JP2000195447A - Image display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve an adsorption capacity of outgas, prevent brightness decline near a getter, and reduce influence by the heat from the getter, by forming a support of the wire getter into a U-shape from the viewpoint of the face plate side, and by making the flashing direction of the wire getter roughly parallel to the face plate or a rear plate. SOLUTION: This image display device is a hermetic container formed by sealing, by a sealing part 10, a frame 12 on which an exhaust pipe 11 is installed between a face plate 8 including a phosphor 9 and a rear plate 6 including a plane cathode 7. A worked wire getter 1 is loaded on the rear plate 6, so as to enclose the plane cathode 7, and to face the getter flash direction to the inside face of the frame 12. When sealing this device, the wire getter 1 is induction-heated, and a closed loop between a U-shaped support 5 and the wire getter 1 is heated by moving a coil successively, to thereby execute the getter flash continuously.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display device having a getter for maintaining a degree of vacuum in a vacuum container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cathode ray tube (CRT) has been used as an image display device as a method excellent in view angle, colorization, luminance, and the like.
In recent years, with the advancement of information processing by computers and the improvement of image quality of television broadcasts, the need for a high-definition, large-screen, flat-panel image display device is rapidly increasing.

For this reason, several electron beam accelerated flat panel image display devices for displaying images have been proposed. For example, as disclosed in JP-A-56-28445, a control electrode group having a planar electron source, extracting an electron beam from this electron source, and providing a large number of holes corresponding to phosphor pixels. It is configured to control and accelerate and irradiate a flat phosphor screen to emit light from a desired phosphor pixel.

Conventionally, two types of electron sources, a thermionic electron source and a cold cathode electron source, are known. The cold cathode electron source includes a field emission type (hereinafter abbreviated as “FE type”), a metal / insulating layer / metal type (hereinafter abbreviated as “MIM type”), a surface conduction type electron emission element, and the like.

As an example of the FE type, W. P. Dyke &
W. W. DOlan, "Fielddemiso
n ", Advance in Electron Ph
ysics, 8, 89 (1956) and the like are known.

As an example of the MIM type, C.I. A. Mea
d, "The tunnel-emission am
plier, J. et al. Appl. Phys. , 32, 6
46 (1961) and C.I. A. Spindt, "Phys
ical properties of thin-fi
lm field emission cath od
es withmollybdenum cones ”,
J. Appl. Phys. , 47, 5248 (197
6) and the like are known.

[0007] As an example of the surface conduction electron-emitting device, a cold cathode device disclosed by MI Elinson and the like is known [Radio, Inc .;
Engineering Electron Physics (Ra
diO. Eng. Electron. Phys. 1)
0, 1290-1296, 1965]. this is,
This utilizes a phenomenon in which electron emission occurs when a current flows in a small-area thin film formed on a substrate in parallel with the film surface.

[0008] In the flat panel type image display device using these planar cathodes, the inside must be maintained in a vacuum for many years in order to use the cathodes. For this reason, a low-melting glass frit that is stable for a long time is provided as an adhesive layer between the face plate containing the phosphor and the rear plate containing the planar cathode, and the envelope that is the main body of the image display device is sealed. To wear. After that, the envelope is evacuated, getter flushed and sealed, and airtight to complete a vacuum container. As described above, the sealing of the envelope is generally performed by melting the glass frit. Glass frit used in such sealing step, a blend of special ceramics ² 0 ³ based low-melting glass powder PbO · B is used.

As described above, the getter is used to maintain the degree of vacuum after sealing of the image display device using the cathode which must be used in a vacuum state in the image forming apparatus. This getter is arranged in the vacuum vessel for the purpose of absorbing outgas from the vacuum vessel itself or from inside the vacuum vessel.Generally, a getter material mainly made of barium is powdered into a metal container. By filling and heating this in a vacuum, barium is deposited (ie, getter flashed) in a vacuum vessel and used.

Conventionally, a getter as shown in FIG. 8 has been used for a flat panel display having a planar cathode.

As shown in FIG. 8, the getter has a U-shaped support 105, and a wire getter 101 is attached to both ends of the support 105. As described above, the wire getter 101 forming a closed loop with the support 105 is connected to the opening 1 of the container 103.
04 is filled with a powder 102.

FIG. 9 shows a state in which the getter shown in FIG. 8 is arranged inside the image display device.

