US4634926A
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Display tube provided with an interference filter
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1984-10-18
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Granted: 1987-01-06
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Expires: 2004-10-18
Abstract
Abstract A display tube comprising in an evacuated envelope (1) a display screen (7) provided on the inside of a display window (2) in the wall of the envelope (1), which display screen (7) comprises luminescent material (13), and a multilayer interference filter (12) is provided between this material and the display window and comprises a number of layers (HL) which alternately are manufactured from a material having a high (H) and a material having a low (L) refractive index. If the filter is composed substantially of 6 to 30 layers, each having an optical thickness nd, wherein n is the refractive index of the material and d is the thickness, which optical thickness is between 0.2λ f and 0.3λ f and preferably between 0.23λ f and 0.25λ f , wherein λ f is equal to p xλ, wherein λ is the desired central wavelength which is selected from the spectrum emitted by the luminescent material (13) and p is a number between 1.15 and 1.45, a display tube is obtained in which the luminous efficiency in the forward direction is at least 40% larger than in a tube without such a filter. Color improvement and gain in contrast also occur.
Inventors
- 👤 Leendert Vriens
- 👤 Johannes H. M. Spruit
- 👤 Johannes C. N. Rijpers
- 👤 Titus E. C. Brandsma
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 17:20
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J29/00; H01J29/02; H01J29/10; G; G02; G02B; G02B5/00; G02B5/20; G02B5/28; G02B5/285; H01J29/18; H01J29/185; H01J29/28; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/64; H04N5/65
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A display tube comprising in an evacuated envelope a display screen which is provided on the inside of a display window in the wall of the envelope, which display screen comprises luminescent material, and a multilayer interference filter is provided between said material and the display window, said filter comprising a number of layers manufactured alternately from a material having a high refractive index and a material having a low refractive index, characterized in that the filter is composed substantially of 6 to 30 layers each having an optical thickness nd, wherein n is the refractive index of the material of the layer and d is the thickness, said optical thickness nd being between 0.2λ f and 0.3λ f , in which λ f is equal to pxλ, in which λ is the desired central wavelength selected from the spectrum emitted by the luminescent material and p is a number between 1.15 and 1.45.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
A display tube comprising in an evacuated envelope a display screen which is provided on the inside of a display window in the wall of the envelope, which display screen comprises luminescent material, and a multilayer interference filter is provided between said material and the display window, said filter comprising a number of layers manufactured alternately from a material having a high refractive index and a material having a low refractive index, characterized in that the filter is composed substantially of 6 to 30 layers each having an optical thickness nd, wherein n is the refractive index of the material of the layer and d is the thickness, said optical thickness nd being between 0.2λ f and 0.3λ f , in which λ f is equal to pxλ, in which λ is the desired central wavelength selected from the spectrum emitted by the luminescent material and p is a number between 1.15 and 1.45.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the optical thickness nd is between 0.23λ f and 0.25λ f .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the luminescent material comprises a terbium-activated, substantially green luminescing phosphor and λ=545 nm and p is a number between 1.2 and 1.4.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the luminescent material comprises a terbium-activated blue luminescing phosphor and λ=490 nm and p is a number between 1.15 and 1.35.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the luminescing material is europium-activated yttrium oxide (Y 2 O 3 :Eu) and λ=612 nm and p is a number between 1.2 and 1.4.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
57 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the layers of the filter having a high refractive index consist of titanium oxide (TiO 2 ) or tantalum oxide (Ta 2 O 5 ) and the layers having a low refractive index consist of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ) or magnesium fluoride (MgF 2 ).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the magnesium fluoride is provided at approximately 300° C.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
66 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the layer of the filter facing the luminescent material is approximately 0.25λ f thick, consists of a material having a high refractive index and is coated with a terminating layer having an optical thickness of approximately 0.125λ f of a material having a lower refractive index, the luminescent material being provided on said terminating layer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
58 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the layer of the filter facing the display screen has a thickness of approximately 0.25λ f , consists of a material having a refractive index and is coated with an intermediate layer having an optical thickness of approximately 0.125λ f of material having a lower refractive index.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
73 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the layer of the filter facing the luminescent material has a thickness of approximately 0.25λ f and is composed of a mixture of titanium oxide (TIO 2 ) and a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of beryllium oxide (BeO), magnesium oxide (MgO), and calcium oxide (CaO) and in which mixture titanium oxide is present in 70 to 99% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the display window is surved inwardly.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
A display tube as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that it is a projection television display tube.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
A projection television device comprising at least a display tube as claimed in claim 1.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
A display window having a multilayer interference filter and a display screen for use in a display tube as claimed in claim 1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
A projection television device comprising a display tube as claimed in claim 3.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
A projection television device comprising a display tube as claimd in claim 4.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
13 words
A projection television device comprising a display tube as claimd in claim 5.
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