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Electroluminescent device and process for producing the same

US4877994A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 1988
Grant dateOct 31, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/917
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electroluminescent device comprising an electroluminescent layer capable of emitting light under application of AC voltage, the electroluminescent layer comprising strontium sulfide as a matrix and containing at least one of halides and sulfides of cerium, europium, thulium, terbium and samarium, and having a lattice constant of not more than 6.04 .ANG. and a half-width value at the (111) face of not more than 0.21 degree has a higher brightness than an electroluminescent device having an electroluminescent layer comprising ZnS as a matrix.

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