SBIR Phase I: Encasement of Light Emitting Ceramic Devices for Signage and Lightscaping Applications

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将建立一种材料系统的可行性，该材料系统将使用固态陶瓷灯作为背光源来封装定制陶瓷标牌（和其他光景观产品）。这些系统应该通过照亮信息而不是整个标识区域来实现非凡的功率效率，并且适用于广泛的环境范围（例如极端温度、湿度、酸雨等）的外部操作。所提出的封装方法使用特殊材料配方，通过超声波喷涂和CNC技术来创建定制陶瓷表面。这些表面以背光格式显示信息内容，同时保护发光陶瓷层免受外部操作环境的影响。该系统提供了一个半透明的、多色的外层陶瓷层，在固态陶瓷灯的背光下，展示了信息显示和艺术呈现的结合。该技术可广泛应用于各种商业标牌和灯光景观应用。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will establish the feasibility of a materials system to encase customized ceramic signage (and other lightscaping products) which utilize solid-state ceramic lamps as a backlight source. These systems should achieve extraordinary power efficiency by illuminating the information rather than the entire sign area and are intended for external operation over awide environmental range (e.g. extremes in temperature, humidity, acid rain, etc). The proposed encasement method uses special materials formulations applied through ultrasonic spray and CNC technologies to create custom ceramic surfaces. These surfaces display the information content in a backlit format while protecting the light emitting ceramic layer from the external operating environment.This system provides a semi-transparent, multi-colored outer ceramic layer exhibiting a combination of information display and artistic presentation features when backlit by a solid-state ceramic lamp. This technology can be applied to a wide variety of commercial signage and lightscaping applications.