And Additional Layer On Member Patents (Class 313/587)
  • Patent number: 10408896
    Abstract: A monolithic reusable microwire assembly can include a substrate and an electrically conductive thin-film wire formed on the substrate. The conductive thin-film wire can include a narrow segment forming an active area. A thermally and electrically insulating barrier can be formed on the electrically conductive thin-film wire. A roughness-reducing layer can be formed on the thermally and electrically insulating barrier and can have minimal surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shirin Jamali, Christoph Boehme
  • Patent number: 10366272
    Abstract: An electronic device and method of operating an electronic device is provided. The electronic device a display in which a fingerprint recognition area is formed in at least one portion thereof; a fingerprint sensor disposed under the display on which a screen is displayed, wherein the fingerprint sensor is adapted to acquire image information related to authentication of a fingerprint corresponding to an object that approaches a fingerprint recognition area at least partially based on light radiated from at least one pixel of the display and reflected by the object; and a processor adapted to control at least one function of the fingerprint sensor in association with the operation of acquiring the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon Song, Kwang Sub Lee, Gyu Sang Cho, Yun Jang Jin, Se Young Jang, Chi Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 10340150
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for selectively removing unreacted metal material (e.g., unreacted nickel) relative to metal germanide (e.g., NiGe), metal-III-V materials, and germanium from microelectronic devices having same thereon. The compositions are substantially compatible with other materials present on the microelectronic device such as low-k dielectrics and silicon nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bilodeau, Jeffrey A. Barnes, Emanuel Cooper, Hsing-Chen Wu, Sheng-Hung Tu, Thomas Parson, Min-chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 10319585
    Abstract: A film forming method of forming a film containing a metal element on a substrate using a source gas containing the metal element and a reactant gas that reacts with the source gas, which includes: forming a lower layer film containing the metal element on a surface of the substrate through a plasma CVD process by supplying the source gas into a process container and plasmarizing the source gas; and subsequently, laminating an upper layer film containing the metal element on the lower layer film by a plasma ALD process which alternately performs an adsorption step of supplying the source gas into the process container to adsorb the source gas onto the surface of the substrate with the lower layer film formed thereon, and a reaction step of supplying the reactant gas into the process container and plasmarizing the reactant gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohichi Satoh, Shinya Okabe, Nagayasu Hiramatsu, Motoko Nakagomi, Yuji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10249402
    Abstract: A C12A7 electride thin film fabrication method includes a step of forming an amorphous C12A7 electride thin film on a substrate by vapor deposition under an atmosphere with an oxygen partial pressure of less than 0.1 Pa using a target made of a crystalline C12A7 electride having an electron density within a range of 2.0×1018 cm?3 to 2.3×1021 cm?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AGC Inc., JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hideo Hosono, Yoshitake Toda, Katsuro Hayashi, Setsuro Ito, Satoru Watanabe, Naomichi Miyakawa, Toshinari Watanabe, Kazuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 10121592
    Abstract: A dielectric thin film containing MgO as a main component, wherein the dielectric thin film is composed of a columnar structure group containing at least one columnar structure A constructed by single crystal and at least one columnar structure B constructed by polycrystal, respectively, and in the cross section of the direction perpendicular to the dielectric thin film, when the area occupied by the columnar structure A is set as CA and the area occupied by the columnar structure B is set as CB, the relationship between CA and CB satisfies 0.4?CB/CA?1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maiko Shirokawa, Raitarou Masaoka, Hiroki Uchiyama, Shohei Fujii
  • Patent number: 9718724
    Abstract: The present invention provides a functional material and a method for preparing the same, as well as a sealing material and a display panel, which belong to the display technical field and can solve the problem that existing display devices will produce pollution. The functional material of the present invention includes an inorganic powder whose surface has a modified layer, wherein the inorganic powder includes: any one or more of aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconium oxide, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, boron oxide, diiron trioxide, calcium oxide, potassium oxide, sodium oxide and lithium oxide; the modified layer is generated by a reaction of a dianhydride and a diamine. The sealing material of the present invention includes the above functional material. The display panel of the present invention includes a sealing structure made of the above functional material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiuxia Yang, Feng Bai, Zhenpeng Guo, Jing Su, Hongbo Feng, Jiantao Liu
