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- a cathode ray tube (CRT) having an image screen [52] us Cl 313/391. 252/301 4 313/397. composed of a material that is both cathodochromic 313/398. 515/13 and fluorescent and in which the cathodochromic col 51 1111. C1 1101.] 29/20- 11011 31/12 oration lifetime is at least a
- the material [58] Field of Search 313 391, 397, 398, 101, PlOYed is Nafi A16(GeuSi1-1/)6 024201) Nax wherein 313/311.
- 315/85 10 13 346/74 z is the fraction of NaX vacancies
- X is chosen from 5 5 3675523014 the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof, and varies from [56] References Cited 0003 to UNITED STATES PATENTS 23 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures 2,752,521 6/1956 lvey .1 313/465 x 1 X x t K I i x 2 M j i 2 I r I F 4fip US. Patent 0m. 7,1975 Sheet 1 of 2 3,911,315
- the present invention relates to a cathode ray tube whose image screen is both cathodochromic and fluorescent, to the material of which the image screen is composed, and to the means of excitation of said fluorescence.
- Photochromic materials have the property that they change color reversibly upon illumination by light while cathodochromic materials change color upon excitation by an electron beam. This is not a clear distinction, however, since most photochromic materials are also cathodochromic. A unique distinction can be made if one considers the bleaching or erasing mode. In photochromic materials the colored state can be completely bleached by light while in the cathodochromic materials light causes only partial bleaching. The remaining coloration, thermal mode coloration, must be erased by heating. The lifetime of this coloration at room temperature is, in some cases, greater than several months even under bright ambient light. The coloration can be erased rapidly by heating the material to about 200C for sodalite. The systems described herein relate to sodalite operating in the thermal erase mode.
- Cathode ray tube (CRT) image screens for cathodochromic materials exhibit high resolution, long lifetime of coloration, gray scale and high contrast in bright ambient light. However, since their contrast capability depends on reflected or transmitted light, they cannot be viewed satisfactorily under low ambient conditions.
- the fluorescence which is herein disclosed allows the use of such image screens in both high and low ambient light levels. In bright ambient the screen has its (Medved); 4
- a cathodochromic display device operated in the fluorescent mode is more visually acceptable than present phosphor displays since the viewer sees a dark display on a light background.
- the brightness of the background can be easily adjusted by varying the intensity of the ultraviolet illumination. In this circumstance the viewer must be shielded from the ultraviolet light by a special absorbing faceplate. If the faceplate is chosen such that it passes only the green fluorescent light, contrast ratios in excess of 40:1 can easily be achieved in the fluorescent mode.
- the fluorescent-mode display can be employed in airplane cockpits where low light levels are often necessary. In airplane cockpits where low light levels are often necessary, this display offers high resolution, long storage time and high contrast. Even in brightly illuminated areas, the display remains intact and still has high contrast. The same system exists for displays in patrol ears, helicopters and ships. For any night vision use in which phosphor display devices have been employed these fluorescentmode cathodochromic CRTs offer the advantages of high resolution and long storage time and, possibly, even lower cost.
- cathode ray tube having an image screen composed of cathodochromic sodalite that displays high contrast in high ambient light and is, as well, fluorescent under ultraviolet radiation, thus offering contrast in low ambient light conditions.
- a further object is to provide a high resolution cathode ray tube comprising cathodochromic sodalite material.
- Another object is to provide a material for such image screen, a material that gives high contrast under the conditions noted and one that has a long lifetime of coloration of the order of months or years.
- Still another object is to provide an image screen material that has a contrast ratio or the order of 10:1 in high ambient light and approximately double that ratio in ultraviolet radiations.
- a cathode ray tube having an image screen composed of a material that is both cathodochromic and fluorescent and in which the screen material has a coloration lifetime of weeks, months or years.
- the cathode ray tube comprises any envelope having a faceplate upon which the image screen is formed and means for providing an electron beam to write upon the image screen.
- the screen material is sodalite with a dopant that alters the electronic structure of the material and thus allows fluorescence to occur under ultraviolet excitation, for example.
- the cathodochromic and fluorescent image screen material discussed herein is Na Al (Ge,,Si .2( l-z)NaX, wherein z in the fraction of NaX vacancies, X is chosen from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof, and y varies from about 0.003 to 0.30.
- FIG. 1 is a side view, partially cutaway, of a cathode ray tube (CRT) embodying the present inventive concepts and shows a tube having a transparent conductive coating on the faceplate of the CRT and between said faceplate and the image screen thereof;
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- FIG. 2 is a partial view, in section, showing a modification of the cathode ray tube of FIG. 1, the image screen in the latter figure being disposed between the conductive coating and the faceplate;
- FIG. 3A is fluorescence spectrum of Ge doped bromine sodalite at 77K.
- FIG. 3B is the excitation spectrum of the Ge doped bromine sodalite at 77K.
- a cathode ray tube embodying the present concepts comprising an envelope 1 having a faceplate 2.
- a cathodochromic image screen 3 disposed upon a transparent conductive coating 4 of SnO for example, that serves as the anode of the electron beam producing means later discussed.