As shown in FIG. 9, a sealing portion 110 is provided between a face plate 109 including a phosphor 108 and a rear plate 106 including a planar cathode 107, and is sealed as a sealed container. , Rear plate 10
The wire getter 101 is placed on the wire getter 10
An exhaust pipe 111 for evacuating the inside of the container is provided at an arbitrary position, with the opening 1 facing the face plate 109.

After the wire getter has been flashed through a sealing step or the like, which is a manufacturing process as a vacuum vessel, the getter is heated by high frequency induction from the outside to complete the getter flash. In this case, the getter flush is possible because the support is U-shaped and a wire getter is attached to this end, which forms a ring-shaped closed loop, and applies high frequency to an external coil. This is because when the magnetic field is reversed around the getter, the current flows through the closed loop of the getter and the U-shaped support while the current is reversed, and heat is generated.

[0015]

However, when considering a flat plate-shaped image display device in which the distance between the face plate and the rear plate is narrow, the conventional example described above has the following disadvantages.

Since the flush direction of the getter (the direction of the opening of the wire getter) is directed to the face plate of the parallel plate, (1) if the distance between the opening of the wire getter and the inside of the face plate is short, the flash is performed. Thus, the area of the getter material adhered was reduced, and the outgas adsorption capacity was reduced.

(2) Since the getter flash direction is directed to the phosphor side of the panel, the brightness of the phosphor near the getter was reduced due to the getter-covered material. Therefore, in order to prevent the material to be attached to the getter from attaching to a desired portion such as a phosphor, a plate-shaped shielding plate needs to be provided between the attachment surface and the phosphor.

(3) Since the support is in contact with the rear plate made of glass, the heat of the getter portion due to the getter heating is transmitted to the rear plate at a short distance via the support, and the glass of the rear plate may be broken.

(4) When a plurality of getters are arranged in order to enhance the getter effect or to cope with a large-screen image display device, it is necessary to align each of the getters. There were many.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has an improved outgas adsorption ability, prevents a decrease in luminance near a getter, and reduces the influence of heat from the getter. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image display device provided with a getter that does not require positioning of a plurality of getters.

[0021]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display apparatus having a rear plate on which an electron source is formed and a face plate including a phosphor. An evaporative wire getter, and a support for the wire getter forming an electrically closed loop with the wire getter, wherein the support is U-shaped when viewed from the face plate side, and the wire getter is flushed. The direction is substantially parallel to the face plate or the rear plate.

In this case, the wire getter may be formed by filling a getter material into a metal rod-shaped container having an opening formed on one side surface.

Further, the support may be a metal having a specific resistance equal to or less than a specific resistance of the container of the wire getter.

In any of the above, the wire getter is held by a plurality of the supports.
It may be that.

The rear plate and the face plate are sealed by using a low melting point glass frit via a frame disposed therebetween, and the wire getter is disposed between the frame and the electron source. And the flash direction may be directed to the frame.

Further, a plurality of wire getters may be located in the flash direction.

The electron source may be a cold cathode electron source or a thermionic electron source.

Further, the electron source may be a surface conduction electron-emitting device or a field emission electron-emitting device.

[Operation] In the present invention configured as described above, when, for example, a high-frequency voltage is applied to a plurality of supports, the wire getter in each support is heated,
The getter material is flushed substantially parallel to the installation surface.
Further, when the wire getter is held in a hollow state by the support, the heat of the wire getter at the time of getter flush is not directly transmitted to other members, so that the influence of the heat is reduced.

In the case where the image display device of the present invention has a flat plate shape, the flash direction of the wire getter in the space between the face plate and the rear plate is substantially equal to the face plate surface or the rear plate surface. Flushed to be parallel.

Further, in the present invention, by arranging a plurality of getters in the column direction in the image display apparatus and performing flashing, the getters flashed in the rear row are also flashed on the back of the wire getter and the support surface of the getters in the front row. Therefore, it is possible to substantially increase the area where the getter material is applied.

[0032]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show one embodiment of the getter used in the present invention. FIG. 1A is a plan view, and FIG. 1B is a side view.

In the getter of this embodiment, a wire getter is spot-welded to the support, and a part of the support is bent so that the wire getter opening in the flash direction is substantially parallel to the plane on which the getter is placed. Produced.

That is, the getter shown in FIG. 1 is formed by filling the container 3 with the powder 2 so as to bridge over both ends of a support 5 formed in a substantially U shape so as to enable high-frequency induction heating. The wire getter 1 is spatially held, and the support 5 is bent so that the opening 4 of the wire getter 1 is substantially parallel to the plane on which the getter is placed.

