EP0971386A3 - Affichage à écran plat à structure triode utilisant des cathodes plates à émission de champ - Google Patents

Affichage à écran plat à structure triode utilisant des cathodes plates à émission de champ Download PDF

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EP0971386A3
EP0971386A3 EP99202988A EP99202988A EP0971386A3 EP 0971386 A3 EP0971386 A3 EP 0971386A3 EP 99202988 A EP99202988 A EP 99202988A EP 99202988 A EP99202988 A EP 99202988A EP 0971386 A3 EP0971386 A3 EP 0971386A3
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cathodes
anodes
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panel display
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Nalin Kumar
Chenggang Xie
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Applied Nanotech Holdings Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J63/00—Cathode-ray or electron-stream lamps
    • H01J63/06—Lamps with luminescent screen excited by the ray or stream
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J19/00—Details of vacuum tubes of the types covered by group H01J21/00
    • H01J19/02—Electron-emitting electrodes; Cathodes
    • H01J19/24—Cold cathodes, e.g. field-emissive cathode
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J1/00—Details of electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J1/02—Main electrodes
    • H01J1/30—Cold cathodes, e.g. field-emissive cathode
    • H01J1/304—Field-emissive cathodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J1/00—Details of electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J1/02—Main electrodes
    • H01J1/30—Cold cathodes, e.g. field-emissive cathode
    • H01J1/304—Field-emissive cathodes
    • H01J1/3042—Field-emissive cathodes microengineered, e.g. Spindt-type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J31/00—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes
    • H01J31/08—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes having a screen on or from which an image or pattern is formed, picked up, converted, or stored
    • H01J31/10—Image or pattern display tubes, i.e. having electrical input and optical output; Flying-spot tubes for scanning purposes
    • H01J31/12—Image or pattern display tubes, i.e. having electrical input and optical output; Flying-spot tubes for scanning purposes with luminescent screen
    • H01J31/123—Flat display tubes
    • H01J31/125—Flat display tubes provided with control means permitting the electron beam to reach selected parts of the screen, e.g. digital selection
    • H01J31/127—Flat display tubes provided with control means permitting the electron beam to reach selected parts of the screen, e.g. digital selection using large area or array sources, i.e. essentially a source for each pixel group
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J9/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture, installation, removal, maintenance of electric discharge tubes, discharge lamps, or parts thereof; Recovery of material from discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J9/02—Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems
    • H01J9/022—Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems of cold cathodes
    • H01J9/027—Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems of cold cathodes of thin film cathodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2201/00—Electrodes common to discharge tubes
    • H01J2201/30—Cold cathodes
    • H01J2201/304—Field emission cathodes
    • H01J2201/30446—Field emission cathodes characterised by the emitter material
    • H01J2201/30453—Carbon types
    • H01J2201/30457—Diamond
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2201/00—Electrodes common to discharge tubes
    • H01J2201/30—Cold cathodes
    • H01J2201/319—Circuit elements associated with the emitters by direct integration
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2329/00—Electron emission display panels, e.g. field emission display panels
    • H01J2329/86—Vessels
    • H01J2329/8625—Spacing members
EP99202988A 1992-12-23 1993-12-06 Affichage à écran plat à structure triode utilisant des cathodes plates à émission de champ Expired - Lifetime EP0971386B1 (fr)

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US99386392A 1992-12-23 1992-12-23
US993863 1992-12-23
EP94905334A EP0676084B1 (fr) 1992-12-23 1993-12-06 Affichage a ecran plat a structures triode utilisant des cathodes plates a emission de champ

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EP (2) EP0971386B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPH08505259A (fr)
KR (1) KR100284830B1 (fr)
AU (1) AU5897494A (fr)
CA (1) CA2152472A1 (fr)
DE (2) DE69328977T2 (fr)
WO (1) WO1994015352A1 (fr)

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EP0971386B1 (fr) 2004-06-16
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WO1994015352A1 (fr) 1994-07-07
DE69328977D1 (de) 2000-08-10
CA2152472A1 (fr) 1994-07-07
EP0676084A4 (fr) 1997-02-19
KR100284830B1 (ko) 2001-04-02
AU5897494A (en) 1994-07-19
DE69333555D1 (de) 2004-07-22
DE69328977T2 (de) 2000-12-28
EP0676084B1 (fr) 2000-07-05
KR950704802A (ko) 1995-11-20
JPH08505259A (ja) 1996-06-04
EP0676084A1 (fr) 1995-10-11

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