- SnO transparent conductive coating
- the image screen here is shown as part of a composite structure adhered to the inside surface of the faceplate 2 and this particular type arrangement has advantages, particularly in terms of cost of manufacture and structural stability, but the present concepts have use in cathode ray tubes wherein the image screen is physically displaced from the faceplate of the tube and deposited on another substrate.
- the image screen is made of the cathodochromic and fluorescent material Na Al (Ge,,Si 0 .2( l-z)NaX, wherein X is chosen from the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof, y varies from about 0.003 to 0.30 and z is the fraction of NaX vacancies created during hydrogen annealing. A value of y of the order of 0.01 (i.e., l percent) has been found to give optimum fluorescent characteristics. Annealing of the material in hydrogen is necessary to create negative ion vacanies which are essential for color center formation, in this case, F centers. This process is also required for the occurrence of fluorescence.
- the fluorescent and excitation spectrum of an annealed germanium doped bromine sodalite power are shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, respectively.
- the emission band peaks at 5250A when excited by 2750A or 3400A radiation.
- the material colors and acquires an F absorption band at approximately 5500A. Since the absorption band occurs very close to the emission band, much of the fluorescence created within the colored portions of the image screen is re-absorbed. Additional atomic quenching also occurs leading to a very high contrast between the colored and uncolored areas.
- the coloration lifetime of this material is of the order of months and even years.
- Writing on the image screen is effected by an electron beam provided by an electron gun 5 and the anode in combination.
- the anode configuration depends on the means of ultraviolet excitation of the fluorescence and is discussed in detail below. It is not believed that any further discussion of electron beam producting, focusing and deflection need be pursued since these are matters well within the scope of workers in the art.
- Erasing the image is effected by raising the temperature of the cathodochromic sodalite screen material. This can be accomplished by resistive heating with the image screen deposited on a thin substrate within the envelope, (see US. Pat. No.
- the fluorescent and cathodochromic CRT can be operated in either of two modes rear or front illumination.
- One form of CRT fabrication used for rear illumination is that shown in FIG. 1.
- the anode comprises a transparent conductive coating 4 on the inside surface of the faceplate 2 between the faceplate and the image screen 3 and extending at 6 along the side walls labeled 7 of the envelope toward the electron gun 5; an aluminum or Aquadag coating 8 which overlaps the transparent conductive layer 4 extends further along the sidewalls 7; and an Aquadag coating 9 which overlaps the coating 8 and extends along the tube neck 10 to the electron gun 5.
- the image In high ambient light, the image is read in a transmission mode using a lamp 1] which directs visible radiation (white light) through the screen 3 toward the viewer. The uncolored portions of the screen transmit the viewing light while the colored areas absorb it thus creating a high contrast image.
- the image In low ambient conditions, where white light is not allowed, the image is read in the fluorescent mode with the fluorescence being excited by one or more ultraviolet lamps 12 which direct radiation upon the surface designated 13 of the screen facing the electron gun.
- the excitation source 14 may be located outside of the envelope, as shown in FIG. 1 with the exciting radiation entering through a rear port 15 and striking the screen surface designated 13.
- the port cover 16 must be a material, such as quartz, which transmits the exciting light.
- the faceplate 2, or an auxilliary filter must absorb the ultraviolet radiation to protect the viewer.
- the screen construction is as shown in FIG. 2.
- the image screen 3 is deposited directly on the faceplate 2 and the anode consists of an opaque conductive coating 17, usually aluminum, on the back surface 18 of the screen and extending along the sidewalls 7 of the envelope to the tube neck where the anode circuit is completed with an Aquadag coating 9, as before.
- the image is written by the electron beam and read, in high ambient conditions, with light incident on the front surface 19 of the image screen.
- the uncolored areas of the screen reflect the incident light while the colored areas partially absorb the reading light and reflect the remainder thus causing a colored image.
- the screen fluorescence is excited by one or more ultraviolet lights 20 outside the envelope which direct radiation upon the front surface 19 of the image screen.
- the aluminum layer 17 serves several purposes in this configuration: 1) it is part of the anode; (2) in high ambient conditions, it reflects the incident viewing light back through the image screen thus increasing its whiteness and hence its contrast capability; (3) in the fluorescent mode, it reflects the incident ultraviolet radiation back through the screen and thus increases the ultraviolet exposure; and (4) in this latter mode, it also reflects the green fluorescent light which is directed away from the viewer back toward the viewer thus increasing the fluorescent light output.
- the product is a slurry of crystalline powder in a concentrated NaOH solution.
- the NaOH is removed by washing the powder repeatedly with distilled water.
- the powder is dried for one hour in an oven at about 130C and then crushed to a fine particle size.
- the X-ray powder pattern consists of diffraction peaks representing single phase germanium doped sodalite. (Electron microprobe measurements made in work done revealed that the powder contained only one atomic percent germanium substituted for silicon rather than the intended three atomic percent due to the incomplete substitution of the larger germanium ions for the smaller silicon ions.)
- the powder is annealed in hydrogen to create lattice vacancies which are necessary for the formation of color centers, in this case F centers.
- the hydrogen annealing treatment is also essential for the occurrence of fluorescence.
