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Luminescence detecting devices
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1986-09-30
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Granted: 1989-02-14
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Expires: 2006-09-30
Abstract
Abstract A luminescence detecting device including a luminescence sensitive member made of a transparent resin or the like and containing at least two different kinds of organic phosphors dispersed therein. The first organic phosphor is operative to absorb fluorescence from incident radiation such as the index phosphor stripes from a reflex color cathode ray tube, and has a response spectrum which overlaps with the wavelength range of the incident fluorescence. The first phosphor is designed to emit fluorescence in a higher wavelength range upon excitation by the incident fluorescent radiation. The second phosphor is responsive to the fluorescence emitted by the first phosphor since the spectra of the two phosphors overlap. The second type of organic phosphor emits its own range of fluorescence in a particular wave band and can be detected by a luminescence sensing portion of the device to provide a signal which can be used to control the operation of the cathode ray tube.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenichi Takeuchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 10:12
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J29/00; H01J29/86; H01J29/89; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/16; H04N9/22; H04N9/24; H10; H10F; H10F77/00; H10F77/40; H10F77/496; H01J2231/00; H01J2231/12; H01J2231/121
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
226 words
In a beam index cathode ray tube including a photosensitive element comprising a PIN diode which has a peak response at a relatively high wavelength relative to wavelengths of visible light, said photosensitive element further including a luminescence detecting device comprising: a luminescence sensitive member composed of a transparent material containing at least two types of organic phosphors dispersed therein, the first type of organic phosphor being excitable by incident luminescence of a wavelength substantially lower than said relatively high wavelength entering therein and operative to absorb fluorescence in a first wavelength range which overlaps with the range of wavelengths in said incident luminescence and emit fluorescence in a second wavelength range overlapping with the longer wavelength portion of said incident luminescence, the second type of organic phosphor being excitable by flourescence in a third wavelength range overlapping with at least a part of said second wavelength range and emit fluorescence in a fourth wavelength range overlapping with the longer wavelength portion of said third wavelength range, and luminescence sensing means comprising said photosensitive element disposed in proximity to said luminescence sensitive member and capable of immediately detecting at least the flourescence in a fourth wavelength range emitted by said luminescence sensitive member to produce an output signal approximating said relatively high wavelength peak response of said photosenstivie element in response to the flourescence detected thereby.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
226 words
In a beam index cathode ray tube including a photosensitive element comprising a PIN diode which has a peak response at a relatively high wavelength relative to wavelengths of visible light, said photosensitive element further including a luminescence detecting device comprising: a luminescence sensitive member composed of a transparent material containing at least two types of organic phosphors dispersed therein, the first type of organic phosphor being excitable by incident luminescence of a wavelength substantially lower than said relatively high wavelength entering therein and operative to absorb fluorescence in a first wavelength range which overlaps with the range of wavelengths in said incident luminescence and emit fluorescence in a second wavelength range overlapping with the longer wavelength portion of said incident luminescence, the second type of organic phosphor being excitable by flourescence in a third wavelength range overlapping with at least a part of said second wavelength range and emit fluorescence in a fourth wavelength range overlapping with the longer wavelength portion of said third wavelength range, and luminescence sensing means comprising said photosensitive element disposed in proximity to said luminescence sensitive member and capable of immediately detecting at least the flourescence in a fourth wavelength range emitted by said luminescence sensitive member to produce an output signal approximating said relatively high wavelength peak response of said photosenstivie element in response to the flourescence detected thereby.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 1 wherein said luminescence sensitive member is elongated and includes a thin metallic layer at the sides thereof and partially surrounding said member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
177 words
In a beam index type cathode ray tube, a luminescence sensitive member subject in use to impingement by incident flourescent radiation in a predetermined band of ultraviolet wavelengths comprising: a plate composed of a transparent resin having dispersed therein at least two phosphers, the first of said phosphors being excitable over a range of wavelengths which overlaps said predetermined band of wavelengths at the higher end thereof, and the second of said phosphors being excitable over a range of wavelengths which overlaps the range of wavelengths emitted by excitation of said first phosphor at the higher end thereof such that excitation of said plate causes emission of flourescence from said first phosphor and excitation of said second phosphor by flourescence emitted by said first phosphor, such that the plate emits secondary flourescence at a higher wavelength band than in said predetermined band of incident radiation, and a photosensitive element comprising a PIN diode receiving said secondary flourescence and having a peak response at an infrared wavelength in said higher wavelength band, for immediately generating an output signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
177 words
In a beam index type cathode ray tube, a luminescence sensitive member subject in use to impingement by incident flourescent radiation in a predetermined band of ultraviolet wavelengths comprising: a plate composed of a transparent resin having dispersed therein at least two phosphers, the first of said phosphors being excitable over a range of wavelengths which overlaps said predetermined band of wavelengths at the higher end thereof, and the second of said phosphors being excitable over a range of wavelengths which overlaps the range of wavelengths emitted by excitation of said first phosphor at the higher end thereof such that excitation of said plate causes emission of flourescence from said first phosphor and excitation of said second phosphor by flourescence emitted by said first phosphor, such that the plate emits secondary flourescence at a higher wavelength band than in said predetermined band of incident radiation, and a photosensitive element comprising a PIN diode receiving said secondary flourescence and having a peak response at an infrared wavelength in said higher wavelength band, for immediately generating an output signal.
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