Field emission display device with focusing electrodes at the an

Details Field emission display device with focusing electrodes at the an Field emission display device with focusing electrodes at the an

1995-08-30

1998-06-30

Snow, Walter E.

Electric lamp and discharge devices

With luminescent solid or liquid material

Vacuum-type tube

313496, 313497, H01J 162

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active

057739277

ABSTRACT:
A field emission display device includes a baseplate having a set of field-induced electron emitters for each pixel in a display. Each set includes a plurality of emitters each carried by a supporting substrate and disposed within a respective aperture in an insulating layer deposited on the surface of the substrate. A conductive layer is deposited on the insulating layer peripherally about the apertures. A plurality of emitter conductors are each operatively coupled to the emitters of one of the sets of emitters. A conductive voltage applied to the conductive layer and a source voltage applied to one of the emitter conductors causes the emitters coupled to the emitter conductor to each emit an electron emission. The display device also includes a faceplate having a transparent viewing layer positioned in a parallel spaced-apart relationship with the baseplate. An anode is deposited on a planar surface of the viewing layer opposite the sets of emitters. A luminescent layer has a plurality of localized portions each deposited on the anode opposite one of the sets of emitters so that an anode voltage applied to the anode will direct any electron emissions from the emitters toward the localized portions of the luminescent layer. Finally, a plurality of focusing electrodes each comprising a conductive strip are deposited on the planar surface of the viewing layer around the periphery of a respective localized portion of the luminescent layer substantially opposite the respective set of emitters of the localized portion so that a focusing electrode voltage which is less than the anode voltage applied to the focusing electrodes will focus these electron emissions on the localized portions of the luminescent layer.

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