
  • Patent number: 7960914
    Abstract: An image display element includes: a front panel; a back panel opposite thereto; plural pixels arranged in a matrix between the panels; and plural electrodes for controlling the pixels. The panels are bonded with the pixels and the electrodes interposed therebetween. The electrodes are connected to a driving circuit via metal film wires. The back panel is divided so as to expose electrode terminals, and a groove part V-shaped in cross section is formed at the divided portion. The metal film wires are formed on the top surface of the back panel, and the electrode terminals and the metal film wires are connected by a conductive paste coated along the tilt surfaces forming the groove part. A contact resistance reducing means is disposed at the connection part interface between the electrode terminal and the conductive paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Zenichiro Hara, Satoru Kiridoshi, Suguru Nagae, Takanori Okumura, Yoshiyuki Suehiro, Nobuo Terazaki, Jun Sugahara, Ryota Oki, Takeshi Yoshida, Yutaka Saito, Yuji Saito, Toshinao Yuki, Hiroyuki Sato, Yoshinori Fukuda, Yosuke Sato, Masami Kimura
  • Patent number: 7956540
    Abstract: A PDP (101) with a reduced discharge inception voltage and discharge sustaining voltage for improving luminous efficiency has at least a pair of substrates (110 and 111) that are disposed in opposition to sandwich a discharge space therebetween. At least a portion of at least one of the substrates has two or more display electrode pairs (104) that include narrow bus electrodes (159 and 169), a dielectric layer (107) formed so as to cover the display electrode pairs (104), and a protective layer (108) formed so as to cover the dielectric layer (107). The dielectric layer (107) has a dense film structure with a dielectric breakdown voltage of 1.0×106 [V/cm] to 1.0×107 [V/cm].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamakita, Masatoshi Kitagawa, Mikihiko Nishitani
  • Patent number: 7956539
    Abstract: Provided is a plasma display panel including a plurality of electrodes and a panel terminal unit providing a driving signal to the electrodes, wherein the panel terminal unit comprises: an electrode pad extending from the electrodes of the panel display unit; a film-shapeddevice providing a driving signal to the electrode pad; an anisotropic conductive film electrically connecting the electrode pad to the film-shaped device; a dielectric layer extending to contact the anisotropic conductive film on the electrode pad so that the dielectric layer covers the electrode pad; and an electrode terminal unit sealant sealing the dielectric layer and the film-shaped device. The electrode terminal unit sealant protects a terminal unit of the plasma display panel against permeation of external gas and external humidity and effectively prevents open and short circuits of an electrode due to a migration phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chul-Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 7936127
    Abstract: A plasma display apparatus is provided that includes a front substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode and a dielectric layer formed on the front substrate, a rear substrate faced with the front substrate, a third electrode formed on the rear substrate, and a barrier rib which is formed on the rear substrate and partitions discharge cells, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed with one layer, and the width of at least one of barrier ribs which partitions the discharge cells in the outside of an effective display region is wider than the width of barrier ribs which partition the discharge cells in the inside of the effective display region. The plasma display apparatus does not include a transparent electrode consisting of ITO, reducing the manufacturing cost of the plasma display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Nam Ryu, Woo Gon Jeon, Sang Min Hong, Woo Tae Kim, Kyung A Kang, Jeong Hyun Hahm, Jae Sung Kim
  • Patent number: RE42405
    Abstract: A partition is formed by the process including a step for providing a sheet-like partition material that covers a display area and outside thereof on the surface of the substrate, a step for providing a mask for patterning that covers the display area and the outside thereof, so that a pattern of the portion arranged outside of the display area of the mask is a grid-like pattern, a step for patterning the partition material covered partially with the mask by a sandblasting process, and a step for baking the partition material after the patterning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignees: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited, Hitachi Plasma Patent Licensing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Fujinaga, Kazunori Ishizuka, Tatsutoshi Kanae, Kazuhide Iwasaki, Toshiyuki Nanto, Yoshimi Kawanami, Masayuki Shibata, Yasuhiko Kunii, Tadayoshi Kosaka, Osamu Toyoda, Yoshimi Shirakawa
  • Patent number: RE43083
    Abstract: A gas discharge panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A plurality of display electrode pairs which are each made up of a sustain electrode and a scan electrode are formed on the first substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate are set facing each other with a plurality of barrier ribs in between so as to form a plurality of cells. In this gas discharge panel, at least one of the sustain electrode and the scan electrode includes: a plurality of line parts; and a discharge developing part which makes a gap between adjacent line parts smaller in areas corresponding to channels between adjacent barrier ribs than in areas corresponding to the barrier ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Hidetaka Higashino, Ryuichi Murai, Yusuke Takata, Nobuaki Nagao, Toru Ando, Naoki Kosugi, Hiroyuki Tachibana
  • Patent number: RE44445
    Abstract: A partition is formed by the process including a step for providing a sheet-like partition material that covers a display area and outside thereof on the surface of the substrate, a step for providing a mask for patterning that covers the display area and the outside thereof, so that a pattern of the portion arranged outside of the display area of the mask is a grid-like pattern, a step for patterning the partition material covered partially with the mask by a sandblasting process, and a step for baking the partition material after the patterning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Fujinaga, Kazunori Ishizuka, Tatsutoshi Kanae, Kazuhide Iwasaki, Toshiyuki Nanto, Yoshimi Kawanami, Masayuki Shibata, Yasuhiko Kunii, Tadayoshi Kosaka, Osamu Toyoda, Yoshimi Shirakawa