WO2000002183A1 - Commande d'un ecran a cathodes a faible affinite electronique - Google Patents
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- WO2000002183A1 WO2000002183A1 PCT/FR1999/001597 FR9901597W WO0002183A1 WO 2000002183 A1 WO2000002183 A1 WO 2000002183A1 FR 9901597 W FR9901597 W FR 9901597W WO 0002183 A1 WO0002183 A1 WO 0002183A1
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- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
- G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
- G09G3/22—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources
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- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G2300/00—Aspects of the constitution of display devices
- G09G2300/08—Active matrix structure, i.e. with use of active elements, inclusive of non-linear two terminal elements, in the pixels together with light emitting or modulating elements
- G09G2300/0809—Several active elements per pixel in active matrix panels
- G09G2300/0842—Several active elements per pixel in active matrix panels forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor
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- Certain deposition conditions make it possible to obtain layers having, for fields of the order of 30 V / ⁇ m, current densities of 10 mA / cm 2 , that is to say a sufficient value for manufacturing a screen of brightness of 300 cd / m 2 .
- the emissive properties of the films seem inconsistent because they are very dependent on the roughness (of the order of the grain size ⁇ 5 ⁇ m) and the density of defects. In field emission screens whose cathodes are made of polycrystalline material, it can therefore be seen that the display is not uniform.
- the invention makes it possible to solve this problem by providing for the cathodes of an information display screen, from a material with low electronic affinity of amorphous or crystalline structure which has a smooth surface state.
- cathodes cannot emit a large flow of electrons (less than 1 mA / cm 2 some 10 " A / cm).
- the control of the image elements In principle, it is done line by line.
- cathodes with low electronic affinity characterized by a low emission density ( ⁇ 1 mA / cm 2 ) can be used in a display screen provided that they are each combined with a control circuit which maintains the current supply during a frame time which makes it possible to have a current supply n times less than that which would have been necessary in a line by line command, n being the number of lines of the screen.
- the invention therefore relates to a system for controlling a screen comprising at least one electron emission image element with low electronic affinity, characterized in that it comprises:
- FIG. 1a and 1b simplified examples of a cathode emission device in which the cathode is a material with low electronic affinity
- Figure 1a shows a basic structure of the device according to the invention.
- This device comprises, on a substrate 2, a layer 21 of material with high electronic affinity. On this layer 21 is located at least one element 1 of material with low electronic affinity, called cathode. In the case of a display device facing the cathode at a distance d C a from the cathode, there is a layer of conductive material called anode 3.
- the layer 21 is preferably conductive and makes it possible to electrically control the cathode. Insofar as the substrate has the properties of layer 21, this can be omitted.
- the cathode is made of material deposited in amorphous form so as to have a good surface condition. Its crystal structure can be possibly modified by a treatment after deposition (heat treatment or laser).
- This material can for example be made of carbon with the following structure: a-C: H; a-C: H: N.
- Figure 1b shows an electron micro-gun. Such a structure is similar as regards the electron emission part (cathode) to that of FIG. 1a. However, in place of the anode, a target, not shown, will be placed. In addition, there is provided an electrode 5 'for focusing the electron beam. This electrode is located above the grid 5 and surrounds the electron emission part of the device.
- FIG. 2 represents such an organization comprising a matrix of cathode emission devices DC1.1 to DCn.m connected to wires of lines CL1 to CLn and to wires of columns CC1 to CCm.
- CDL and CDC control circuits make it possible to apply control potentials to the line wires and the control wires.
- Each cathode emission device is connected to a line wire and to a column wire by a coincidence circuit or a cross point circuit DC1.1 to DCn.m.
- Each crossing point of the matrix therefore comprises a circuit as shown in FIG. 3.
- the circuit comprises a first transistor T1 ij whose gate GSij is connected to a line wire CLi and the source (or emitter) DSij is connected to a column wire CCj.
- a first capacitor Ctij is connected to the drain (or collector) of the transistor T1 ij.
- a second transistor T2ij allows to connect the capacitor Ctij, and more precisely the common point Aij of the capacitor Ctij and of the transistor T1 ij, to a second capacitor Csij.
- the voltage level of this second capacitor Csij makes it possible to control the conduction of a third transistor T3ij which controls the supply of current to the cathode of corresponding crossing point.
- the second transistor T2ij makes it possible to connect the point Aij to the common point Bij of the capacitor and of the gate of the third transistor T3ij.
- a fourth transistor T4ij short-circuits the second capacitor Csij to discharge it.
- the control of the transistors T2ij and T4ij is done by control pulses applied to their gates at determined times which are defined in the diagram of FIG. 4.