- the above powder has an absorption band at 5400A and an emission band at 5250A.
- Germanium doped sodalite bromine is also produced by a combination of sintering and hydrothermal methods. Chemicals are combined according to the equa tion:
- bromine sodalite containing 10 atomic percent germanium substituted for silicon 4.12 grams NaBr, 6.12 grams A1 0 6.49 grams SiO 1.26 grams GeO and 4.80 grams NaOH are thoroughly mixed and then sintered in a furnace at 750C for 2 hours. The resulting product, in the form of a hard calcined mass, is next ball milled for several hours to reduce it to a fine-grain powder.
- the sintered powder is next reacted in a hydrothermal vessel at low temperature. 3.14 grams of sintered powder are placed in a teflon'lined acid digestion vessel with an internal capacity of 30 ml. An 18 ml solution of 7.20 grams NaOH and H 0 are added to the charge in the vessel and the vessel sealed. The base of the vessel is maintained at 130C for about hours and then cooled to room temperature. The resultant is a slurry of crystalline powder in a concentrated NaOl-l solution. The product is then processed as in Example 1. After annealing for 15 minutes at about 650C, the material exhibits an absorption band at 5500A and an emission band at 5250A.
- a cathode ray tube that comprises an envelope having a faceplate, a cathodochromic image screen in said envelope, said cathodochromic image screen comprising a material that has a coloration or F-center as well as a luminescent or fluorescent center so that said material is cathodochromic and is also fluorescent, the coloration or F-center absorption band of said material occurring very close to the emission band of the luminescent of fluorescent center; and means for producing an electron beam to write on the image screen.
- a cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 1 in which the electron beam producing means includes an electron gun and an anode, in which the anode is a transparent conductive coating on the faceplate, and which includes aluminum on the inside surface of the envelope side walls and connected to the transparent conductive coating such that the anode circuit is complete.
- a cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 1 that further includes ultraviolet light means positioned to direct radiation upon said screen.
- a cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 7 in which the means to produce the electron beam is an electron gun and an anode, in which the anode is a thin aluminum layer on the major surface of the screen and between the screen and the electron gun, and in which the ultraviolet radiation is directed upon the other major surface of the screen.
- a cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 7 in which the means to produce the electron beam includes an electron gun and an anode, and in which the anode is a transparent conductive coating on the inside surface of the faceplate between the envelope and the screen and extending along the side walls of the envelope toward the electron gun.
- a cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 7 in which the means to produce the electron beam is an electron gun and an anode, in which the anode is a transparent conductive coating on the inside surface of the faceplate between the envelope and the screen and extends along the side walls of the envelope toward the electron gun and in which the ultraviolet light means directs ultraviolet radiation upon the surface of the screen facing the electron gun.
- a cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 10 in which the ultraviolet light means is outside the envelope and in which the envelope transmits ultraviolet radiation to the screen.
- a fluorescent and cathodochromic material that comprises Na Al -(Ge Si O 2(l-z)NaX, wherein z is the fraction of NaX vacancies, X is chosen from the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof and y varies from about 0.003 to 0.30.
- a fluorescent and cathodochromic material that consists essentially of l la Al (Ge,,Si O, 2(1- z)NaX, wherein X is bromine y varies from 0.003 to 0.30 and z is greater than zero but less than 1.
- a cathode ray tube that comprises an envelope having a faceplate, image screen means that has a coloration or F-center as well as a luminescent of fluorescent center so that the image screen means is both cathodochromic and fluorescent, the coloration or F- center absorption band of the image screen means occurring very close to the emission band of the luminescent or fluorescent center, the cathodochromic coloration lifetime being at least the order of hours, means producing an electron beam to write on the image screen, and means effecting luminescence of the image screen.
- Apparatus as claimed in claim 20 in which the image screen comprises a cathodochromic and fluorescent sodalite material that contains a dopant that alters the electronic structure of the material such that fluorescence occurs.
- Apparatus as claimed in claim 20 that further includes means illuminating the image screen in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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A cathode ray tube (CRT) having an image screen composed of a material that is both cathodochromic and fluorescent and in which the cathodochromic coloration lifetime is at least a month. The material employed is Na6 Al6 (GeySi1 y)6 O24.2(1-z) NaX wherein z is the fraction of NaX vacancies, X is chosen from the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof, and y varies from 0.003 to 0.30.
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0 United States Patent 1191 [111 3,91 1,315
Todd, Jr. et a1. Oct. 7, 1975 [54] CATHODE RAY TUBE WHOSE IMAGE 3,253,497 5/1966 Dreyer 315/85 X SCREEN IS BOTH CATHODOCHROMIC 3,339,099 8/1967 Anderson... 313/398 3,452,332 6/1969 Bron et al.. 315/85 X AND FLUORESCENT AND THE MATERIAL 3,631,295 12/1971 Pooley 315/13 ST FOR THE SCREEN 3,650,975 3/1972 Yale 252/3014 x [75] Inventors: Lee T. Todd, Jr., Lexington, Ky.;
23 ne :1 g 2" t i g f Primary Examiner-James W. Lawrence M nc es 0 0 Assistant Examiner-E. R. La Roche Attorney, Agent, or FirmArthur A. Smith, Jr.; [73] Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Robert Shaw; Martin M. Santa.
Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
[22] Filed: Apr. 1, 1974 [57] ABSTRACT [2]] App]. No.: 456,961
A cathode ray tube (CRT) having an image screen [52] us Cl 313/391. 252/301 4 313/397. composed of a material that is both cathodochromic 313/398. 515/13 and fluorescent and in which the cathodochromic col 51 1111. C1 1101.] 29/20- 11011 31/12 oration lifetime is at least a The material [58] Field of Search 313 391, 397, 398, 101, PlOYed is Nafi A16(GeuSi1-1/)6 024201) Nax wherein 313/311. 315/85 10 13 346/74 z is the fraction of NaX vacancies, X is chosen from 5 5 3675523014 the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof, and varies from [56] References Cited 0003 to UNITED STATES PATENTS 23 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures 2,752,521 6/1956 lvey .1 313/465 x 1 X x t K I i x 2 M j i 2 I r I F 4fip US. Patent 0m. 7,1975 Sheet 1 of 2 3,911,315
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CATHODE RAY TUBE WHOSE IMAGE SCREEN IS 80TH CATHODOCHROMIC AND FLUORESCENT AND THE MATERIAL FOR THE SCREEN The invention described herein was made in the course of or under a grant from the National Science Foundation, an agency of the United States Government.
The present invention relates to a cathode ray tube whose image screen is both cathodochromic and fluorescent, to the material of which the image screen is composed, and to the means of excitation of said fluorescence.
Attention is called to the following related applications being filed herewith and hereby incorporated herein by reference: Method of and Apparatus for Exciting Luminescence in a Cathode Ray Tube Having An Image Screen Composed of a Material that Is Both Cathodoehromic and Cathodoluminescent, Ser. No. 457,112, filed Apr. 1, 1974 (Todd, Jr.); A Process for Preparing cathodochromic Sodalite Having Enhanced Coloration Properties and a Cathode Ray Tube Employing the Same, Ser. No. 456,962, filed Apr. 1, 1974 (Todd, Jr. et al.), Cathode Ray Tube Employing FaceplateDeposited cathodochromic Material and Electron Beam Erase, Ser. No. 457,1 1 1, filed Apr. 1, 1974 (Todd, Jr.). Attention is called also to the doctoral thesis of Lee T. Todd, Jr. (a copy of the thesis accompanies the application entitled A Process for Preparing Cathodochromic Mixtures Having Enhanced Coloration Properties"), which thesis is hereby incorporated herein by reference; the work upon which the thesis is based was done by the inventor Todd, Jr. at M.1.T. under the supervision of the inventor Linz and with the collaboration and consultation, as to certain aspects thereof, with the inventor Farrell. The thesis contains an exhaustive list of references to prior work as well as detailed theoretical analysis, neither of which is repeated here. The following US. Pat. Nos. are made of record: 3,705,323 (Shidlovsky); 3,598,750 (Phillips); 2,752,521 (Ivey); 2,761,846 3,706,845 (Heyman et a1.); 3,148,281 (Fyler).
Photochromic materials have the property that they change color reversibly upon illumination by light while cathodochromic materials change color upon excitation by an electron beam. This is not a clear distinction, however, since most photochromic materials are also cathodochromic. A unique distinction can be made if one considers the bleaching or erasing mode. In photochromic materials the colored state can be completely bleached by light while in the cathodochromic materials light causes only partial bleaching. The remaining coloration, thermal mode coloration, must be erased by heating. The lifetime of this coloration at room temperature is, in some cases, greater than several months even under bright ambient light. The coloration can be erased rapidly by heating the material to about 200C for sodalite. The systems described herein relate to sodalite operating in the thermal erase mode.
Cathode ray tube (CRT) image screens for cathodochromic materials exhibit high resolution, long lifetime of coloration, gray scale and high contrast in bright ambient light. However, since their contrast capability depends on reflected or transmitted light, they cannot be viewed satisfactorily under low ambient conditions. The fluorescence which is herein disclosed allows the use of such image screens in both high and low ambient light levels. In bright ambient the screen has its (Medved); 4
normal cathodochromic properties. In low ambient, under ultraviolet light, the unwritten area of the screen becomes bright green while the written area remains dark. There is actually a contrast ratio enhancement of about a factor of two. A cathodochromic screen image viewed in bright ambient light with a contrast ratio of about 10:1 exhibits a contrast ratio of 22:1 when viewed in low ambient under ultraviolet light.
A cathodochromic display device operated in the fluorescent mode is more visually acceptable than present phosphor displays since the viewer sees a dark display on a light background. The brightness of the background can be easily adjusted by varying the intensity of the ultraviolet illumination. In this circumstance the viewer must be shielded from the ultraviolet light by a special absorbing faceplate. If the faceplate is chosen such that it passes only the green fluorescent light, contrast ratios in excess of 40:1 can easily be achieved in the fluorescent mode.
