Abstract:
A plasma display panel including a plurality of discharge cells each having a display electrode pair made of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode formed in a row direction, and a data electrode formed in a column direction is driven in one field period including a plurality of subfields. The subfield has an initializing period of making initializing discharge occur in the discharge cell, a writing period of making writing discharge occur by selectively applying a write pulse voltage to the discharge cells, and a sustain period of making sustain discharges of the number according to luminance weight occur in a selected discharge cell in the writing period. A write pulse voltage is applied to a discharge cell to be tested in a predetermined subfield, and the write pulse voltage is not applied to the discharge cell to be tested at least in a next subfield after the predetermined subfield.
Abstract:
An oxygen absorbent molding or a gas absorbent molding is provided. The oxygen absorbent molding is made of oxygen absorbent powder and a binder, and is characterized in that the binder is a fibrous resin. Fluororesin can be used as the fibrous resin. This oxygen absorbent molding has excellent oxygen-absorbing capability and mechanical strength and is suited for extending the life of an organic electroluminescent element.
Abstract:
An optical coupling module includes first, second, and third substrates, first and second optical fibers, and first and second lenses. The first substrate has a surface formed with a first V-groove. The second substrate has a surface formed with a second V-groove. The third substrate is arranged between the first and second substrates and has a surface formed with first and second recess. The first to third substrates have the surfaces flush with each other. The first and second optical fibers are fixed in the first and second grooves, respectively, and are arranged such that their end faces oppose each other. The first and second lenses are fixed in the first and second recesses, respectively, and are arranged on one optical axis of the first and second optical fibers to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.
Abstract:
An optical waveguide multiplexer for use in optical fiber amplifiers or the like, which is simple in configuration, permits manufacturing at high productivity, and is reduced in size and moreover susceptible to little insertion loss, is to be realized. A multiplexer-branching filter is provided with first to fourth input/output (I/O) terminals. Part of an optical signal emitted from the first I/O terminal is reflected by a branching film, formed over one face of a glass plate, and led to the second optical I/O terminal. The rest of the optical signal penetrates the glass plate, and further penetrates an optical multiplexing film, formed on the other face, to be led to the third optical I/O terminal. The invention has a particular characteristic that the thickness t of the substrate is set so as to satisfy the condition of t.gtoreq.w/cos.theta..times.tan[sin.sup.-1 {(sin.theta.)/n}] where n is the refractive index of the substrate; w, the beam diameter of the output light of the optical I/O terminal for multiplexing the signal light with an pomping light; and .theta., the angle of incidence from this terminal to the substrate. By setting the substrate thickness at or above the value stated above, the optical path of any leak light from the pomping light side is deviated from that toward the monitor side, and no pomping light can enter into the monitor. It is also possible, by adding an aperture film to the substrate, to further reduce the leak light.