  • Patent number: 9673830
    Abstract: An atomic cell includes an internal space in which alkali metals are encapsulated, a coating film formed on the wall surface of the internal space, holes that allow the internal space and the outside to communicate with each other, and coating members having surfaces that face the internal space along openings of the holes on the internal space side and formed of a coating material having a characteristic same as or similar to a characteristic of the coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Ishihara
  • Patent number: 9667039
    Abstract: A device and method for injecting ions into a stream of air. The device comprises a housing; an electric circuit inside the housing; an electrically conductive element coupled to the electric circuit for emitting ions, at least a portion of the conductive element being exposable to at least a portion, of the stream of air for injecting the ions into the stream of air; and a heater element disposed inside the housing for heating one or more circuit elements of the electric circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NATURION PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Sem Yam Gan, Choon Meng Teo
  • Patent number: 8796927
    Abstract: A plasma cell and a method for making a plasma cell are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a cell comprises a semiconductor material, an opening disposed in the semiconductor material, a dielectric layer lining a surface of the opening, a cap layer closing the opening, a first electrode disposed adjacent the opening, and a second electrode disposed adjacent the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Dirk Meinhold
  • Patent number: 8796926
    Abstract: An AC, rf, or pulse-excited microdischarge device and array are provide by the invention. A preferred array includes a substrate. A plurality of microdischarge cavities that contain discharge medium are in the substrate. A transparent layer seals the discharge medium in the microdischarge cavites. Electrodes stimulate the discharge medium. The microdischarge cavities are physically isolated from the electrodes by dielectric and arranged relative to the electrodes such that ac, rf, or pulsed excitation applied to the electrodes stimulates plasma excitation of the discharge medium. The microdischarge cavities are sized to produce plasma within the microdischarge cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: J. Gary Eden, Ju Gao, Sung-o Kim
  • Patent number: 8778469
    Abstract: When local heating by use of laser sealing or the like is applied, the bonding strength between glass substrates and a sealing layer is improved to provide an electronic device having increased reliability. An electronic device includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, and a sealing layer to seal an electronic element portion disposed between these glass substrates. The sealing layer is a layer obtained by locally heating a sealing material by an electromagnetic wave, such as laser light or infrared light, to melt-bond the sealing material, the sealing material containing sealing glass, a low-expansion filler and an electromagnetic wave absorber. In the first and second glass substrates, each reacted layer is produced to have a maximum depth of at least 30 nm from an interface with the sealing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Sohei Kawanami, Yoshinori Ami, Yoko Mitsui
  • Patent number: 8736166
    Abstract: A gas discharge device such as a plasma display panel (PDP) device having one or more substrates and a multiplicity of pixels or subpixels. Each pixel or subpixel is defined by a hollow Plasma-shell filled with an ionizable gas. One or more addressing electrodes are in electrical contact with each Plasma-shell. The Plasma-shell may include inorganic and organic luminescent materials including quantum dots that are excited by the gas discharge within each Plasma-shell. The luminescent material, including quantum dots, may be located on an exterior and/or interior surface of the Plasma-shell or incorporated into the shell of the Plasma-shell. Up-conversion and down-conversion materials may be used. The substrate may be rigid or flexible with a flat, curved, or irregular surface. In one embodiment, the Plasma-shell is in the geometric shape of a cube or cuboid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Imaging Systems Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Butcher, Daniel K. Wedding, Carol Ann Wedding, Oliver M. Strbik, III
  • Patent number: 8704443
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes a first substrate including a cathode layer and a smoothing layer, an organic layer formed on the cathode layer, an anode layer formed on the organic layer, and a second substrate joined to the anode layer. In a region of a peripheral portion of the first substrate, the organic layer is not formed. The anode layer is provided on the cathode layer through an insulating layer in a portion of the region so as to extend to an outer peripheral side, the extended anode layer is folded back to a side opposite to the second substrate to constitute an anode taking-out portion, and a portion of the cathode layer of the first substrate is folded back to constitute a cathode taking-out portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakamura, Masahito Yamana, Takeyuki Yamaki, Daiki Kato, Takahiro Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 8692463
