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Alternating current thin film electroluminescent device having blue light emitting alkaline earth phosphor

US5939825A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 2, 1996
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09K11/7703
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A light emitting phosphor having improved luminance is incorporated into an ACTFEL device having front and rear electrode sets, a pair of insulators sandwiched between the front and rear electrode sets, and a thin film electroluminescent laminar stack which includes a phosphor layer having the formula M.sup.II S:D,H,F where M.sup.II is taken from the group calcium, strontium, barium, and magnesium, S=sulfur, D is taken from the group copper, lead, gold, silver, magnesium, antimony, bismuth and arsenic, H is taken from the group fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, and F is taken from the group gallium, indium, aluminum, germanium, silicon, lanthanum, scandium, and yttrium. Deep blue and green chromaticity phosphors may be obtained through selection of multiple co-dopants and adjusting their relative concentrations.

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