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Display apparatus

US5986624A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 1996
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2329/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display apparatus employing a field emission type cathode includes an anode electrode, a first constant voltage source for applying a first constant voltage on the anode electrode, a phosphor element coated on the anode electrode, a gate electrode arranged for facing said phosphor element, a second constant voltage source for applying a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the gate electrode, a cathode electrode arranged for facing the phosphor element via the gate electrode, an insulator arranged for facing the phosphor element via the gate electrode, a current source electrically connected to the cathode electrode, and a cathode arranged on said cathode electrode for facing said phosphor element. The current value of the current source is controlled in proportion to a third voltage applied to the current source.

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