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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1994
Gregory M Cutler, Cupertino, CA (US);
Andreas Weber, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a composition for use in constructing a photosensitive film for recording color images. The preferred composition includes first, second, and third particle types. Each particle type comprises a crystalline base material having a trap dopant and a color dopant deposited therein. Each of the color dopants has a different activation energy for releasing electrons into the conduction/communication band of the crystalline base material. This results in a different spectral sensitivity for each dopant, and, hence for each particle type. In addition, each of the trap dopants has a different activation energy for releasing trapped electrons into the conduction/communication band of the crystalline base material. This enables the recorded color image to be read out one color at a time, which avoids color distortion. The invention also provides a photosensitive film for recording a color image. The film comprises a backing material having a plurality of depressions therein. The depressions are filled with a photosensitive material that includes first, second, and third particle types. Each particle type comprises a crystalline base material doped with atoms of a trap dopant and a color dopant. Each color dopant has a different spectral sensitivity, and each trap dopant has a different activation energy for releasing trapped electrons into the conduction/communication band of the crystalline base material.