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Thin film electroluminescent element

US5142192A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 22, 1991
Grant dateAug 25, 1992
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2011

Classification

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

Abstract

A thin film electroluminescent element includes a luminous layer for emitting light by applying a voltage to the luminous layer through an electrode, the electrode being made of a metal; and a material for scattering the light and disposed on an end face of the luminous layer. A large picture polychromatic display apparatus includes a thin film electroluminescent element; and a material for scattering light and disposed in a luminous portion for emitting the light on an end face of the electroluminescent element, the light-scattering material forming a picture element. The display apparatus may include a thin film electroluminescent element formed by sequentially stacking a metallic electrode, an insulating layer and a luminous layer with each other on a glass substrate; and a material for scattering light and disposed on an end face of the element by scribing the element in the longitudinal direction thereof, the display apparatus being formed by combining a plurality of such elongated elements with each other, each of the elongated elements being provided with the light-scattering material. In the element, a plurality of luminous layers having different luminous wavelength charac…

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