    Abstract: A protective film (6) having a high secondary-emission coefficient is formed on a dielectric layer (5) so as to lower the discharge voltage of a plasma display panel. When the protective film (6) is exposed to the air, it will transform or become cloudy, or the secondary-emission coefficient will lower. To prevent this problem, an inert film (60) is formed on the surface of the protective film (6). As the inert film (60), a film of a metal oxide such as SiO2 and a film of a metal such as Tb are simultaneously formed. Thus, an inert film (60) excellent in barrier property against oxygen and water in the air and enabling easy sputtering from near the discharge electrode at the aging step can be obtained. With this, a plasma display panel exhibiting a low discharge voltage can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Hasegawa, Shinya Fukuta, Keiichi Betsui, Yasunobu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8686637
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes a first substrate having electrical conductivity, an organic layer formed on the first substrate, an electrode layer formed on the organic layer, and a second substrate joined to the electrode layer by an adhesive layer. In a region of a peripheral portion of the first substrate, the organic layer is not formed, and a portion of the electrode layer is provided on the first substrate through an insulating layer so as to extend to an outer peripheral side of a region where the organic layer is present. The extended electrode layer is folded back together with the insulating layer to a side opposite to the second substrate, to constitute an electrode taking-out portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakamura, Masahito Yamana, Takeyuki Yamaki, Daiki Kato, Takahiro Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 8674602
    Abstract: Some embodiments include methods of forming plasma-generating microstructures. Aluminum may be anodized to form an aluminum oxide body having a plurality of openings extending therethrough. Conductive liners may be formed within the openings, and circuitry may be formed to control current flow through the conductive liners. The conductive liners form a plurality of hollow cathodes, and the current flow is configured to generate and maintain plasmas within the hollow cathodes. The plasmas within various hollow cathodes, or sets of hollow cathodes, may be independently controlled. Such independently controlled plasmas may be utilized to create a pattern in a display, or on a substrate. In some embodiments, the plasmas may be utilized for plasma-assisted etching and/or plasma-assisted deposition. Some embodiments include constructions and assemblies containing multiple plasma-generating structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal R. Rueger, Stephen J. Kramer
  • Patent number: 8652356
    Abstract: The blue phosphor of the present invention is represented by the general formula aBaO.bSrO.(1?a?b)EuO.cMgO.dAlO3/2.eWO3, where 0.70?a?0.95, 0?b?0.15, 0.95?c?1.15, 9.00?d?11.00, 0.001?e?0.200, and a+b?0.97 are satisfied. In the blue phosphor of the present invention, two peaks whose tops are located in a range of diffraction angle 2?=13.0 to 13.6 degrees and one peak whose top is located in a range of diffraction angle 2?=14.6 to 14.8 degrees are present in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by measurement on the blue phosphor using an X-ray with a wavelength of 0.774 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kojiro Okuyama, Yayoi Okui, Seigo Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 8643023
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode having a high output, high efficiency, and a long service life under a high-humidity environment is provided. The light-emitting diode (1) includes a compound semiconductor layer (2) having a light-emitting section (7), ohmic electrodes (4, 5) provided on the main light extraction surface of the compound semiconductor layer (2), and an electrode protection layer (6) for protecting the ohmic electrodes (4, 5), wherein the Al concentrations of the surfaces (2a, 2b) of the compound semiconductor layer (2), which include the main light extraction surface, are 20% or less and the As concentration of the surfaces (2a, 2b) is less than 1%, and the electrode protection layer (6) has a two-layer structure composed of a first protective film (12) provided so as to cover the ohmic electrodes (4, 5) and a second protective film (13) provided so as to cover at least an end portion of the first protective film (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Wataru Nabekura, Ryouichi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20130313969
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front plate and a rear plate provided to be opposed to the front plate. The front plate includes a display electrode, a dielectric layer for covering the display electrode, and a protective layer for covering the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes a base layer, and a metal oxide formed on the base layer. The metal oxide has a ratio from 0.1 to 10 inclusive between the maximum intensity of photoluminescence at a wavelength ranging from 200 nm to less than 300 nm and the maximum intensity of photoluminescence at a wavelength ranging from 300 nm to less than 500 nm. Furthermore, the metal oxide contains aluminum from 50 ppm to 200 ppm inclusive in terms of weight concentration, and fluorine from 150 ppm to 600 ppm inclusive in terms of weight concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaname Mizokami, Koyo Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Hisatomi, Yoshinao Ooe
