Black electrode TFEL display
First Claim
1. An electroluminescent device comprising:
- (a) a plurality of layers including at least a transparent electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, and at least three layers including an electroluminescent layer sandwiched between front and rear dielectric layers, all three layers thereof disposed between said rear electrode layer and said transparent electrode layer so as to emit light upon the application of an electric field between said transparent electrode layer and said rear electrode layer; and
(b) a thin-film light absorption layer that absorbs a substantial percentage of light incident thereon and which is disposed between said rear electrode layer and said rear dielectric layer, said light having a wavelength, said thin-film light absorption layer comprising;
(i) a first absorption portion having a first complex refractive index at a side adjacent said rear dielectric layer, said rear dielectric layer having an initial complex refractive index that substantially matches said first complex refractive index at a side adjacent said first absorption portion; and
(ii) a second absorption portion having a second complex refractive index at a side adjacent said rear electrode layer, said rear electrode layer having a complex refractive index that substantially matches said second complex refractive index at a side adjacent said second absorption portion.
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Abstract
An electroluminescent display having a plurality of layers including at least a transparent electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, and at least three layers including an electroluminescent layer sandwiched between front and rear dielectric layers. All three layers thereof are disposed between the rear electrode layer and the transparent electrode layer wherein the transparent electrode layer is formed on a transparent substrate, so as to emit light upon the application of an electric field between the transparent electrode layer and the rear electrode layer. A thin-film absorption layer that absorbs a substantial percentage of light incident thereon is disposed between the rear electrode layer and the rear dielectric layer. The thin-film light absorption layer includes a first absorption portion having a complex refractive index that substantially matches the complex refractive index of the rear dielectric layer where they are adjacent and a second absorption portion having a complex refractive index that substantially matches the complex refractive index of the rear electrode layer where they are adjacent. In one embodiment the thin-film light absorption layer is a single layer having a complex refractive index which gradually changes. In an alternate embodiment the thin-film light absorption layer is composed of a plurality of discrete layers.
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13 Claims
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1. An electroluminescent device comprising:
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(a) a plurality of layers including at least a transparent electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, and at least three layers including an electroluminescent layer sandwiched between front and rear dielectric layers, all three layers thereof disposed between said rear electrode layer and said transparent electrode layer so as to emit light upon the application of an electric field between said transparent electrode layer and said rear electrode layer; and (b) a thin-film light absorption layer that absorbs a substantial percentage of light incident thereon and which is disposed between said rear electrode layer and said rear dielectric layer, said light having a wavelength, said thin-film light absorption layer comprising; (i) a first absorption portion having a first complex refractive index at a side adjacent said rear dielectric layer, said rear dielectric layer having an initial complex refractive index that substantially matches said first complex refractive index at a side adjacent said first absorption portion; and (ii) a second absorption portion having a second complex refractive index at a side adjacent said rear electrode layer, said rear electrode layer having a complex refractive index that substantially matches said second complex refractive index at a side adjacent said second absorption portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a TFEL device for providing an optical display, a substrate supporting a laminar thin film which includes a set of transparent front electrodes, a set of rear electrodes, and a phosphor layer sandwiched between front and rear dielectric layers, and disposed between said front and rear electrodes the improvement comprising:
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(a) a thin-film light absorption layer that absorbs a substantial percentage of light incident thereon; and (b) said light absorption layer disposed between said rear dielectric layer and said set of rear electrodes; and (c) said thin-film light absorption layer comprising; (i) a first absorption portion having a first complex refractive index at a side adjacent said rear dielectric layer, said rear dielectric layer having an initial complex refractive index that substantially matches said first complex refractive index at a side adjacent said first absorption portion; and (ii) a second absorption portion having a second complex refractive index at a side adjacent said rear electrode layer, said rear electrode layer having a complex refractive index that substantially matches said second complex refractive index at a side adjacent said second absorption portion. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An electroluminescent device comprising:
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(a) a plurality of layers including at least a transparent electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, and at least three layers including an electroluminescent layer sandwiched between front and rear dielectric layers, all three layers thereof disposed between said rear electrode layer and said transparent electrode layer so as to emit light upon the application of an electric field between said transparent electrode layer and said rear electrode layer; and (b) a thin-film light absorption layer that absorbs a substantial percentage of light incident thereon and which is disposed between said rear electrode layer and said rear dielectric layer, said thin-film light absorption layer comprising; (i) a first absorption portion having a first complex refractive index at a side adjacent a first adjacent layer, said first adjacent layer having an initial complex refractive index that substantially matches said first complex refractive index at a side adjacent said first absorption portion; and (ii) a second absorption portion having a second complex refractive index at a side adjacent a second adjacent layer, said second adjacent layer having a complex refractive index that substantially matches said second complex refractive index at a side adjacent said second absorption portion. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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