Field emission backlight for liquid crystal television

Details Field emission backlight for liquid crystal television Field emission backlight for liquid crystal television

2007-01-02

2007-01-02

Patel, Nimeshkumar D. (Department: 2879)

Electric lamp and discharge devices

With luminescent solid or liquid material

Vacuum-type tube

C313S496000, C313S336000, C313S351000, C313S309000, C313S310000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10754176

ABSTRACT:
A field emission device for use as a backlight of a liquid crystal display comprises a conductive anode having a light-emitting layer and a cathode separated from the anode by a spacer. The cathode comprises nanofiber electron emitters. For example, the nanofiber electron emitters comprise a substrate, a conductive film adhered to the substrate and a plurality of isolated, hemispheroidal nanofiber clusters that are capable of emitting electrons at high current density and low field strength.

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