Abstract:
A method of creating an array of organic light emitting diode pixels comprises the steps of providing a mold (12) including recesses (15) for defining pixels and conduits (13, 14) leading to the recesses, positioning the mold (12) so that the recesses (15) are on a substrate, filling the recesses by means of the conduits (13, 14) with a liquid comprising an organic light emitting material, allowing the liquid in the recesses (15) to form into solid pixel structures, and removing the mold to leave the desired pixel array. A color array can be formed by sequentially forming pixels which emit light of different primary colors, for example using a different mold for each color.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a triple wavelengths white LED chooses a blue LED chip whose wavelength is ranged between 430 nm and 480 nm. A red and green mixed phosphor is coated on the blue LED chip. Thus, the red and green mixed phosphor may be excited by the blue LED chip, thereby producing a triple wavelengths white LED.
Abstract:
A coated optical fiber includes a fiber coating having an unblended primary portion on the optical fiber, an unblended secondary portion, and a blended portion intermediate the unblended primary and secondary portions. The thickness of the blended portion is greater than or equal to about 10% but less than 100% of the thickness of the fiber coating. An optical fiber ribbon includes a ribbon matrix similarly having an unblended primary portion, an unblended secondary portion, and a blended portion between the unblended primary portion and unblended secondary portion. A method for fabricating a coated optical fiber or optical fiber ribbon includes applying a primary portion material to the optical fiber or plurality of coated optical fibers, and applying a secondary portion material in a manner selected to provide a blend of the primary portion material and the secondary portion material. An applicator apparatus includes means for performing the described steps.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a luminescent screen assembly for a cathode ray tube (CRT) is disclosed. The luminescent screen assembly is formed on an interior surface of a faceplate panel of the CRT. The luminescent screen assembly includes a patterned light-absorbing matrix that defines a first set of fields, a second set of fields, and a third set of fields. A first blocking layer is formed over the second set of fields and the third set of fields. A first pigment is then applied to the first set of fields to form a first color filter. The first blocking layer is removed from the second set of fields and the third set of fields, and a second blocking layer is formed over the third set of fields and the first color filter in the first set of fields. A second pigment is then applied to the second set of fields to form a second color filter. The second blocking layer is then removed from the third set of fields and the first color filter in the first set of fields.
Abstract:
A method of film fabrication is taught that uses a coating and drying apparatus to fabricate resin films suitable for optical applications. In particular, polyvinyl butyral films are prepared by simultaneous application of multiple liquid layers to a moving carrier substrate. After solvent removal, the polyvinyl butyral films are peeled from the sacrificial carrier substrate. Polyvinyl butyral films prepared by the current invention exhibit good clarity and low birefringence.
Abstract:
A process for producing an article with a microstructure includes the steps of forming a primary relief structure on a surface of a substrate, applying a photo resist on the substrate, exposing part of the photo resist using a photo mask so as to form a microstructure pattern, developing the microstructure pattern in the exposed photo resist, thereby allowing access to a part of the primary relief structure from the photo resist, and thereby forming a patterned surface with a microstructure relief that is bounded by the exposed part of the primary relief structure and by remainder of the photo resist on the substrate, and forming a metal layer on the patterned surface to form the article having the microstructure with a profile corresponding to the microstructure relief on the patterned surface.
Abstract:
A method for applying a coating to an optical surface of an optical device. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of placing a coating solution in a cliche of a cliche plate, transferring the coating solution from the cliche to deformable body of a transfer pad, and pressing the transfer pad to the optical surface so as to transfer the coating solution from the deformable body of the transfer pad to the optical surface. The method further includes a step of irradiating the coating solution associated with the optical surface at a wavelength of microwave so as to form a coating layer on the optical surface. The coating layer can be further cured to form a desired coating on a proper optical surface. The optical device can be an optical lens having at least one optical surface, or a mold that can be used to produce an optical lens. In other words, the present invention allows a coating to be applied directly to an optical surface of an optical lens. Alternatively, a coating can be first applied to an optical surface of at least one mold and then be transferred to an optical surface of an optical lens during casting process.
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to a method of modifying the surface of substrates such as contact lenses and other biomedical articles by at least partially coating the surfaces of such substrates with a polymeric tie layer having reactive sites. Various other moieties may then be chemically attached to the article surface by reaction of the other moieties with the reactive sites through classical chemical attachment mechanisms.
Abstract:
A method of transferring a transfer element of a donor sheet to a receptor includes forming an organic layer on a receptor substrate and forming a transfer element on a donor sheet, where the exposed surface of the transfer element is organic. Either the surface of the organic layer or the exposed surface of the transfer element (or both) is roughened using a plasma treatment. The transfer element of the donor sheet is then selectively thermally transferred to the surface of the organic layer.
Abstract:
Method of predicting optical properties and physical characteristics of coated paper or other sheet products for the purpose of formulating enhanced coating or sheet forming systems, and in particular to a method, which uses a diffusion approximation model derived from a radiative transfer theory employing various inputs of the properties and/or characteristics to predict coating or sheet system performance.