In the getter shown in FIG. 2, the wire getter 1 in which the container 3 is filled with the powder 2 is spatially hung on the ends of a pair of rod-shaped supports 6 capable of resistance heating. The support 6 is held and bent so that the opening 4 of the wire getter 1 is substantially parallel to a plane.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the getter used in the present invention. Similar to FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a wire getter, and reference numeral 5 denotes a support. FIGS. 3A to 3H show a case where the support 5 is U-shaped, and a plurality of the U-shaped supports 5 are arranged in a line. 9 shows a modified example in which the arrangement relationship and the position of the bent portion of the support 5 are changed. The figure shows a plan view when the U-shaped support 5 is viewed from a direction that can be read as a U-shape, and a side view when the support placed on a plane is viewed from the side. In this figure, when the getter is placed on a plane and viewed from the side, all the openings of the wire getter 1 attached to the support 5 are shown to face left in the drawing.

The getter shown in FIG. 1A is formed by arranging a plurality of supports 5 having bent U-shaped ends in a line, and attaching a wire getter 1 above the plurality of supports 5. is there.

The getter shown in FIG. 3B is configured by arranging a plurality of supports 5 having bent U-shaped ends in a line, and attaching the wire getter 1 to the lower side of the plurality of supports 5. It is.

The getter shown in FIG. 3C is configured by arranging a plurality of supports 5 having bent U-shaped ends in a line, and attaching a wire getter 1 inside the bent portions of the plurality of supports 5. It is a thing.

The getter shown in FIG. 3D is configured by arranging a plurality of supports 5 having bent U-shaped ends in a line, and attaching a wire getter 1 outside the bent portions of the plurality of supports 5. It is a thing.

The getter shown in FIG. 5E is configured by arranging a plurality of supports 5 having bent U-shaped ends in a line, and attaching a wire getter 1 outside the bent portions of the plurality of supports 5. The opening direction of the wire getter 1 with respect to the support 5 is different from that of FIG.

The getter shown in FIG. 6F is constructed by arranging a plurality of supports 5 having bent U-shaped ends in a line, and attaching a wire getter 1 inside the bent portions of the plurality of supports 5. The opening direction of the wire getter 1 with respect to the support 5 is different from that of FIG.

In the getter shown in FIG. 5G, a plurality of supports 5 having a U-shaped end and a U-shaped central part bent are arranged in a line, and a wire getter 1 is provided inside the ends of the plurality of supports 5. Is attached.

In the getter shown in FIG. 2H, a plurality of U-shaped supports 5 are arranged in a line, and a wire getter 1 is attached below the plurality of supports 5. U of some support in character support
It has a structure in which a character end and a U-shaped center are bent.

A commercially available wire getter as described above was used. The wire getter used had a container having a trapezoidal cross section and an opening at its long side, and having a long side and a height of approximately 1 mm in the trapezoidal cross section. Further, a dumet wire in which iron and nickel were coated with copper and cut and bent into a U-shape was used as the support.

As shown in FIG. 1, the wire getter was bent in a U-shape as shown in FIG. 1, and then the wire getter was spot-welded to the wire in a state where the direction of the opening of the wire getter was defined. The bending of the U-shaped end was performed after welding.

In this manner, a wire getter held hollow by a plurality of supports arranged in a line could be manufactured.

Further, the getters of the modified examples shown in FIGS. 3B to 3G show that the wire getter has a higher height from the mounting surface when the U-shaped support is viewed from the side. Because it is a structure attached in the meantime,
It can be installed in a narrower gap space.

In the getter of the modification shown in FIGS. 3C and 3D, since the opening of the wire getter is attached to the direction of the center of the U-shaped support, the getter flash is used. In, it is necessary to flash at a certain distance from the getter flash object,
In this case, since the distance from the getter flash object includes the length of the U-shaped portion of the support, in the getter arrangement,
There is an effect that there is little waste when considering the occupied area of the getter.

Next, an image display device having the above-described getter will be described.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show an embodiment of an image display device having a getter according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 4A is a partially cutaway plan view, and FIG. It is sectional drawing.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, a frame provided with an exhaust pipe 11 is provided between a face plate 8 including a phosphor 9 and a rear plate 6 including a planar cathode 7. In an image display device in which a sealed container is formed by sealing 12 with a sealing portion 10, a getter processed to a state shown in FIG. 3C surrounds a planar cathode 7 on a rear plate 6 and has a getter flash. It is placed so that the direction faces the inner side surface of the frame 12.