  • Patent number: 8531356
    Abstract: In a plasma display panel, a protective layer of a front plate is formed of a base protective layer and a particle layer. The base protective layer is a thin film of metal oxide containing at least one of magnesium oxide, strontium oxide, calcium oxide, and barium oxide. The particle layer is formed in a manner that single-crystal particles of magnesium oxide having a peak of emission intensity at 200-300 nm two times or higher than another peak of emission intensity at 300-550 nm in the emission spectrum in cathode luminescence emission are stuck on the base protective layer. A panel driving circuit drives the plasma display panel with a subfield structure in which subfields are temporally disposed so that a magnitude of luminance weight has a monotonous decrease from a subfield where an all-cell initializing operation is performed to a subfield where a next all-cell initializing operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murata, Takuji Tsujita, Toshikazu Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Asano, Masaharu Terauchi
  • Patent number: 8531357
    Abstract: Protective layer (26) of front plate (20) of a plasma display panel has base protective layer (26a) and particle layer (26b). Base protective layer (26a) is formed of a thin film of metal oxide containing at least one of magnesium oxide, strontium oxide, calcium oxide, and barium oxide. Particle layer (26b) is formed by sticking, to base protective layer (26a), single crystal particles (27) of magnesium oxide having an NaCl crystal structure that is surrounded by a specified two-type orientation face formed of (100) face and (111) face or a specified three-type orientation face formed of (100) face, (110) face, and (111) face. The panel driving circuit drives the panel while temporally disposing the subfields so that the luminance weight monotonically decreases from a subfield in which an all-cell initializing operation is performed to the subfield immediately before the subfield in which its next all-cell initializing operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murata, Yusuke Fukui, Toshikazu Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Asano
  • Patent number: 8513887
    Abstract: A plasma-dome plasma display panel (PDP) comprising a multiplicity of pixels or sub-pixels, each pixel or sub-pixel being defined by a hollow plasma-dome filled with an ionizable gas. Each plasma-dome has a flat side and an opposite domed side. One or more other sides or edges may also be flat. Two or more electrodes are in electrical contact with each plasma-dome. A flat or domed side of the plasma-dome shell is in contact with a substrate. The PDP may also include inorganic and organic luminescent materials that are excited by the gas discharge within each plasma-dome. The luminescent material may be located on an exterior and/or interior surface of the plasma-dome and/or incorporated into the shell of the plasma-dome. The plasma-dome may be made of a luminescent material. Up-conversion and down-conversion materials may be used. The substrate may be rigid or flexible with a flat, curved, or irregular surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Imaging Systems Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel K. Wedding, Carol Ann Wedding, Oliver M. Strbik, III
  • Patent number: 8513888
    Abstract: PDP (1) includes front plate (2) and rear plate (10). Front plate (2) has protective layer (9). Rear plate (10) has phosphor layers (15). Protective layer (9) includes a base layer. On the base layer, aggregated particles are dispersed and disposed. The underlying layer includes a first metal oxide and a second metal oxide. In X-ray diffraction analysis, a peak of the base layer lies between a first peak of the first metal oxide and a second peak of the second metal oxide. The first and second metal oxides are two selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO. The base layer further contains sodium and potassium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Hashimoto, Takuji Tsujita, Takayuki Shimamura
  • Patent number: 8508128
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the invention, there is provided a thermal radiation marker (10) adapted to emit radiation within the thermal portion of the infrared spectrum. According to some embodiments of the invention, the thermal radiation marker may include an incandescent filament (16) and a glass or quartz enclosure (12). The incandescent filament may be adapted to produce radiation at least within the thermal portion of the infrared spectrum. The glass or quartz enclosure may include at least a portion that is substantially thin, and may enclose pressurized inert (14) gas and the incandescent filament surrounded by the inert gas. At least a portion of the glass or quartz enclosure may be sufficiently thin so as to enable good transmittance therethrough for tli3rmal radiation approximately in the 3-5&mgr,-m wavelength band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignees: Elta Systems Ltd., Optigo Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Tidhar
  • Patent number: 8508129
