Electroluminescent lamp using multilayer optical film

Details Electroluminescent lamp using multilayer optical film Electroluminescent lamp using multilayer optical film

1997-07-24

1998-11-03

O'Shea, Sandra L.

Electric lamp and discharge devices

With optical device or special ray transmissive envelope

313112, 313509, 359572, H01J 516, H01J 6140, H01J 162, H01J 6304

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058313753

ABSTRACT:
Electroluminescent lamps incorporating one or more multilayer optical films according to the present invention to polarize and/or reflect light. The multilayer optical films exhibit the ability to reflect significant amounts of normal and off-axis incident light.

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