In the manufacture of this image display device, after the getter is arranged on the rear plate 6, the frame 12 provided with the exhaust pipe 11 and the face plate 8 are mounted on the rear plate 6 via the low melting point glass frit. Then, it was fired while applying a constant load from above the face plate 8 and sealed with a frit to produce an image display device as a vacuum container.

Thereafter, the inside of the image display device is evacuated to a vacuum by the exhaust pipe 11 to sufficiently remove the adsorbed gas therein.
The exhaust pipe 11 is melted by heating and sealed. At the time of sealing, a high frequency is applied to a coil (not shown) arranged near the face plate 8 or the rear plate 9 outside the getter, so that the getter is induction-heated, and the U-shaped support 5 and the wire getter are heated. One closed loop was heated by sequentially moving the coil, and a getter flush was performed continuously. The material of such support 5 is wire getter 1
It is more effective to use a metal having a specific resistance equal to or less than the specific resistance of the container of the wire getter 1 so that only the heating can be effectively performed. Also, at this time, the getter combined with the high frequency induction heating and the self-heating reaction of the powder,
Although heated to about ° C., the glass plates as the face plate 8 and the rear plate 6 were not chipped or broken by heat.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the getter arrangement shown in FIG. 4 and shows a state of attachment after the getter flash. Reference numeral 13 denotes a getter attachment portion.

The getter flash is attached to the getter as shown in FIG. 3C with the opening of the wire getter 1 facing the side of the frame 12 which is the periphery of the image display device. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5, the frame spread from the sealing portion between the face plate and the rear plate to the inside with the frame side surface being substantially at the center.

The getter flashed image display device in this embodiment was then mounted with a drive circuit to display an image. However, the image could be displayed without lowering the degree of vacuum.

Since this getter has a structure in which a number of U-shaped supports are attached to one wire getter, one wire getter is attached to one U-shaped support as shown in FIG. It is possible to arrange a plurality of U-shaped getters by one time alignment, and the alignment work at the time of manufacturing can be performed once.

In view of the above, a plurality of substantially U-shaped supports are arranged in a line on the wire getter, and the opening of the wire getter is bent toward the side of the frame which is the peripheral portion of the image display device by bending the support portion. By holding the wire getter spatially so as to face, it was possible to manufacture an image display device with a large getter coverage area without breaking the glass of the rear plate or the like.

FIGS. 6A and 6B show another embodiment of the image display device provided with the getter of the present invention, wherein FIG. 6A is a partially cutaway plan view, and FIG. It is a line sectional view.

As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, a frame provided with an exhaust pipe 11 is provided between a face plate 8 including a phosphor 9 and a rear plate 6 including a planar cathode 7. In the image display device in which the sealed container 12 is sealed by the sealing portion 10, the getter processed in the state shown in FIG. 3C is placed on the rear plate 6 in both the vertical and horizontal directions of the image display device. It is placed in two rows surrounding the cathode 7 and the getter flash direction is directed to the inner surface of the frame 12. In this case, the getters are arranged in two front and rear rows with respect to one side surface of the frame, which is a peripheral portion of the image display device, and are shifted from each other in the longitudinal direction of the getter. That is, the center of the wire getter section between the U-shaped ends of the respective U-shaped supports in the rear row is arranged in a portion between the respective U-shaped supports in the front row.

In the manufacture of this image display device, as in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, after the getter is arranged on the rear plate 6, the frame 12 provided with the exhaust pipe 11 and the face plate 8 are removed. It is mounted on the rear plate 6 via a low-melting glass frit and fired while applying a constant load from above the face plate 8 to seal it with the frit to manufacture an image display device as a vacuum container. did.

Thereafter, the inside of the image display device is evacuated to a vacuum by the exhaust pipe 11 to sufficiently remove the adsorbed gas therein.
The exhaust pipe 11 is melted by heating and sealed. At the time of sealing, a high frequency is applied to a coil (not shown) arranged near the face plate 8 or the rear plate 9 outside the getter, so that the getter is induction-heated, and the U-shaped support 5 and the wire getter are heated. One closed loop was heated by sequentially moving the coil, and a getter flush was performed continuously. Further, it is more effective if the material of the support 5 is a metal having a specific resistance equal to or less than the specific resistance of the container of the wire getter 1 so that only the wire getter 1 can be effectively heated. . In addition, at this time, the getter is combined with the high-frequency induction heating and the self-heating reaction of the powder, resulting in 1
Although heated to about 000 ° C., the glass plates serving as the face plate 8 and the rear plate 6 were not chipped or broken by heat.

