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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1986
William A Barrow, Beaverton, OR (US);
Christopher N King, Portland, OR (US);
Richard E Coovert, Portland, OR (US);
Ronald O Petersen, Banks, OR (US);
Planar Systems, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A highly efficient, AC-excited, blue light-emitting phosphor for solid-state thin-film electro-luminescent (TFEL) devices is comprised of strontium sulphide (SrS) host material doped with cerium fluoride (CeF.sub.3) acting as an emitter providing a source of photons. The blue SrS:CeF.sub.3 phosphor is about one hundred times brighter than the brightest zinc sulphide/thulium fluoride (ZnS:TmF.sub.3) blue phosphor heretofore known. To increase brightness level, at some loss of energy efficiency, electron-injection layers of zinc sulfide (ZnS) are placed on either side of the SrS:CeF.sub.3 layer in the TFEL device.