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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7112918 | Microdischarge devices and arrays having tapered microcavities A microdischarge device has a semiconductor layer, an intermediate layer, and a conductive layer. A tapered cavity is disposed in at least the semiconductor layer. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7081602 | Fail-safe, resistive-film, immersion heater A heater comprising a conduit made of corundum (e.g. synthetic sapphire) and having a wall forming a closed cross-section with an interior surface, and an exterior surface. At least one of the interior and exterior surfaces may have a roughened portion comprising in... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6970226 | Liquid crystal display having vacuum layer for isolating heat A liquid crystal display includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display panel. The backlight unit contains an optical film positioned above a light source, and the optical film at least includes a vacuum layer for isolating heat generated by the light source... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6734618 | Vacuum fluorescent display with rib grid A vacuum fluorescent display includes a vacuum tube with a pair of substrates, and a side glass disposed between the two substrates. Filaments are mounted within the vacuum tube to emit thermal electrons. A conductive layer is formed at one of the substrates with a ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 5955839 | Incandescent microcavity lightsource having filament spaced from reflector at node of wave emitted An incandescent microcavity lightsource 30 has an incandescent active region 13 capable of spontaneous light emission when heated. The incandescent microcavity lightsource 30 controls the spontaneous light emissions from said active region 13.... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5844364 | Incandescent light-emitting assemblies A display has a matrix array of cells formed in a silicon plate and each containing a tungsten strip filament. The cells are filled with a halogen gas and are sealed by a double-glazed window with an infra-red reflecting filter to reflect heat back into t... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5644676 | Thermal radiant source with filament encapsulated in protective film An electrically modulatable radiant source includes an essentially planar substrate, a well or hole formed in the substrate, and at least one incandescent filament attached to the substrate. The incandescent filament is aligned with the well or hole and i... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5500569 | Electrically modulatable thermal radiant source and method for manufacturing the same A radiant source including an essentially planar substrate having a well or hole formed therein. At least one incandescent filament is mounted to the substrate and aligned at the well or hole. Contact pads are formed onto the substrate, to both ends of th... | 03/19/1996 |
| 4724356 | Infrared display device A matrix of infrared generating cells is disclosed. Each cell includes a resistive element formed over and traversing a cavity formed on the surface of the supporting semiconductor substrate.... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4563617 | Flat panel television/display A bright, economical, flat panel television/display is fabricated by laser welding incandescent metal particles together to form light emitting micro-beads, the ends of which are simultaneously welded to driving electrodes. The small physical mass and dim... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4243910 | Filament support assembly for display device In a display lamp wherein at least three parallel filaments for horizontal lines and at least four filaments for vertical lines coupling the ends of the horizontal-line filaments are arrayed in the shape of a character "` `" and are switched on or off sel... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4039891 | Incandescent display lamp A glass incandescent display lamp is provided which includes a glass container and a glass faceplate forming a sealed glass envelope enclosing an evacuated space. A plurality of electrically-conductive filament posts having first and second ends is provid... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3941926 | Variable intensity display device A large display system capable of displaying a video image receives video signals, quantizes those signals to produce a digital code capable of representing variations in the light content of the image and processes the digital code so as to control indiv... | 03/02/1976 |