At this time, the getter flash adhered portion is arranged such that the getter as shown in FIG. 3 (c) faces the opening of the wire getter 1 toward the side surface of the frame 12 which is the peripheral portion of the image display device. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5, the inner side spread from the sealing portion between the face plate and the rear plate, with the frame side surface being substantially at the center.

Since the getters are arranged in two rows before and after with respect to the flash direction of the getter (that is, the direction of the opening of the getter) and the center of the getter evaporator is shifted from each other, the getter coverage of the getter in the rear row is obtained. The attachment portion was attached more between the getter attachment portions of the getters in the front row, and the attachment area could be increased.

The order of getter flushing is arbitrary, but in this embodiment, the getters in the front row are flushed first, and then the getters in the rear row are flushed in the flush direction of the getters. At least a part of the getter was attached to the wire getter back surface or the support surface of the front row getter, so that the attached area could be increased.

After the getter flash in this embodiment, the image display device mounted thereon a drive circuit and displayed an image. The image could be displayed without lowering the degree of vacuum.

Since this getter has a structure in which a number of U-shaped supports are attached to one wire getter, one wire getter is attached to one U-shaped support as shown in FIG. It is possible to arrange a plurality of U-shaped getters by one time alignment, and the alignment work at the time of manufacturing can be performed once.

In view of the above, a plurality of substantially U-shaped supports are arranged in a line on the wire getter, and the opening of the wire getter is bent toward the side of the frame which is the peripheral portion of the image display device by bending the support portion. By holding the wire getter spatially so as to face it, and by arranging a plurality of getters of such a configuration in the column direction, the glass such as the rear plate is not broken, and an image display area with a large coverage of the getter is displayed. It was possible to make the device.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 4 to 6,
A surface conduction electron-emitting device was used as a planar cathode of an image display device.

In this surface conduction type electron-emitting device, a film including two electrodes and an electron-emitting portion between the two electrodes was formed on a face plate by a photolithographic etching method according to a semiconductor manufacturing process. As a working example, a surface conduction electron-emitting device was arranged at the position of the planar cathode in FIGS. Others are the same as the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
The getter of the present invention is disposed around the image display device as a getter.

Here, the surface conduction electron-emitting device will be described in more detail.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a basic configuration of a surface conduction electron-emitting device. FIG.
(B) is a longitudinal sectional view.

The surface conduction electron-emitting device is provided on an insulating substrate 71, as shown in FIG.
Element electrodes 75 and 76 are arranged at regular intervals on the upper side. Each element electrode 75 on this insulating substrate 71,
A thin film conductor 74 is formed between the electrodes 76. In the thin-film conductor 74, an electron emission portion 73 for emitting electrons is formed by applying electric current to the thin-film conductor 74 (JP-A-2-56822, JP-A-4-28139).
Reference).

The electron emitting portion 73 is made of conductive fine particles having a particle size of about several tens of angstroms.
The thin film conductors 74 other than 3 are made of a fine particle film.

The fine particle film described here is a film in which a plurality of fine particles are gathered, and has a fine structure not only in a state in which the fine particles are individually dispersed and arranged, but also in a state in which the fine particles are adjacent to each other or overlap each other (an island). (Including the shape).

Alternatively, the thin film conductor 74 may be a carbon thin film or the like in which conductive fine particles are dispersed.

To give a specific example of the thin film conductor 74,
Pb, Ru, Ag, Ti, In, Cu, Cr, Fe, Z
metals such as n, Sn, Ta, W, Pb, PbO, SnO
² , oxides such as In ² O ³ , PbO, Sb ² O ³ , Hf
Borides such as B ₂ , ZrB ₂ , LaB ₆ , CeB ₆ , YB ₄ , GdB ₄ , TiC, ZrC, HfC, TaC, SiC,
Carbides such as WC, nitrides such as TiN, ZrN, HfN, semiconductors such as Si and Ge, carbon, AgMg, N
iCu and the like.

Then, the thin film conductor 74 is formed by a vacuum evaporation method,
It is formed by a sputtering method, a chemical vapor deposition method, a dispersion coating method, a dipping method, a spinner method, or the like.