There are numerous systems in which the fluorescent-mode display can be employed. In airplane cockpits where low light levels are often necessary, this display offers high resolution, long storage time and high contrast. Even in brightly illuminated areas, the display remains intact and still has high contrast. The same system exists for displays in patrol ears, helicopters and ships. For any night vision use in which phosphor display devices have been employed these fluorescentmode cathodochromic CRTs offer the advantages of high resolution and long storage time and, possibly, even lower cost.
As is noted in said thesis, luminescent properties of doped sodalite have been studied and reported by numerous investigators. Sulphur is the most common dopant, but oxygen, manganese and iron have also been employed. All the previously proposed dopants degrade the cathodochromic characteristics of the sodalite while enhancing the photochromic characteristics. On CRT image screens such materials erase quickly; an image lasts about five minutes in high ambient light and about 15 minutes in the dark. In contrast, some of the present materials have been maintained for months in an offiee having fluorescent ceiling lights and one wall of windows without notable change in coloration.
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the invention to provide a cathode ray tube having an image screen composed of cathodochromic sodalite that displays high contrast in high ambient light and is, as well, fluorescent under ultraviolet radiation, thus offering contrast in low ambient light conditions.
A further object is to provide a high resolution cathode ray tube comprising cathodochromic sodalite material.
Another object is to provide a material for such image screen, a material that gives high contrast under the conditions noted and one that has a long lifetime of coloration of the order of months or years.
Still another object is to provide an image screen material that has a contrast ratio or the order of 10:1 in high ambient light and approximately double that ratio in ultraviolet radiations.
These and still further objects are apparent in the description that follows and are particularly delineated in the appended claims.
The fogegoing objects are attained in a cathode ray tube having an image screen composed of a material that is both cathodochromic and fluorescent and in which the screen material has a coloration lifetime of weeks, months or years. The cathode ray tube comprises any envelope having a faceplate upon which the image screen is formed and means for providing an electron beam to write upon the image screen. The screen material is sodalite with a dopant that alters the electronic structure of the material and thus allows fluorescence to occur under ultraviolet excitation, for example. The cathodochromic and fluorescent image screen material discussed herein is Na Al (Ge,,Si .2( l-z)NaX, wherein z in the fraction of NaX vacancies, X is chosen from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof, and y varies from about 0.003 to 0.30.
The invention is hereinafter discussed with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a side view, partially cutaway, of a cathode ray tube (CRT) embodying the present inventive concepts and shows a tube having a transparent conductive coating on the faceplate of the CRT and between said faceplate and the image screen thereof;
FIG. 2 is a partial view, in section, showing a modification of the cathode ray tube of FIG. 1, the image screen in the latter figure being disposed between the conductive coating and the faceplate;
FIG. 3A is fluorescence spectrum of Ge doped bromine sodalite at 77K; and
FIG. 3B is the excitation spectrum of the Ge doped bromine sodalite at 77K.
Referring now to FIG. 1, a cathode ray tube embodying the present concepts is shown at 101 comprising an envelope 1 having a faceplate 2. There is within said envelope a cathodochromic image screen 3 disposed upon a transparent conductive coating 4 of SnO for example, that serves as the anode of the electron beam producing means later discussed. It should be noted here that the use of a transparent anode is only one variation of the two exemplary possibilities herein discussed. Also, the image screen here is shown as part of a composite structure adhered to the inside surface of the faceplate 2 and this particular type arrangement has advantages, particularly in terms of cost of manufacture and structural stability, but the present concepts have use in cathode ray tubes wherein the image screen is physically displaced from the faceplate of the tube and deposited on another substrate.
The image screen is made of the cathodochromic and fluorescent material Na Al (Ge,,Si 0 .2( l-z)NaX, wherein X is chosen from the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof, y varies from about 0.003 to 0.30 and z is the fraction of NaX vacancies created during hydrogen annealing. A value of y of the order of 0.01 (i.e., l percent) has been found to give optimum fluorescent characteristics. Annealing of the material in hydrogen is necessary to create negative ion vacanies which are essential for color center formation, in this case, F centers. This process is also required for the occurrence of fluorescence. The fluorescent and excitation spectrum of an annealed germanium doped bromine sodalite power are shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, respectively. The emission band peaks at 5250A when excited by 2750A or 3400A radiation. Upon electron beam exposure, the material colors and acquires an F absorption band at approximately 5500A. Since the absorption band occurs very close to the emission band, much of the fluorescence created within the colored portions of the image screen is re-absorbed. Additional atomic quenching also occurs leading to a very high contrast between the colored and uncolored areas. The coloration lifetime of this material is of the order of months and even years.
Writing on the image screen is effected by an electron beam provided by an electron gun 5 and the anode in combination. The anode configuration depends on the means of ultraviolet excitation of the fluorescence and is discussed in detail below. It is not believed that any further discussion of electron beam producting, focusing and deflection need be pursued since these are matters well within the scope of workers in the art. Erasing the image, as above noted, is effected by raising the temperature of the cathodochromic sodalite screen material. This can be accomplished by resistive heating with the image screen deposited on a thin substrate within the envelope, (see US. Pat. No. 3,700,804) or by electron beam heating with the material again deposited on a substrate within the tube (see thesis references), but a preferred system of erasure is the use of the electron beam that is used for writing, as disclosed in the application entitled Cathode Ray Tube Employing Faceplate-Deposited Cathodochromic Material and Electron Beam Erase.