- the signals VGS1 to VGSn correspond to the control signals of the lines CL1 to CLn. It can therefore be seen that during a time T which corresponds to a frame time, all the lines have been ordered one after the other. We will be interested for example in the VGSi control signal of the line CLi. Its period is therefore equal to T.
- a row control pulse such as VGSi
- a column control pulse of a particular value (between 0 and 10 V) is applied to each column wire. From one row command pulse to the next, the values of the column pulses are changed according to the command that is to be carried out. In FIG.
- the pulse VDSJ1 is, for example, set to 10 Volts.
- the VDSJ2 pulse has the value 5 Volts and during the frame time T3, the VDSJ3 pulse has the value 7 Volts.
- the pulse VGSil has the effect of making the transistor T1 ij conductive which transmits the potential VDSj to the point Aij.
- the capacitor Ctij is charged between this potential and the ground, that is to say at a potential of 10 Volts for the first pulse VDSj
- a pulse ⁇ 1.1 (line ⁇ 1) which is produced after the last line command pulse VGSn of the frame T1
- the transistor T2ij is made conductive. It should be noted that this signal ⁇ 1 is applied to all the transistors T2ij of the different crossing points of the matrix. In each crossing point circuit, the point such as Aij is connected to the point Bij. The capacitor Csij is therefore charged to the potential of Aij.
- the potential of the point Bij makes the transistor T3ij conductive and this allows the circulation of a current towards the device DCij and therefore towards the cathode of the crossing point to be controlled.
- the transistors such as T2ij disconnect the points Aij from the points Bij.
- the current supply of the device DCij is maintained by the transistor T3ij under the control of the capacitor Csij.
- the next frame time T2 begins.
- the column pulse VGSi2 controls the conduction of the transistor T1 ij.
- the potential VDSJ2 is transmitted to point Aij and controls the charge of the capacitor Cti.
- a pulse ⁇ 2.1 controls the conduction of the transistors such as T4ij, of the various crossover point circuits. These transistors have the role of grounding the Bij points. All the capacities such as Csij of the different crossing points are therefore discharged. Transistors such as T3ij go into the off state and no longer conduct current to devices such as DCij. Each pulse ⁇ 2.1 lasts long enough to allow the capacitors Csij to discharge. When the pulses ⁇ 2.1 disappear, the system provides the following pulse ⁇ 1.2 for controlling the transistors T2ij.
- the capacitor Ctij of each crossing point circuit was charged under the control of the pulses VGSi2 and VDSJ2.
- the conduction of the transistor T2ij controls the transfer of the charge from the capacitor Ctij to the capacitor Csij.
- the transistor T3ij is turned on again as a function of the voltage level of the capacitor Ctij. The operation then continues as has just been described.
- a crossing point circuit can be considered to be made up: - a first memory circuit M1 connected to a line wire and to a column wire and comprising the transistor T1ij and the capacitor Ctij; a second memory circuit M2 comprising the capacitor Csij;
- the memories M1 of the line i are loaded with the data information of the columns.
- all the memories M1 of the matrix are loaded.
- the transfer circuit CT then controls the transfer of the content of the memories M1 to the memories M2, then isolates the memories M2 from the memories M1.
- the memories M2 control the current control circuit CT while the data for the next frame time are loaded into the memories M1.
- the reset circuit CLEAR erases the content of the memories M2, then the transfer circuit CT again commands the transfer of the content of the memories M1 to the memories M2. Operation continues as described above. It should be noted that the operation of the system is placed under the control of a central control circuit CCU.
- This CCU circuit also supplies the signals ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 at the appropriate times in accordance with the description above, according to the timing diagram in FIG. 4 for example.
- the last line of signals in Figure 4 illustrates the application of the system to an electron gun.
- the electron beam emitted by a cathode matrix is transmitted on one face of a component (semiconductor) to be treated.
- a component semiconductor
- the beam is moved to the surface of the component and illuminates a neighboring area.
- the last line of figure 4 illustrates this displacement.
- the beam illuminates an area x1.
- the beam is moved (by 50 nm for example), the control of the matrix is modified and the beam lights up the area x2. Again, the beam is moved, the command is modified, then the beam lights up the x3 area, etc.
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US09/485,719 US6356028B1 (en) | 1998-07-03 | 1999-07-02 | Screen control with cathodes having low electronic affinity |
KR1020007002245A KR100592203B1 (ko) | 1998-07-03 | 1999-07-02 | 전자 친화도가 낮은 캐소드를 갖는 스크린 제어 |
EP99929382A EP1010162A1 (fr) | 1998-07-03 | 1999-07-02 | Commande d'un ecran a cathodes a faible affinite electronique |
JP2000558505A JP2002520640A (ja) | 1998-07-03 | 1999-07-02 | 低電子親和度のカソードを有するスクリーン用の駆動システム |
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