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Field emission type display device and method for driving same

US5834900A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 1997
Grant dateNov 10, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2201/319
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A field emission type display device capable of preventing a variation in luminance of the display device due to a variation in ambient temperature. A resistive layer is formed on cathode electrodes arranged in a display region and conical emitters are arranged on the resistive layer. The resistive layer is made of a semiconductor material, resulting in being varied in resistance depending on a temperature. A monitor resistive pattern made of the same material as the resistive layer is arranged so as to measure the resistance variation in the form of a voltage variation through an OP amplifier 11, which is then fed to the control circuit. The control circuit controls a gate voltage depending on the resistance to prevent a variation in luminance of the display device.

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