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Field emission display with non-evaporable getter material

US5789859A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 1996
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2329/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an FED with a getter material deposited and activated on the substrates of the faceplate and the baseplate of the FED. In one embodiment of the invention, a large FED includes a faceplate, a baseplate, and an unactivated non-evaporable getter material. The faceplate has a transparent substrate with an inner surface, and a cathodoluminescent material disposed on a portion of the inner surface. The baseplate has a base substrate with a first surface and an emitter array formed on the first surface. The baseplate and the faceplate are coupled together to form a sealed vacuum space in which the inner surface and the first surface are juxtaposed to one another in a spaced-apart relationship across a vacuum gap. The unactivated non-evaporating getter material is deposited directly on the inner surface and/or the first surface. The unactivated non-evaporating getter material may alternatively be deposited on a thin film of bonding material that is disposed on the inner surface and/or the first surface.

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