Thin-film EL display device having a high-contrast ratio

• US 5,084,650 A
• Filed: 03/13/1991
• Issued: 01/28/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Goldstar Jewellery LLC
• Original Assignee: Goldstar Jewellery LLC
• Inventors: Ryu, Jae H.
• Primary Examiner(s): DeMeo, Palmer C.
• Application Number:
  US07/668,859
• Time in Patent Office: 321 Days
• Field of Search: 313/507, 313/509
• US Class Current: 313/507
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/23 Photochromic filters
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/33 being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/12 Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/145 Arrangements of the electroluminescent material
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/18 characterised by the nature or concentration of the activator
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/22 characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of auxiliary dielectric or reflective layers

Abstract

A thin-film EL display having a high-contrast ratio comprising a transparent ceramic substrate. A background electrode is formed on the lower surface of the ceramic substrate. A photochromism layer is formed on the upper surface of the ceramic substrate. The photochromism layer is black-colored when exposed to a required wavelength of light of 3,500 Å to 5,100 Å. Therefore, it is possible to avoid decrease in the contrast of the display device which may be caused by external light or light emitted from the fluorescent layer itself.

Claims

1. A thin-film EL display device having a high-contrast ratio comprising:

a transparent ceramic substrate;

a background electrode formed on the lower surface of said ceramic substrate;

a photochromism layer formed on the upper surface of said ceramic substrate, said photochromism layer being black-colored when exposed to a required wavelength of light; and

a fluorescent layer, an insulating layer and a transparent electrode sequentially formed on the upper surface of the photochromism layer.

2. A thin-film EL display device having a high-contrast ratio in accordance with claim 1, wherein said transparent ceramic substrate is a PLZT ((Pb, La)(Zr, Ti)O₃) ceramic substrate.

3. A thin-film EL display having a high-contrast ratio in accordance with claim 2, wherein said PLZT is a strong dielectric material having a dielectric constant of 900 to 5,000.

4. A thin-film EL display having a high-contrast ratio in accordance with claim 1, wherein said photochromism layer comprises PLZT ((Pb, La)(Zr, Ti)O₃) doped with Fe, and is black-colored by light having a wavelength of 3,500 Å

to 5,100 Å

.

5. A thin-film EL display having a high-contrast ratio in accordance with claim 1, wherein said photochromism layer has a thickness of 1,000 Å

.

6. A thin-film EL display having a high-contrast ratio in accordance with claim 1, wherein said fluorescent layer comprises a SrS:

Ce fluorescent material.

7. A thin-film EL display having a high-contrast ratio in accordance with claim 6, wherein said SrS:

Ce fluorescent material comprises SrS doped with Ce to 0.1 mol %.

8. A thin-film EL display having a high-contrast ratio in accordance with claim 6, wherein said fluorescent layer has a thickness of 6,000 Å

to 10,000 Å

.

9. A thin-film EL display having a high-contrast ratio in accordance with claim 1, wherein said insulating layer comprises a dielectric material selected from the group consisting of SiO₂, Si₃ N₄, SiOxNy, and Y₂ O₃.