WO2004079767A1 - 素子とその製造方法、素子群、電子放出源及び表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an element, a method of manufacturing the element, an element group, an electron emission source, and a display device.
- a field emission type cold cathode electron source (hereinafter simply referred to as an electron source) has a so-called Spindt-type electron source, a so-called electron source with a structure in which a lower electrode, a metal or semiconductor thin film, an insulating layer and an upper electrode are sequentially deposited. There is a planar stacked electron source.
- the former Spindt-type electron source 1a is composed of a lower electrode 3a having a large number of small conical tips (emitters) 2a, usually made of molybdenum, and a tip 2a. It has an upper electrode 5a in which a hole 4a exposing the tip is arranged, and an insulating portion 6a formed between the lower electrode 3a and the upper electrode 5a.
- Spindt-type electron source 1a By applying a positive voltage to the upper electrode 5a with respect to the lower electrode 3a, electrons are emitted through the hole 4a.
- This Spindt-type electron source is currently the most complete electron source.
- the above-mentioned Spindt-type electron source forms an electron source including a small conical tip by microfabrication technology, the manufacturing process is complicated, and it is difficult to form a Spindt-type electron source over a large area. There is a problem that the cost is very high. Furthermore, electrons emitted from Spindt-type electron sources are emitted at an angle of about 15 degrees with respect to the normal direction of the electron source. When applied to a high-definition field emission display, there is a disadvantage that a focusing electrode must be formed to avoid crosstalk between pixels. Furthermore, the Spindt-type electron source has a disadvantage that the voltage applied to the upper electrode for emitting electrons is as high as several tens of volts or more.
- an electron source using carbon nanotubes is being studied.
- the electron source 1b using carbon nanotubes As schematically shown in the figure, the tip 2a in the Spindt-type electron source 1a is replaced with a carbon nanotube layer 2b as an emitter.
- reference numeral 3b denotes a lower electrode
- reference numeral 4b denotes a hole exposing the carbon nanotube layer 2b
- reference numeral 5b denotes an upper electrode. Since an electron source using carbon nanotubes does not need to form a conical structure unlike the Spindt type, it has a relatively simple structure and is excellent for manufacturing an electron source over a large area. Carbon nanotubes are said to be chemically stable and have excellent electron emission characteristics.
- planar-stacked electron source in which all the components of the electron source are formed by a stacking method.
- a typical example of a planar stacked electron source is MIS (Metal Insulator).
- MIM Metal Insulator Metal
- the thickness of the upper electrode is set to 10 to 20 nm, which is almost equal to the mean free path of electrons in the upper electrode so that electrons can be uniformly emitted from the surface of the upper electrode.
- a BSD (Ballistic electron Surface-emitting Device) electron source is being studied as an electron source having a configuration similar to that of a stacked electron source.
- the BSD-type electron source 1 c has polysilicon 7 c, which is a columnar semiconductor crystal, and a silicon oxide film (not shown) interposed between the polysilicon 7 c on its surface.
- Porous polysilicon layer 6c consisting of formed nanocrystalline microcrystalline silicon layer 2c As an emitter.
- the stacked and BSD electron sources described above have a small degree of vacuum dependence of electron emission characteristics, stable electron emission and low noise, and an extremely small emission angle of emitted electrons, and are almost perpendicular to the electron emission surface. Electrons are emitted. Also, the voltage applied to the upper electrode for emitting electrons is as low as 10 V or less.
- the stacked type electron source and the BSD type electron source are configured such that electrons reaching the upper electrode and having an energy equal to or higher than the work function of the upper electrode among the reached electrons are emitted from the upper electrode. Therefore, there is a problem that the ratio of electrons emitted into the vacuum is very small compared to the leak current flowing through the upper electrode.
- the value obtained by dividing the current due to the electrons emitted into the vacuum by the sum of the leak current flowing through the upper electrode and the current due to the electrons emitted into the vacuum is called the emission efficiency.
- the maximum is about 1% in the case of, and about 100% in the case of the Spindt electron source. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can solve the above-mentioned problems or problems.
