Abstract:
An image display apparatus is provided with a vacuum chamber consisting of an electron source substrate and an image display substrate, and an ion pump which is attached to an electron-emitting substrate or the image display substrate and exhausts air from the vacuum chamber by the action of a magnet, wherein the magnet is attached and fixed to the substrate to which the ion pump has been attached. Thereby, the image display apparatus prevents the magnet from applying an excessive force to the ion pump by its weight, and acquires a stable structure without causing a vacuum leak.
Abstract:
An apparatus of the field emission light source having a luminous area and a non-luminous area includes a first plate, a second plate, cathode structures, gate structures, emission sources, an anode layer, a fluorescent layer, a getter, a retaining device and a sealant. The cathode structures are disposed in the luminous area and on the first plate. The emission sources are disposed on the cathode structures. The anode layer is disposed on the second plate. The fluorescent layer is disposed on the anode layer. The getter is disposed in the non-luminous area and on one of the first and the second plates. The retaining device is disposed between the luminous area and the non-luminous area. The sealant is sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate. When activating the getter, the retaining device can prevent metal ions gushed from the getter from entering the luminous area.
Abstract:
A field emission lamp generally includes a tube having at least one open end, at least one sealing member respectively arranged in a corresponding open end of the tube, an anode, and a cathode. The anode includes an anode conductive layer formed on an inner surface of the tube, a fluorescent layer formed on the anode conductive layer, and at least one anode electrode electrically connected with the anode conductive layer and extending out of the at least one sealing member. The cathode includes an electron emission element and at least one cathode electrode electrically connected with the electron emission element and extending out of the at least one sealing member. The electron emission element has an electron emission layer. The electron emission layer includes getter powders therein to exhaust unwanted gas in the field emission lamp, thereby ensuring the field emission lamp with a high degree of vacuum during operation thereof. A method for making such field emission lamp is also provided.
Abstract:
A structure of a vacuum getter chamber allocated on a panel of a flat panel display includes more than one aperture, a getter located on the panel between the apertures, a vacuum getter structure disposed on the panel to cover the getter and the apertures. The vacuum getter structure has a recess to form a getter chamber. The surface of the vacuum getter has a hole in communication with the chamber. During vacuuming process, the getter forms a chemical vacuum status in the vacuum chamber, such that a sufficient vacuum level is formed between a cathode electrode and an anode electrode of the panel. Thereby, an electron beam generated from the cathode electrode can impinge the phosphor of the anode electrode within a cavity to generate light.
Abstract:
An electron device such as a fluorescent display tube is provided, wherein a simple ring-less getter can be simply fixed and arranged with a large degree of freedom. The ring-less getter, G11 to G13, is securely fixed to the inner surface of the glass anode substrate 111, using laser beams. The laser beam is irradiated onto the ring-less getter, G11 to G13, from outside the anode substrate 111. Thus, the laser beam passes through the anode substrate 111, thus heating and melting the ring-less getter, G11 to G13. The corresponding inner surface of the anode substrate 111 is melted trough the heating. In cooling, the portion where the ring-less getter, G11 to G13, and the anode substrate 111 are in a molten state is solidified, so that the ring-less getter, G11 to G13, is bonded to the anode substrate 111. The ring-less getter, G11 to G13, is shaped arbitrarily through press-working a getter material.
Abstract:
A hollow cathode having at least a portion of the inner, outer or both surfaces coated with a layer of a getter material is described. Some methods for the production of the hollow cathode of the invention are also described, which include cathodic and electrophoretic deposition of the getter layer onto the hollow cathode.
Abstract:
An apparatus for removing contaminants from a display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, an auxiliary chamber is adapted to be coupled to a surface of a display device such that contaminants within the display device can travel from the display device into the auxiliary chamber. A getter is disposed in the auxiliary chamber. The getter is adapted to capture the contaminants once the contaminants travel from the display device into the auxiliary chamber. In other embodiments, the getter is disposed in the border region surrounding the active area of the display.
Abstract:
The invention discloses a pumping device by non-vaporizable getter to create a very high vacuum in a chamber defined by a metal wall capable of releasing gas at its surface, characterized in that it comprises a thin layer of non-vaporizable getter coated on at least almost the whole metal wall surface defining the chamber.
Abstract:
An apparatus for removing contaminants from a display device using an auxiliary chamber, and a method for attaching the auxiliary chamber to the display device. In one embodiment, an auxiliary chamber is adapted to be coupled to a surface of a display device. The auxiliary chamber is adapted to be coupled to the surface of the display device such that contaminants within the display device can travel from the display device into the auxiliary chamber. The auxiliary chamber further includes a getter which is disposed therein. The getter is adapted to capture the contaminants once the contaminants travel from the display device into the auxiliary chamber. In so doing, the present invention eliminates the need for getter material to be placed within the active area of the display device. As a result, the present invention increases the usable amount of space available within the display device. This extra space can then be utilized by features such as, for example, additional field emitters.
Abstract:
A FED is provided comprising: an emitter located on a cathode; a pixel located on an anode positioned to receive electrons from the emitter; and a getter located on the anode. According to another aspect of the invention, a method of making an FED is provided comprising: depositing getter material over a tip on a cathode; assembling the cathode with an anode, wherein the getter is between the tip and the anode; and activating the getter, whereby the activation causes the getter to be deposited on the anode.