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US 7,397,614 · App. 11/507,546 · Granted Jul 8, 2008

Display device

Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,397,614
App. No.
11/507,546
Granted
Jul 8, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes an optical region containing a plurality of pigment grains. Each of the plurality of pigment grains formed by a plurality of pigment molecules encapsulated in an inorganic material, and each of the plurality of pigment grains has a grain size not greater than 70 nm.

Claims (13)

1. A display device comprising:

an optical region containing a plurality of pigment grains, each of the plurality of pigment grains being formed by a plurality of pigment molecules encapsulated in an inorganic material;

wherein each of the plurality of pigment grains has a grain size not greater than 70 nm;

wherein the plurality of pigment molecules are aggregated in each of the plurality of pigment grains;

wherein each of the plurality of pigment molecules is an organic compound having at least one nitrogen atom therein;

wherein each of the plurality of pigment molecules is modified chemically to be soluble in an organic hydrophobic solvent before encapsulation thereof in the inorganic material; and

wherein the chemically modified molecular structure thereof is converted into an original molecular structure thereof by energy transfer.

2. A display device comprising:

an optical region containing a plurality of pigment grains, each of the plurality of pigment grains being formed by a plurality of pigment molecules encapsulated in an inorganic material;

wherein each of the plurality of pigment grains has a grain size not greater than 70 nm; and

wherein the inorganic material is silica.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical region containing the plurality of pigment grains is a light emitting layer formed on each of a plurality of pixels.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the optical region containing the plurality of pigment grains is a light emitting layer formed on each of a plurality of pixels.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0019 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0139 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-342437 · Nov 26, 2002 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 1072142700 · Nov 26, 2003
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