MAGNESIUM BARIUM THIOALUMINATE AND RELATED PHOSPHOR MATERIALS

• Main Authors: WU, XINGWEI, CHEONG, DAN DAEWEON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.11.2008
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COMPOUNDS OF THE METALS BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ALUMINIUM,CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM, THORIUM, OR OF THERARE-EARTH METALS; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; DYES; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; POLISHES; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION

A phosphor and a method of deposition. The phosphor comprises a composition of the formula M'aBa1-aM''2M'''4':RE, where M' is at least one element selected from magnesium and calcium, M'' is at least one element selected from aluminum, gallium and indium, M''' is at least one element selected from sulphur, selenium and tellurium, RE is at least one rare earth element, especially europium or cerium, and 0<a<1. Deposition is preferably by dual source electron beam deposition. The phosphor may be annealed. The phosphor provides a high luminosity blue emission that does not require an optical filter to achieve acceptable colour coordinates for the blue sub-pixel eleme nt for a full colour thin film or thick film electroluminescent display. The bl ue sub-pixel pixel performance meets the luminosity and colour temperature specifications for current generation cathode ray tube displays.