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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1985

Filed:

Dec. 01, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:

Michael S Waite, Tunbridge Wells, GB;

Surjit S Chadha, Southall, GB;

Weng Y Leong, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2504841 ; 427 70 ;
Abstract

A direct current electroluminescent device having a phosphor layer and coating electrodes, at least one of which is translucent, which has interposed between the phosphor layer and at least one of said electrodes a thin non-planar layer of an electrically non-conducting substance. The non-planar layer may have a cross section of undulating outline or may be a discontinuous layer, e.g. in the form of closely spaced dots. Preferably the non-planar layer is translucent and is arranged between the phosphor layer and a translucent electrode. Suitable materials for the non-planar layer include silicon monoxide, silicon dioxide, germanium dioxide, magnesium fluoride, cadmium fluoride, yttrium fluoride, yttrium oxide, zinc sulphide, copper sulphide.


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