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Electroluminescent device

US6861674B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateDec 18, 2002
Grant dateMar 1, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B33/145
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electroluminescent device (1) comprises a supporting substrate (2); at least two electrodes (3) positioned on the substrate (2); at least a three-dimensional percolated layer (4), positioned on the substrate (2) between the two electrodes (3), having a metallic mesoporous structure defining a multitute of cavities of micrometric or nanometric dimensions. Present in the cavities of the three-dimensional percolated layer (4) are a multitude of luminescent inclusions (5), which operate to emit light when energized by electrons which, as a result of electron tunneling, effect pass through the three-dimensional percolated layer (4).

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