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Electron emission device and display device using the same

US6023124A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1998
Grant dateFeb 8, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

An electron emission device exhibits a high electron emission efficiency. The device includes an electron supply layer of metal or semiconductor, an insulator layer formed on the electron supply layer, and a thin-film metal electrode formed on the insulator layer. The insulator layer is made of an amorphous dielectric substance and has a film thickness of 50 nm or greater and has an amorphous phase with an average grain size of 5 to 100 nm as a major component and a polycrystal phase as a minor component. When an electric field is applied between the electron supply layer and the thin-film metal electrode, the electron emission device emits electrons.

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