Flat panel display apparatus with an array of electron emitting devices
US6259198A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J1/312
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electron emission device based flat panel display apparatus is composed of a pair of a back substrate and an optically transparent front substrate opposing to each other with a vacuum space interposed therebetween, and a plurality of electron emission devices, each of which includes an electron-supply layer made of metal or semiconductor, formed on ohmic electrodes formed on a surface of the back substrate proximate to the vacuum space, an insulator layer formed on the electron-supply layer, and a thin-film metal electrode formed on the insulator layer and facing the vacuum space. The front substrate includes collector electrodes formed on its surface proximate to the vacuum space, fluorescent material layers formed on the collector electrodes, and an image display array composed of a plurality of light emitting elements corresponding to the fluorescent material layers. The electron emission device based flat panel display apparatus also comprises an insulative support member formed on the back substrate and disposed between adjacent ones of the electron emission devices, and a plurality of electrodes, each of which is disposed between adjacent ones of the thin-film metal electr…
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