- the present invention can be easily formed in a large area, has an electron emission efficiency comparable to a Spindt electron source, and has excellent electron emission characteristics (vacuum degree dependent) comparable to a stacked electron source such as MIM and BSD. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electron emission source having a small property, a small emission angle of emitted electrons, a stable current due to the emitted electrons, a small noise, and a low applied voltage for emitting electrons.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a display device which has high definition and high luminance, has no variation in luminance among pixels, and has excellent stability of such characteristics.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an element suitable for constituting the above-mentioned electron emission source and a method for manufacturing the same.
- the element of the present invention is characterized in that a mixture containing a conductive polymer material and a carbon-based material is filled in a hollow body containing a resin and having an insulating property.
- the conductive polymer is used as the lower electrode, and the carbon-based material is used as an emitter.
- the hollow body functions as an insulator. This element is cut into a predetermined length, an electrode is formed on one end face of the hollow body, and electron emission can be performed by applying a voltage between the end face and the other insulator end face. Since the element mainly has a conductive polymer material and a resin, it is possible to apply a resin molding technique, etc. Therefore, an element having a high degree of freedom in shape and a high degree of shape accuracy can be easily formed. Therefore, the device according to the present invention has stable electron emission characteristics and excellent mass productivity.
- the element has an outer diameter of 0.1 ⁇ m to 1 mm.
- the carbon-based material is a carbon nanotube.
- the carbon-based material is a graphite or diamond-like carbon.
- the carbon-based material is a fullerene.
- the fullerene is an endohedral fullerene.
- the conductive polymer includes polyacetylene, polyphenylenevinylene, polypyrrole, polyayulin, polyalkylthiophene, or a derivative thereof.
- the device is characterized by being integrally formed by extrusion.
- the device is characterized by having flexibility.
- the element group according to the present invention is characterized by bundling the elements.
- An electron emission source according to the present invention is characterized in that an electrode is provided on an end face of the hollow body in the element.
- a display device is characterized by including the electron emission source and a light emitting unit provided to face the electron emission direction of the electron source.
- a mixture containing a conductive polymer material and a carbon-based material is discharged from a first discharge portion in a fluidized state, and is disposed around the first discharge portion.
- the material forming the insulating resin is discharged from the second discharging portion in a fluid state, and an element in which the mixture is filled in a hollow body of the insulating resin based on the material is formed. It is characterized by that.
- the material forming the insulating resin discharged from the second discharging portion is closely arranged around the mixture discharged from the first discharging portion, and the insulating resin is formed based on the material.
- the resin is generated, a device in which the mixture is filled in the hollow body of the insulating resin is manufactured in one step. Therefore, the defect rate of the element manufactured by such a manufacturing method is reduced while maintaining mass productivity.
- the material forming the insulating resin may be the insulating resin itself or a polymer thereof. In order to bring the mixture or the material into a fluid state, these may be heated to a molten or semi-molten state, or may be dissolved or dispersed using a solvent or a dispersion medium. When in a monomer state, it may be used as it is.
- the element may be stretched in the longitudinal direction to form an element having a desired outer shape.
- an electron emission source is formed by bundling elements filled in a hollow body made of an insulating resin with a mixture of a conductive polymer material and a carbon-based material.
- the element can be easily manufactured by extrusion or the like. That is, it can be manufactured without using a vacuum film forming technique.
- an electron emission source having an arbitrary area can be obtained simply by increasing the number of bundles. That is, a large-area electron emission source can be provided, and a large-area display device can be realized extremely easily.
- the hollow portion of the element is filled with a mixture of a conductive resin and a carbon-based material. That is, since the carbon-based material is uniformly dispersed in the conductive resin, the distance between the electrode and the carbon-based material does not differ from place to place, unlike the conventional technique shown in FIG. The emission angle of the emitted electrons is small, and electrons are emitted almost perpendicularly from the electron emission surface.
- the diameter of the element can be any size of 0.1 ⁇ m or more. 0.1 ⁇ m or more: 10 mm is preferred. 0.1 n! ⁇ 1 mm is more preferred. Extrusion molding becomes easier when the ratio is 0.1 or more. Even in the case of lmm to l0 mm, the display is viewed from a long distance. In the case of a display device, the roughness of the screen does not matter. Therefore, 1 mn! An element having a diameter of 11 O mm may be used.
