Light emitter for giving plasma light emission
AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideo Hotomi
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Abstract
A light emitter for giving plasma light emission upon application of an electric field. The light emitter comprises a resin including fine bubbles in which a gas is trapped. The gas is selected from rare gases, hydrocarbon gas and nitrogen gas. This light emitter is applicable to a light emitting device such as a plasma display.
Claims25
A method for manufacturing a light emitter material for giving plasma light emission upon application of an electric field comprising the steps of:
- dissolving a resin in a solvent to provide a resin solution;
- placing a vessel containing said resin solution in a vacuum apparatus;
- evacuating said vacuum apparatus;
- supplying a gas selected from the group consisting of rare gases, hydrocarbon gas and nitrogen gas to said vacuum apparatus to provide said resin solution with an atmosphere of said gas at a pressure or less than atmospheric pressure;
- and
- agitating said resin solution to generate fine, randomly dispersed bubbles having sizes smaller than an electrode for one pixel entrapping said gas in said resin solution.
A method for manufacturing a light emitting device for giving plasma light emission upon application of an electric field comprising the steps of:
- providing a support member;
- forming a first electrode on said support member;
- providing a layer of a light emitting resin on said support member, said light emitting resin being manufactured by the steps of:
- dissolving a resin in a solvent to provide a resin solution;
- placing a vessel containing said resin solution in a vacuum apparatus;
- evacuating said vacuum apparatus;
- supplying a gas selected from the group consisting of rare gases, hydrocarbon gas and nitrogen gas to said vacuum apparatus to provide said resin solution with an atmosphere of said gas at a pressure of less than atmospheric pressure;
- and
- agitating said resin solution to generate fine, randomly dispersed bubbles having sizes smaller than an electrode for one pixel entrapping said gas in said resin solution;
- and
- forming a second electrode on said light emitting resin layer.
A method for manufacturing a light emitting device for giving plasma light emission upon application of an electric field comprising the steps of:
- providing a support member;
- forming at least one pair of interdigital electrodes on said support member;
- and
- providing a layer of a light emitting resin on said support member, said light emitting resin being manufactured by the process of:
- dissolving a resin in a solvent to provide a resin solution;
- placing a vessel containing said resin solution in a vacuum apparatus;
- evacuating said vacuum apparatus;
- supplying a gas selected from the group consisting of rare gases, hydrocarbon gas and nitrogen gas to said vacuum apparatus to provide said resin solution with an atmosphere of said gas at a pressure of less than atmospheric pressure;
- and
- agitating said resin solution to generate fine, randomly dispersed bubbles having sizes smaller than an electrode for one pixel entrapping said gas in said resin solution.
A method for manufacturing a plasma display utilizing a light emitting device for giving plasma light emission upon application of an electric field comprising the steps of:
- providing a support member;
- forming individual electrodes on said support member;
- providing a layer of a light emitting resin comprising a light emitter material manufactured by the steps of:
- dissolving a resin in a solvent to provide a resin solution;
- placing a vessel containing said resin solution in a vacuum apparatus;
- evacuating said vacuum apparatus;
- supplying a gas selected from the group consisting of rare gases, hydrocarbon gas and nitrogen gas to said vacuum apparatus to provide said resin solution with an atmosphere of said gas at a pressure of less than atmospheric pressure;
- and
- agitating said resin solution to generate fine, randomly dispersed bubbles having sizes smaller than an electrode for one pixel entrapping said gas in said resin solution;
- forming a controlling means on said support member for controlling the application of an electric field to the light emitting resin layer in response to a signal received from outside;
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- forming a common electrode on said light emitting resin layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.