Further, the image display device using the above-described surface conduction electron-emitting device as an electron source and performing getter flashing was then mounted with a drive circuit to display an image.
An image could be displayed without lowering the degree of vacuum.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the positions of the centers of the getter evaporators are shifted in the getters in the front row and the back row, but they may be positioned without shifting. Further, the number of getters may be three or four or more.

As described above, by positively utilizing the back surface of the wire getter and the support surface of the getters arranged in the front row, the coverage area of the getter can be increased.

[0084]

As described above, according to the present invention, by holding a deposition type wire getter so as to be stretched over a plurality of supports arranged in a straight line, one support as in the prior art can be provided. A plurality of getters, each having one wire getter attached thereto, can be arranged by one-time alignment, so that the alignment work at the time of manufacturing can be performed only once. Further, since the directions of the openings of the wire getters which are stretched over the supports are arranged in a straight line, the coverage area of the getter flash can be made uniform.

Further, since the wire getter is configured so that the flash direction of the wire getter is substantially parallel to the installation surface, when the wire getter is used in an image display device, the area to which the getter flash is attached is widened, and therefore the outgassing area is reduced. The adsorption capacity is improved. Further, since the getter flash direction is away from the planar cathode or the phosphor at the center of the panel, the deterioration of the characteristics of the element and the decrease in the luminance of the phosphor due to the getter adhered material are eliminated. And, since the wire getter is held in a hollow state by bending the support, the heat of the wire getter at the time of getter flash does not affect other members. Glass such as a plate and a face plate is not broken.

Furthermore, the getter of the present invention is arranged so that at least a part of the getter in the rear row is attached to the back of the wire getter of the getter in the front row or to the support surface of the getter in the front row. It is possible to further increase the area of a typical getter.

Therefore, the getter of the present invention is particularly suitable as a getter for a flat-plate image display device, and further provides a large-screen image display device requiring a large-capacity getter as the internal space increases. Can also be easily realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a getter used in the present invention,
(A) is a plan view and (b) is a side view.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a getter used in the present invention,
(A) is a plan view and (b) is a side view.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the getter used in the present invention, wherein (a) to (h) show a case where the support is U-shaped, and a plurality of U-shaped supports are arranged in a line. This shows a modified example in which the arrangement relationship between the wire getter and the support and the position of the bent portion of the support are changed.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of an image display device provided with a getter of the present invention, wherein (a) is a plan view partially cut away,
(B) is a sectional view taken along line AA of (a).

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the getter arrangement shown in FIG. 4, showing a state after the getter flash.

6A and 6B show another embodiment of the image display device provided with the getter of the present invention, wherein FIG. 6A is a partially cutaway plan view,
(B) is a sectional view taken along line AA of (a).

FIGS. 7A and 7B show an example of a basic configuration of a surface conduction electron-emitting device, wherein FIG. 7A is a plan view and FIG. 7B is a longitudinal sectional view.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a getter used in a conventional flat panel image display device.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the getter shown in FIG. 8 is arranged inside the image display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wire getter 2 Powder 3 Container 4 Opening 5,6 Support 7 Planar cathode 8 Face plate 9 Phosphor 10 Sealing part 11 Exhaust pipe 12 Frame 13 Getter attaching part 71 Insulating substrate 73 Electron emitting part 74 Thin film conductor 75,76 element electrode

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An image display apparatus comprising: a rear plate on which an electron source is formed; and a face plate including a phosphor, wherein the evaporating wire getter forms an electrically closed loop with the wire getter. A support for a wire getter, wherein the support has a U-shape when viewed from the face plate side, and a flash direction of the wire getter is substantially parallel to the face plate or the rear plate. Image display device. 2. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the wire getter is formed by filling a getter material into a metal rod-shaped container having an opening formed on one side surface. 3. The image display device according to claim 2, wherein the support is made of a metal having a specific resistance equal to or less than a specific resistance of the container of the wire getter. 4. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the wire getter is held by a plurality of the supports. 5. The rear plate and the face plate are sealed with a low melting point glass frit via a frame disposed therebetween, and the wire getter is disposed between the frame and the electron source. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the flash direction is directed to the frame. 6. A plurality of wire getters are located in the flash direction.
The image display device according to claim 1. 7. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein a cold cathode electron source or a thermionic electron source is used as the electron source. 8. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the electron source is a surface conduction electron-emitting device or a field emission electron-emitting device.