Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Nishikawa

Atsushi Abe

Tomizo Matsuoka

Yosuke Fujita

Hisahito Ogawa

Takao Tohda

Tsuneharu Nitta

Satoshi Sekido

Shigeru Hayakawa

Jun Kuwata

In a thin film EL display device wherein a transparent electrode, a first dielectric layer, an EL emission layer, a second dielectric layer and a back electrode are laminated in order on a transluscent substrate, a 10 nm-200 nm thickness of thin film made of calcium sulfide or a mixture containing calcium sulfide which is formed by an electron beam vapor deposition method provided between the first dielectric layer and the EL emission layer and between the EL emission layer and the second dielectric layer, thereby obtaining a thin film EL display device which maintains a stable operation for a long period even when it is driven by A.C. pulses which are a symmetric with respect to the time relationship of the driving pulses (e.g., the time period between the start of a positive pulse and the start of the subsequent negative pulse is different than the time period between the start of a negative pulse and the start of the subsequent positive pulse) or are different in amplitude in a positive side and a negative side.

Thin film electroluminescence display device

An electroluminescent display panel formed of phosphor and dielectric layers sandwiched between opposing mutually intersecting arrays of drive electrodes, has the thickness of the phosphor layer set to a value which provides minimum power consumption, for a given level of display brightness. This is achieved by determining a value of capacitance per unit area of the panel which results in a maximum allowable value of time being required to charge each display element, then determining a value of phosphor layer thickness providing minimum power consumption, using the latter value of capacitance and the known value of light emission efficiency of the display.

Electroluminescence display panel configured for minimized power

Electroluminescence display device containing a zinc sulfide emission

New black color insulator thin films comprising Pr oxide, composite oxides of Pr-Mn, Pr-Ni, Pr-Co or Mn oxide are used to constitute at least one part or all parts of interface film between a phosphor film and a back electrode film of an AC thin film EL panel; and the panel with such a high contrast as 5:1 even at an illumination of 400 lux has been obtained.

Thin film EL panel

A method and apparatus for manufacturing an ultrafine particle film which has great practical utility when deposited on an appropriate substrate. The particle film is produced from various ultrafine particles of, for example, metals, oxides, nitrides and carbides, and is produced uniformly, effectively and efficiently with a high degree of reproducibility. According to a first method, an atmosphere at a gas of a reduced pressure is formed in a vessel, and a forced flow of the gas is formed unidirectionally from an evaporation source to the substrate, so that the evaporated matters from the evaporation source are forced to move together with the forced flow of the gas, so that ultrafine particles which are formed through interaction between the evaporated matters and the gas deposited on the substrate thereby forming the ultrafine particle film. According to a second method, the evaporation source is disposed within a vessel of having a reduced gas pressure as well as a cylinder surrounded by a high-frequency coil. As the coil is energized, the gas in the cylinder is excited. The evaporated matters are forced to flow through the excited gas atmosphere so that ultrafine particles formed by an interaction between the evaporated matters and the excited gas are deposited on the substrate thereby forming the ultrafine particle layer. A third method is a combination of the first and second methods.

Method of and apparatus for manufacturing ultrafine particle film

A gas sensing device comprises a gas sensing element comprising a gas-sensitive resistive film formed of an aggregate of ultrafine particles of a suitable material deposited on the surface of a substrate of an electrical insulator formed with electrodes. In a method of manufacturing such a gas sensing device, a gas-sensitive material is evaporated in a gas atmosphere to provide the gas-sensitive resistive film of ultrafine particles of the material.

Method of manufacturing a gas sensing device

A gas sensing device comprises a gas sensing element comprising a gas-sensitie resistive film formed of an aggregate of ultrafine particles of a suitable material deposited on the surface of a substrate of an electrical insulator formed with electrodes.

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Amagasaki, Japan

Masahiro Nishikawa