The fluorescent and cathodochromic CRT can be operated in either of two modes rear or front illumination. One form of CRT fabrication used for rear illumination is that shown in FIG. 1. In this case, the image is written on the screen 3 by the electron beam produced by an electron gun 5 in combination with an anode, as noted. The anode comprises a transparent conductive coating 4 on the inside surface of the faceplate 2 between the faceplate and the image screen 3 and extending at 6 along the side walls labeled 7 of the envelope toward the electron gun 5; an aluminum or Aquadag coating 8 which overlaps the transparent conductive layer 4 extends further along the sidewalls 7; and an Aquadag coating 9 which overlaps the coating 8 and extends along the tube neck 10 to the electron gun 5. In high ambient light, the image is read in a transmission mode using a lamp 1] which directs visible radiation (white light) through the screen 3 toward the viewer. The uncolored portions of the screen transmit the viewing light while the colored areas absorb it thus creating a high contrast image. In low ambient conditions, where white light is not allowed, the image is read in the fluorescent mode with the fluorescence being excited by one or more ultraviolet lamps 12 which direct radiation upon the surface designated 13 of the screen facing the electron gun. Alternatively, the excitation source 14 may be located outside of the envelope, as shown in FIG. 1 with the exciting radiation entering through a rear port 15 and striking the screen surface designated 13. In this case, the port cover 16 must be a material, such as quartz, which transmits the exciting light. In both of the above low ambient situations, the faceplate 2, or an auxilliary filter, must absorb the ultraviolet radiation to protect the viewer.
In the front illumination configuration, the screen construction is as shown in FIG. 2. The image screen 3 is deposited directly on the faceplate 2 and the anode consists of an opaque conductive coating 17, usually aluminum, on the back surface 18 of the screen and extending along the sidewalls 7 of the envelope to the tube neck where the anode circuit is completed with an Aquadag coating 9, as before. In operation, the image is written by the electron beam and read, in high ambient conditions, with light incident on the front surface 19 of the image screen. The uncolored areas of the screen reflect the incident light while the colored areas partially absorb the reading light and reflect the remainder thus causing a colored image. ln low ambient conditions, the screen fluorescence is excited by one or more ultraviolet lights 20 outside the envelope which direct radiation upon the front surface 19 of the image screen. Of course, in this situation, the faceplate 2 must transmit the ultraviolet radiation. The aluminum layer 17 serves several purposes in this configuration: 1) it is part of the anode; (2) in high ambient conditions, it reflects the incident viewing light back through the image screen thus increasing its whiteness and hence its contrast capability; (3) in the fluorescent mode, it reflects the incident ultraviolet radiation back through the screen and thus increases the ultraviolet exposure; and (4) in this latter mode, it also reflects the green fluorescent light which is directed away from the viewer back toward the viewer thus increasing the fluorescent light output.
Further means for effecting fluorescence of the image screen 4 is disclosed in the application entitled Method of and Apparatus for Exciting Luminescence in a Cathode Ray Tube Having an Image Screen Composed of a Material that Is Both Cathodochromic and Fluorescent.
There follows now three examples relating to the growth of the fluorescent sodalite material of the present invention, with its small percentage of germanium dopant.
EXAMPLE 1 Chemicals are combined according to the equation:
ZNaBR 3.41 0,, 5.82 0.18 060 6NaOH- Na Al si .,,oe o .ZNaBr 31-1 0 to yield bromine sodalite containing three atomic percent germanium substituted for silicon. 4. 12 grams NaBr, 6.12 grams A1 0 6.99 grams SiO 0.37 grams GeO are throughly mixed and placed in a silver-lined hydrothermal pressure vessel with an internal capacity of approximately 130 ml. Ninety milliliters of a solution of H 0 and 40.0 grams NaOH are then added to the charge within the vessel and the vessel sealed. The lower portion of the vessel is maintained at about 368C and the upper portion at 330C for about 31 hours and the vessel is then allowed to cool to room temperature. The product is a slurry of crystalline powder in a concentrated NaOH solution. The NaOH is removed by washing the powder repeatedly with distilled water. Next, the powder is dried for one hour in an oven at about 130C and then crushed to a fine particle size. At this point, the X-ray powder pattern consists of diffraction peaks representing single phase germanium doped sodalite. (Electron microprobe measurements made in work done revealed that the powder contained only one atomic percent germanium substituted for silicon rather than the intended three atomic percent due to the incomplete substitution of the larger germanium ions for the smaller silicon ions.)
The powder is annealed in hydrogen to create lattice vacancies which are necessary for the formation of color centers, in this case F centers. The hydrogen annealing treatment is also essential for the occurrence of fluorescence. When annealed in hydrogen at about 650C for fifteen minutes, the above powder has an absorption band at 5400A and an emission band at 5250A.