    Abstract: A plasma display panel equipped with a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other to form a discharge space. On the discharge space side of the front substrate there are disposed a metal oxide layer and magnesium oxide crystal particles. The magnesium oxide crystal particles are arranged to be protruding closer to the discharge space than the surface of the metal oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Naoi, Hai Lin, Eishiro Otani, Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: 8508437
    Abstract: A plasma display device has a crystal particle made of MgO single crystal where the cathode luminescence emission spectrum exhibits a desired characteristic, and displays an image by a driving method in the initializing period. The initializing period has the first half for applying the voltage, which gradually increases from a first voltage and to a second voltage, to a second electrode, and the latter half for applying the voltage, which gradually decreases from a third voltage and to a fourth voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murata, Takuji Tsujita, Masaharu Terauchi, Toshikazu Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Asano, Shinichiro Hashimoto, Keiji Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 8482490
    Abstract: In a plasma display device, a plurality of agglomerated particle groups in which a plurality of crystal particles made of a metal oxide agglomerate are disposed in the periphery of a protective layer thereof. The plasma display device is driven by the following driving method to display images. An initializing period has a first half of the initializing period in which a second electrode is applied with a voltage gradually rising from a first voltage to a second voltage, and a second half of the initializing period in which the second electrode is applied with a voltage gradually falling from a third voltage to a fourth voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murata, Kaname Mizokami, Toshikazu Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Hashimoto, Keiji Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 8471468
    Abstract: A plasma display panel and a multi plasma display panel are disclosed. The multi plasma display panel includes a plurality of plasma display panels that are positioned adjacent to one another. Each of the plurality of plasma display panels includes a front substrate, a back substrate positioned opposite the front substrate, and a plurality of barrier ribs positioned between the front substrate and the back substrate. The plurality of barrier ribs partition a plurality of discharge cells. A size of a discharge cell in a boundary portion between two plasma display panels of the plurality of plasma display panels is greater than a size of a discharge cell in other portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyungtae Kim, Seungmun Shin, Youngjoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 8471469
    Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) enabling optimization of a process to apply phosphor paste in order to achieve mass production using a jet nozzle method includes dummy areas structured to determine whether application conditions such as an ejecting pressure or the like are stable by measuring a depth of the applied layer after applying phosphor paste at a portion thereof in advance. The PDP includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposing each other; address electrodes arranged on the first substrate; display electrodes arranged on the second substrate along a direction perpendicular to the address electrodes; barrier ribs arranged in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate to define a plurality of discharge cells, and phosphor layers arranged in each of the discharge cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung-Soo Jeon
  • Patent number: 8436537
    Abstract: A substrate structure for a plasma display panel (PDP), a method of manufacturing a PDP substrate structure of the PDP, and a PDP including the PDP substrate are provided. The PDP substrate structure includes a substrate, an electrode on the substrate and including a first layer and a second layer, the second layer including an aluminum (Al) material, the first layer being between the substrate and the second layer and including a conductive material, the first layer having lower specific resistance than that of the second layer; and a light absorbable layer on the substrate. The light absorbable layer is an oxidization product of the conductive material of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Hong Kim, Min-Jae Kim, So-Ra Chae, Eun-Gi Heo
  • Patent number: 8427054
    Abstract: A plasma display panel equipped with a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other to form a discharge space. On the discharge space side of the front substrate there are disposed a metal oxide layer and magnesium oxide crystal particles. The magnesium oxide crystal particles are arranged to be protruding closer to the discharge space than the surface of the metal oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Naoi, Hai Lin, Eishiro Otani, Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: 8427053
