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Method of manufacturing thin-film electroluminescent display panel

US4721631A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 9, 1987
Grant dateJan 26, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B33/12
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to a method of this invention for manufacturing a thin-film electroluminescent display panel of the type having a pair of electrodes sandwiching a three-layer structure composed of a layer covered with dielectric layers on both sides, a silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride film is formed on a layer comprising ZnS by a plasma chemical vapor deposition method with a mixture of silicon and nitrogen gases or of silicon, nitrogen and N.sub.2 O gases. Alternatively, this film may be formed in a double-layer structure, the second layer being formed with a mixture of silicon and ammonia gases or of silicon, ammonia and N.sub.2 O gases. A dielectric layer thus formed by a method embodying this invention can satisfactorily cover the protrusions and impurities in the layer underneath and thin-film electroluminescent elements manufactured by this method have superior brightness characteristics.

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