EXAMPLE 2 Chemicals are combined according to the equation:
to yield bromine sodalite containing seventy-five atomic percent germanium substituted for silicon. 4.12 grams NaBr, 6.12 grams A1 0 1.802 grams SiO 9.414 GeO are throughly mixed and placed in a silverlined hydrothermal pressure vessel with an internal capacity of approximately 130 ml. 92 milliliters of a solution of H 0 and 40 grams NaOH are then added to the charge within the vessel and the vessel sealed. The lower portion of the vessel is maintained at about 370C and the upper portion at 330C for about 25 hours and the vessel is then allowed to cool to room temperature. The product is processed as in Example 1 to yield a fine particle sodalite powder. (Electron microprobe measurements made in work done revealed that the powder contained only 28 atomic percent ger manium substituted for silicon rather than the intended atomic percent.) When annealed in hydrogen to 600C for 15 minutes, the powder exhibits an absorp tion band at 5515A and an emission band at 5250A.
EXAMPLE 3 Germanium doped sodalite bromine is also produced by a combination of sintering and hydrothermal methods. Chemicals are combined according to the equa tion:
to yield bromine sodalite containing 10 atomic percent germanium substituted for silicon. 4.12 grams NaBr, 6.12 grams A1 0 6.49 grams SiO 1.26 grams GeO and 4.80 grams NaOH are thoroughly mixed and then sintered in a furnace at 750C for 2 hours. The resulting product, in the form of a hard calcined mass, is next ball milled for several hours to reduce it to a fine-grain powder.
The sintered powder is next reacted in a hydrothermal vessel at low temperature. 3.14 grams of sintered powder are placed in a teflon'lined acid digestion vessel with an internal capacity of 30 ml. An 18 ml solution of 7.20 grams NaOH and H 0 are added to the charge in the vessel and the vessel sealed. The base of the vessel is maintained at 130C for about hours and then cooled to room temperature. The resultant is a slurry of crystalline powder in a concentrated NaOl-l solution. The product is then processed as in Example 1. After annealing for 15 minutes at about 650C, the material exhibits an absorption band at 5500A and an emission band at 5250A.
Modifications of the invention herein disclosed will occur to persons skilled in the art and all such modifications are deemed to be within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims:
What is claimed is:
1. A cathode ray tube that comprises an envelope having a faceplate, a cathodochromic image screen in said envelope, said cathodochromic image screen comprising a material that has a coloration or F-center as well as a luminescent or fluorescent center so that said material is cathodochromic and is also fluorescent, the coloration or F-center absorption band of said material occurring very close to the emission band of the luminescent of fluorescent center; and means for producing an electron beam to write on the image screen.
2. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 1 in which the electron beam producing means includes an electron gun and an anode, in which the anode is a transparent conductive coating on the faceplate, and which includes aluminum on the inside surface of the envelope side walls and connected to the transparent conductive coating such that the anode circuit is complete.
3. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 1 in which said material is Na Al (Ge Si, O 2( l-z)NaX, wherein X is chosen from the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof, y varies from about 0.003 to 0.30, z is the fraction of NaX vacancies, and Z 1.
4. A tube as claimed in claim 3 in which the NaX vacancies are created by hydrogen annealing.
5. A tube as claimed in claim 3 in which the NaX vacancies are created by hydrogen annealing in a temperature range of about 500C to 900C for a time period of at least 5 minutes.
6. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 3 in which y is the order of 0.01 and X is bromine.
7. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 1 that further includes ultraviolet light means positioned to direct radiation upon said screen.
8. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 7 in which the means to produce the electron beam is an electron gun and an anode, in which the anode is a thin aluminum layer on the major surface of the screen and between the screen and the electron gun, and in which the ultraviolet radiation is directed upon the other major surface of the screen.
9. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 7 in which the means to produce the electron beam includes an electron gun and an anode, and in which the anode is a transparent conductive coating on the inside surface of the faceplate between the envelope and the screen and extending along the side walls of the envelope toward the electron gun.
10. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 7 in which the means to produce the electron beam is an electron gun and an anode, in which the anode is a transparent conductive coating on the inside surface of the faceplate between the envelope and the screen and extends along the side walls of the envelope toward the electron gun and in which the ultraviolet light means directs ultraviolet radiation upon the surface of the screen facing the electron gun.
11. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 10 in which the ultraviolet light means is outside the envelope and in which the envelope transmits ultraviolet radiation to the screen.
12. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 10 in which the ultraviolet light means is inside the envelope.
13. A fluorescent and cathodochromic material that comprises Na Al -(Ge Si O 2(l-z)NaX, wherein z is the fraction of NaX vacancies, X is chosen from the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof and y varies from about 0.003 to 0.30.
14. A material as claimed in claim 13 wherein X is a mixture of OH and bromine and y is the order of 0.01.
15. A material as claimed in claim 13 in which y is the order of 0.01 and wherein X is bromine.
16. A fluorescent and cathodochromic material as claimed in claim 13 and in which the fluorescent emission band is centered at about 5250A and the cathodochromic absorption band is about 5500A.
17. A fluorescent and cathodochromic material as claimed in claim 16 in which the cathodochromic coloration lifetime is at least a month.
18. A fluorescent and cathodochromic material that consists essentially of l la Al (Ge,,Si O, 2(1- z)NaX, wherein X is bromine y varies from 0.003 to 0.30 and z is greater than zero but less than 1.