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has high definition, high luminance, and low power consumption. In the plasma display panel, the front panel is provided thereon with display electrodes, a dielectric layer, and a protective layer. The display electrodes are formed on the front glass substrate. The dielectric layer coats the display electrodes, and the protective layer is formed on the dielectric layer. The rear panel is provided thereon with address electrodes and barrier ribs for partitioning the discharge space in the direction crossing to the display electrodes. The front and rear panels are opposed to each other with a discharge space therebetween filled with a discharge gas. The protective layer on the dielectric layer includes an underlying film, and aggregated particles adhered on the underlying film, the aggregated particles being formed by aggregating crystal grains of magnesium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takuji Tsujita, Jun Hashimoto, Ryuichi Murai, Hiroyuki Kado, Masashi Gotou, Yukihiro Morita, Yasuyuki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8410695
    Abstract: A gas discharge device having one or more substrates and a multiplicity of gas discharge cells, each cell confined within a hollow plasma-shell filled with an ionizable gas. The device contains inorganic and/or organic luminescent materials that are excited by a gas discharge within each plasma-shell. The luminescent material is located on an exterior and/or interior surface of the plasma-shell and/or incorporated into the plasma-shell. Up-conversion and down-conversion materials may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Imaging Systems Technology
    Inventors: Daniel K. Wedding, Oliver M. Strbik, III, Carol Ann Wedding
  • Patent number: 8410696
    Abstract: There are provided a plasma display panel (PDP) wherein a seam area is minimized, so that continuity of screens can be stably ensured, and a method of fabricating the same. In the PDP formed by assembling a plurality of unit PDPs, each of the unit PDPs includes front and rear substrates; a sealant formed on the side surfaces of the front and rear substrates; side electrodes formed on the sealant; and functional layers formed on the rear surface of the rear substrate and the side surfaces of the front and rear substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Orion Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Yeol Lee, Hae-Sung Jang
  • Patent number: 8405312
    Abstract: Increase of an address voltage change amount of a PDP is suppressed. X and Y electrodes which are a display electrode pair arranged on a plate; a dielectric layer covering the X and Y electrodes; and a protective layer covering the dielectric layer are provided. The protective layer includes an MgO film deposited on a surface of the dielectric layer and a plurality of MgO crystalline particles attached on the MgO film. Also, by using (110) orientation as a crystal orientation of the MgO film, a crystal density of the MgO film can be increased, so that an increase of the address voltage change amount can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Kawasaki, Masayuki Wada, Atsuo Ohtomi
  • Patent number: 8405296
    Abstract: PDP (1) includes front plate (2) and rear plate (10). Front plate (2) has protective layer (9). Rear plate (10) has phosphor layers (15). Protective layer (9) includes protective layer magnesium oxide and calcium oxide, and exhibits three peaks in a range from not less than 340 eV to not greater than 355 eV of a binding energy spectrum in a binding energy analysis of protective layer (9) by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimamura, Jun Hashimoto, Takuji Tsujita
  • Patent number: 8400058
    Abstract: A PDP to improve a discharge delay includes X and Y electrodes, a dielectric layer covering the X and Y electrodes, and a protective layer covering the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes an MgO film stacked on a surface of the dielectric layer, and a plurality of MgO crystal particles attached on the MgO film. In addition, a covering ratio of a surface of the MgO film is lower than or equal to 10%, and the plurality of MgO crystal particles are arranged so that orientations of surfaces opposing to the discharge space are aligned. Further, the plurality of MgO crystal particles have a cubic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawasaki, Yasuhito Yamaryo, Atsuo Ohtomi
  • Patent number: 8378572
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes: a front plate; a rear plate having barrier ribs; a sealing member that seals a peripheral edge of the front plate and a peripheral edge of the rear plate; and a bonding layer that bonds at least part of the barrier ribs and the front plate to each other. The sealing member has a first glass member. The bonding layer has a second glass member. A deformation point of the second glass member is lower than a softening point of the first glass member. A softening point of the second glass member is higher than the softening point of the first glass member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Oida, Akifumi Okigawa, Noriteru Maeda
  • Patent number: 8362979
    Abstract: In a plasma display panel, a protective layer of a front plate includes a base protective layer and a particle layer. The base protective layer is formed of a thin film containing magnesium oxide. The particle layer is formed by sticking, to base protective layer, agglomerated particles in which a plurality of single-crystal particles of magnesium oxide are agglomerated. A panel driving circuit drives the panel in a manner that subfields are temporally disposed so that a luminance weight is monotonically decreased from a subfield in which an all-cell initializing operation is performed to a subfield immediately preceding a subfield in which a next all-cell initializing operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Murata, Kaname Mizokami, Toshikazu Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8350474
