HK1015188A1 - Fabrication of electron-emitting devices having high emitter packing density - Google Patents

Fabrication of electron-emitting devices having high emitter packing density

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Publication number
HK1015188A1
HK1015188A1 HK98116148A HK98116148A HK1015188A1 HK 1015188 A1 HK1015188 A1 HK 1015188A1 HK 98116148 A HK98116148 A HK 98116148A HK 98116148 A HK98116148 A HK 98116148A HK 1015188 A1 HK1015188 A1 HK 1015188A1
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Prior art keywords
fabrication
electron
emitting devices
packing density
high emitter
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HK98116148A
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John M Macaulay
Christopher J Spindt
Peter C Searson
Robert M Duboc
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Silicon Video Corp
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Priority claimed from US08/118,490 external-priority patent/US5462467A/en
Priority claimed from US08/158,102 external-priority patent/US5559389A/en
Application filed by Silicon Video Corp filed Critical Silicon Video Corp
Publication of HK1015188A1 publication Critical patent/HK1015188A1/xx

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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J1/00Details 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
    • H01J1/02Main electrodes
    • H01J1/30Cold cathodes, e.g. field-emissive cathode
    • H01J1/304Field-emissive cathodes
    • H01J1/3042Field-emissive cathodes microengineered, e.g. Spindt-type
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82YSPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y10/00Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J3/00Details of electron-optical or ion-optical arrangements or of ion traps common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J3/02Electron guns
    • H01J3/021Electron guns using a field emission, photo emission, or secondary emission electron source
    • H01J3/022Electron guns using a field emission, photo emission, or secondary emission electron source with microengineered cathode, e.g. Spindt-type
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J9/00Apparatus 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
    • H01J9/02Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems
    • H01J9/022Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems of cold cathodes
    • H01J9/025Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems of cold cathodes of field emission cathodes
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2201/00Electrodes common to discharge tubes
    • H01J2201/30Cold cathodes
    • H01J2201/304Field emission cathodes
    • H01J2201/30403Field emission cathodes characterised by the emitter shape
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2201/00Electrodes common to discharge tubes
    • H01J2201/30Cold cathodes
    • H01J2201/304Field emission cathodes
    • H01J2201/30446Field emission cathodes characterised by the emitter material
    • H01J2201/30453Carbon types
    • H01J2201/30457Diamond
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2201/00Electrodes common to discharge tubes
    • H01J2201/30Cold cathodes
    • H01J2201/319Circuit elements associated with the emitters by direct integration

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Cold Cathode And The Manufacture (AREA)
  • Cathode-Ray Tubes And Fluorescent Screens For Display (AREA)
  • Electrodes For Cathode-Ray Tubes (AREA)
HK98116148A 1993-09-08 1998-12-28 Fabrication of electron-emitting devices having high emitter packing density HK1015188A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/118,490 US5462467A (en) 1993-09-08 1993-09-08 Fabrication of filamentary field-emission device, including self-aligned gate
US08/158,102 US5559389A (en) 1993-09-08 1993-11-24 Electron-emitting devices having variously constituted electron-emissive elements, including cones or pedestals
US08/269,229 US5564959A (en) 1993-09-08 1994-06-29 Use of charged-particle tracks in fabricating gated electron-emitting devices
PCT/US1994/009762 WO1995007543A1 (en) 1993-09-08 1994-09-08 Fabrication and structure of electron-emitting devices having high emitter packing density

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HK1015188A1 true HK1015188A1 (en) 1999-10-08

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US (6) US5564959A (xx)
EP (2) EP0717877B1 (xx)
JP (2) JP3699114B2 (xx)
AU (1) AU7677094A (xx)
DE (1) DE69421711T2 (xx)
HK (1) HK1015188A1 (xx)
WO (1) WO1995007543A1 (xx)

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