19. A material as claimed in claim 18 in which X includes both bromine and OH.
20. A cathode ray tube that comprises an envelope having a faceplate, image screen means that has a coloration or F-center as well as a luminescent of fluorescent center so that the image screen means is both cathodochromic and fluorescent, the coloration or F- center absorption band of the image screen means occurring very close to the emission band of the luminescent or fluorescent center, the cathodochromic coloration lifetime being at least the order of hours, means producing an electron beam to write on the image screen, and means effecting luminescence of the image screen.
21. Apparatus as claimed in claim 20 in which the image screen comprises a cathodochromic and fluorescent sodalite material that contains a dopant that alters the electronic structure of the material such that fluorescence occurs.
22. Apparatus as claimed in claim 21 in which said dopant is germanium in the atomic percent range from 0.3 percent to 30 percent.
23. Apparatus as claimed in claim 20 that further includes means illuminating the image screen in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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1. A cathode ray tube that comprises an envelope having a faceplate, a cathodochromic image screen in said envelope, said cathodochromic image screen comprising a material that has a coloration or F-center as well as a luminescent or fluorescent center so that said material is cathodochromic and is also fluorescent, the coloration or F-center absorption band of said material occurring very close to the emission band of the luminescent of fluorescent center; and means for producing an electron beam to write on the image screen.
2. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 1 in which the electron beam producing means includes an electron gun and an anode, in which the anode is a transparent conductive coating on the faceplate, and which includes aluminum on the inside surface of the envelope side walls and connected to the transparent conductive coating such that the anode circuit is complete.
3. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 1 in which said material is Na6Al6(GeySi1-y)6 O24 . 2(1-z)NaX, wherein X is chosen from the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof, y varies from about 0.003 to 0.30, z is the fraction of NaX vacancies, and 0<Z<1.
4. A tube as claimed in claim 3 in which the NaX vacancies are created by hydrogen annealing.
5. A tube as claimed in claim 3 in which the NaX vacancies are created by hydrogen annealing in a temperature range of about 500*C to 900*C for a time period of at least 5 minutes.
6. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 3 in which y is the order of 0.01 and X is bromine.
7. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 1 that further includes ultraviolet light means positioned to direct radiation upon said screen.
8. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 7 in which the means to produce the electron beam is an electron gun and an anode, in which the anode is a thin aluminum layer on the major surface of the screen and between the screen and the electron gun, and in which the ultraviolet radiation is directed upon the other major surface of the screen.
9. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 7 in which the means to produce the electron beam includes an electron gun and an anode, and in which the anode is a transparent conductive coating on the inside surface of the faceplate between the envelope and the screen and extending along the side walls of the envelope toward the electron gun.
10. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 7 in which the means to produce the electron beam is an electron gun and an anode, in which the anode is a transparent conductive coating on the inside surface of the faceplate between the envelope and the screen and extends along the side walls of the envelope toward the electron gun and in which the ultraviolet light means directs ultraviolet radiation upon the surface of the screen facing the electron gun.
11. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 10 in which the ultraviolet light means is outside the envelope and in which the envelope transmits ultraviolet radiation to the screen.
12. A cathode ray tube as claimed in claim 10 in which the ultraviolet light means is inside the envelope.
13. A fluorescent and cathodochromic material that comprises Na6Al6(GeySi1-y)6 O24 . 2(1-z)NaX, wherein z is the fraction of NaX vacancies, X is chosen from the group consisting essentially of chlorine, bromine, OH and iodine and mixtures thereof and y varies from about 0.003 to 0.30.
14. A material as claimed in claim 13 wherein X is a mixture of OH and bromine and y is the order of 0.01.
15. A material as claimed in claim 13 in which y is the order of 0.01 and wherein X is bromine.
16. A fluorescent and cathodochromic material as claimed in claim 13 and in which the fluorescent emission band is centered at about 5250A and the cathodochromic absorption band is about 5500A.
17. A fluorescent and cathodochromic material as claimed in claim 16 in which the cathodochromic coloration lifetime is at least a month.
18. A fluorescent and cathodochromic material that consists essentially of Na6Al6(GeySi1-y)6 O24 . 2(1-z)NaX, wherein X is bromine y varies from 0.003 to 0.30 and z is greater than zero but less than 1.
19. A material as claimed in claim 18 in which X includes both bromine and OH.
20. A cathode ray tube that comprises an envelope having a faceplate, image screen means that has a coloration or F-center as well as a luminescent of fluorescent center so that the image screen means is both cathodochromic and fluorescent, the coloration or F-center absorption band of the image screen means occurring very close to the emission band of the luminescent or fluoreScent center, the cathodochromic coloration lifetime being at least the order of hours, means producing an electron beam to write on the image screen, and means effecting luminescence of the image screen.
21. Apparatus as claimed in claim 20 in which the image screen comprises a cathodochromic and fluorescent sodalite material that contains a dopant that alters the electronic structure of the material such that fluorescence occurs.
22. Apparatus as claimed in claim 21 in which said dopant is germanium in the atomic percent range from 0.3 percent to 30 percent.
23. Apparatus as claimed in claim 20 that further includes means illuminating the image screen in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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