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front plate and a rear plate disposed in such a manner as to face the front plate. The front plate has a display electrode and a dielectric layer covering the display electrode. The dielectric layer contains substantially no lead components but contains MgO, SiO2, and K2O. A content of MgO is in a range between 0.3 mol % and 1.0 mol %, both inclusive. The content of SiO2 is in a range between 35 mol % and 50 mol %, both inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ota, Kazuhiro Morioka, Akira Kawase, Morio Fujitani, Tatsuo Mifune
  • Patent number: 8339042
    Abstract: A surface of an MgO protective layer for a plasma display panel (PDP) comprises a combination of a crystalline structure (111) and a crystalline structure (200). The MgO protective layer can exhibit improved discharge time lag (jitter) and sputtering resistance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Minsoo Park, Youngsung Kim
  • Publication number: 20120319577
    Abstract: A plasma display has a protective layer (9) including a base layer (91) over which aggregate particles (92) each including an aggregate of a plurality of magnesium oxide crystal particles (92a) and metal oxide particles (93) are scattered. The metal oxide particles (93) contain at least two metal oxides selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, strontium oxide, and barium oxide. X-ray diffraction analysis of the metal oxide particles (93) shows a diffraction peak of a specific crystal plane between a diffraction peak of the specific crystal plane of one of the two metal oxides and a diffraction peak of the specific crystal plane of another one of the two metal oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Masanori Miura, Takuji Tsujita, Masashi Gotou
  • Patent number: 8334653
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plasma display panel (PDP) and a filter. The PDP has a display surface, and the filter has a panel side facing the display surface of the PDP and an opposing viewer side facing away from the display surface. The filter includes a base unit. The filter also includes pattern units that absorb external light from the viewer side. The pattern units have boundaries that define widths of pattern tops and widths of pattern bottoms. A distance between a pattern top and a pattern bottom defines a pattern height. A distance between adjacent boundaries, of a pair of adjacent pattern units, at adjacent pattern bottoms can be less than a distance between the adjacent boundaries at adjacent pattern tops, less than the pattern height, and greater than a width of at least one of the pattern bottoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Rae Cha, Ji Hoon Sohn, Sam Je Cho, Woo Sung Jang, Woon Seo Shin
  • 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: 8330368
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plasma display panel that can suppress the generation of cracks in a dielectric layer, and also improve the yield, and a method for manufacturing such a display panel. A dielectric layer on a front panel is designed to have a two-layer structure in which a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer are laminated, and the first dielectric layer is formed through processes in which, after printing or applying a dielectric paste containing a glass frit onto a front substrate so as to cover display electrodes formed thereon as a stripe pattern, drying and firing the resulting substrate at a temperature not less than a softening point of the glass frit, and the second dielectric layer is formed on the first dielectric layer by using a sol-gel method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shuzo Tsuchida, Kazuto Fukuda, Kenji Date
  • Publication number: 20120306364
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a plurality of row electrode pairs arranged on the front substrate, a dielectric layer formed on the front substrate so as to cover the plurality of row electrodes, a metal oxide layer formed on the dielectric layer, a plurality of metal oxide crystal particles formed on the dielectric layer or on the metal oxide layer, a back substrate facing the front substrate to form a discharge space, a plurality of column electrodes arranged on the back substrate, and partition wall units formed on the plurality of column electrodes to partition the discharge space to form a plurality of discharge cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Naoi, Hai Lin, Eishiro Otani, Hiroshi Ito
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120274206
    Abstract: A plasma display panel is provided with a front plate and a rear plate disposed to oppose the front plate. The front plate includes a display electrode, a dielectric layer covering the display electrode, and a protective layer covering the dielectric layer. The protective layer includes a base layer and a metal oxide formed on the base layer. The metal oxide is resulted from grinding a metal oxide coarse particle. The metal oxide and the metal oxide coarse particle have peaks of photoluminescence in a wavelength range between 200 nm and 300 nm. The peak of the metal oxide has an intensity that is 60% or more and less than 100% of that of the peak of the metal oxide coarse particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Kaname Mizokami, Koyo Sakamoto
  • 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