- FIG. 1 is a view showing a device according to an example of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing a method of manufacturing a device according to an example of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a view showing an electron emission source according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of the arrangement of elements in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of elements in an example of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display device according to an example of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a view showing a display device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a view showing a conventional example.
- FIG. 1 shows an element according to this example.
- the element 1 204 is a mixture of a conductive polymer material 1 210 and a carbon-based material 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 force S, a hollow body 1 2 Filled inside.
- Such an element 124 is preferably manufactured as follows.
- the conductive polymer material 1210 and the carbon material 1211 are mixed to form a mixture.
- This mixture is melted by heating in a container 122 to form a solution state of 120 liq .
- the mixture may be dissolved in an appropriate solvent to obtain a solution mixture of 120 liq .
- the insulating resin is also referred to as the insulating resin 1 201 lin in a solution state in the container 1 13.
- a mixture 1 0 2 0 liq a solution state of the insulating resin 1 2 0 1 liq in solution forming press out For example, by applying pressure to the solution mixture 120 0 liq and the solution insulation resin 120 l liq , extrusion is performed through a mold 120 7 having predetermined holes. Do. After passing through the mold 127, the mixture and the insulating resin are in a solidified state or a semi-solidified state.
- a mixture of the conductive polymer material 1210 and the carbon-based material 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 force S, the element filled inside the hollow body 1 Formed in The element may be wound on a roll or the like by pulling one end of the element. During extrusion, the element is subjected to a tensile force in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, carbon-based materials (especially carbon tubes and other materials with an aspect ratio of 1 or more) are also arranged in parallel to the element in the longitudinal direction. .
- the element may be expanded by applying a tensile force in the longitudinal direction of the element. By such expansion, it is possible to make the element diameter smaller.
- the carbon-based materials can be aligned in the longitudinal direction.
- the cross-sectional shape of the element 122 itself and the cross-sectional shape of the mixture 122 can be any shape It is possible.
- the shape of the hole in the mold 127 may be set to a desired shape.
- the shape may be a triangle, a rectangle or other polygon, a star, a circle, an ellipse or any other shape. The same applies to the shape of the mixture.
- an electrode 123 is formed at one end of the element.
- the filled mixture is slightly removed by etching or using a solution in which only the mixture is dissolved at the end face on the side where the electrode is formed.
- the electrodes may be formed after the elements are bundled.
- a plurality of the devices manufactured as described above are bundled.
- Fig. 4 shows an example of bundling.
- an element having a circular cross-sectional shape is used.
- the large-diameter elements 124f are adjacent to each other, and the small-diameter elements 124 are embedded in the gaps. Thereby, the arrangement can be performed at a higher density.
- FIG. 5 shows an example in which the cross section of the element itself is square. In this case, the gap between the elements is reduced, and the elements can be arranged at a high density.
- the number of elements to be bundled is arbitrary. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture an electron emission source having a large area by increasing the number of elements to be bundled. As a result, a large-area display device can be produced very easily.
- the element group in a state where the elements are bundled is cut perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
- the cutting length is arbitrary.
- the cut element group is placed vertically on the common electrode 125, and the common electrode 125 and the mixture 122 are electrically connected.
- a power source is connected so that a voltage can be applied between the common electrode 125 and the electrode 123 on the element.
- a display device can be formed by providing a light emitting portion 128 in the direction of electron emission.
- the element group is arranged on the substrate 125, but it is not always necessary to use the substrate 125.
- the element group is cut into a desired length, and one end face (the end face on which the electrode 123 is formed) is arranged toward the fluorescent portion 122. On the other hand, on the opposite end face of the element, Is exposed a little, and as shown in FIG. 7, the mixed portions of each element are connected to each other.
- the anode of the power supply 126 is connected to this connection. Since the element of the present invention has flexibility, the connection portion can be set at any position.
- the element group may be cut at a length corresponding to the position of the connection portion. In this way, there is no need to consider the arrangement of the substrates 125, and the connection can be freely selected, so that the degree of freedom in design is greatly increased. Industrial applicability
- the electron emission characteristics are stable over time.
- the driving voltage is as low as 10 V or less.
- the fluorescent part By constructing the fluorescent part as a light emitting element that emits light, it can be suitably used for display devices, light valves or backlights, and can be widely applied to other uses such as scanning electronic head microscopes. Can be.
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