摘要:
A method for setting the amount of light in an array of light-emitting thyristors, each thyristor having I-L characteristic in which a luminous efficiency is decreased in a lower current field, is provided. According to the method, the amount of light emitted from a light-emitting thyristor is set so that a predetermined exposure energy may be obtained without decreasing a luminous efficiency of a light-emitting thyristor. The density D of a current to be supplied to the light-emitting thyristor to obtain a predetermined exposure energy is selected so as to satisfy the range of 3 × D th 2 , wherein D th is a threshold current density for light emission which is defined as a current density corresponding to the value of a current at a point where a tangent drawn at the value of a current corresponding to a current density of 50MA/m 2 with respect to the curve of the I-L characteristic intersects a current axis.
摘要:
A method of designing an optimum mask pattern for forming a metal line by an etchinf process, the metal line also effectively serving as a light-shielding layer, is provided. In this method, assuming that a mask pattern for forming a first metal line on a transparent insulating film has a width of "L1" overlapped with a first control electrode in a direction perpendicular to an array direction of transfer elements, 'L1" is selected so as to satisfy the following relation L1>(S+dS)+a, wherein "s" is the distance of side etching of the first metal line, "ds" is the dispersion of the distance of the side etching, and "a" is the misalignment of the mask pattern
摘要:
The light-emitting thyristor matrix array may be provided in which wiring are crossed without being electrically connected to each other. An array of three-terminal light-emitting thyristors in which a substrate is used as a common cathode or anode is divided into blocks n by n (n is an integer≧2), gates of n light-emitting thyristors included in each block are separately connected to n gate-selecting lines, and anodes or cathodes of n light-emitting thyristors included in each block are commonly connected to one terminal, respectively.
摘要:
A self-scanning light-emitting device is provided in which the amounts of light of light-emitting elements may be corrected to make the distribution of amounts of light in a luminescent chip or among luminescent chips uniform. The correction for amounts of light of light-emitting elements may be carried out by regulating the time duration of on-state of a light-emitting element or the voltage of a write signal applied to a light-emitting element. According to the present invention, the distribution of amounts of light becomes uniform, so that the printing quality of a printer using such self-scanning light-emitting device is improved.
摘要:
A self-scanning light-emitting element array using an end face light-emitting thyristor having improved external emission efficiency is provided. To improve the external emission efficiency of the end face light-emitting thyristor, the present invention adopts such structure that the current injected from an anode is concentrated to near the end face of the light-emitting thyristor. A self-scanning light-emitting element array is implemented by using such end face light-emitting thyristor.