摘要:
Lateral luminescent field emitter devices for use in flat panel displays and a method of manufacturing are described. The device comprises a flat substrate, an anode disposed on the substrate, and a cathode disposed on the substrate, the cathode providing an electron emission surface capable of emitting electrons laterally across a gap to a major portion of an adjacent surface of the anode.
摘要:
A field emission element including a gate and an emitter and capable of preventing any of the element oxide layer from being formed on a tip of the emitter to prevent a decrease in emission current, unstable operation and an increase in noise. The gate has a surface formed of a material of oxygen bonding strength higher than that of a material for at least a tip surface of the emitter, so that oxygen atoms and molecules containing oxygen entering the gate may be captured by adsorption on the gate to prevent formation of any oxide layer on the emitter. When a portion of the emitter other than the tip surface is formed of a material of oxygen bonding strength higher than that of the material for the tip surface, formation of any oxide layer on the tip surface of the emitter is minimized.
摘要:
A cold cathode field emission device employs photon energy and electric field induced electron emission enhancement to provide subthreshold photoelectric emission; and, alternatively, photon-enhanced cold cathode field emission.
摘要:
A high resolution matrix addressed flat panel display having single field emission microtip redundancy with resistive base is described. Parallel, spaced conductors acting as cathode columns for the display are over the substrate. A layer of insulation is formed over the cathode columns. Parallel, spaced conductors acting as gate lines for the display are formed over the layer of insulation at a right angle to the cathode columns. The intersections of the cathode columns and gate lines are pixels of the display. A plurality of openings at the pixels extend through the insulating layer and the gate lines. At each of the openings is a resistive base connected to the cathode conductor column. A small field emission microtip is formed on each resistive base, extending up from the resistive base and into the openings, the height of the microtip being many times smaller than the height of the resistive base.
摘要:
Rod-shaped or cylindrical structures in the nm range on a substrate of silicon are manufactured. A first cylinder of silicon is selectively epitaxially deposited in the hole of a mask layer of oxide, and the mask layer is removed. The silicon is then oxidized to form an oxide layer having such a thickness that a thinner, second cylinder of silicon having practically the same height as the first cylinder remains. In a last step, this oxide layer is removed, so that the second cylinder forms a freestanding silicon rod on the surface of the substrate.
摘要:
Compact electron gun having a microdot electron source and a semiconductor laser using said gun for electronic pumping. A compact electron gun is provided having a microdot electron emitting source (2), an anode (8) spaced from the microdots, means (16) for applying a high voltage to the and, array (10) of electrodes distributed around the bean emitted by the source for the strip focussing thereof onto the anode. The array also serves as an electrostatic screen for the source with respect to the high voltage of the array. The array is positioned between the source and the anode and has at least two pairs of electrodes (18, 18b, 20a, 20b) of different dimensions which are raised to respectively positive and negative voltages. The positive and the negative voltages produce a weak electrostatic field between the source and the electrode array and a strong electrostatic field between the electrode array and the anode. The electron gun also has means for applying a medium voltage to the electrode array and means for applying an appropriate voltage to the microdots.
摘要:
An electron emission element includes a substrate, a base electrode formed on the substrate, an emitter connecting portion formed on a part of the base electrode, and an emitter formed on the emitter connecting portion and having a wedge. The wedge of the emitter has a mesa shape in section. The wedge of the emitter has an upper surface and a lower surface which is wider than the upper surface. The wedge of the emitter has an edge provided with a lower corner of an acute angle in section. The electron emission element further includes an insulating layer formed on the substrate and spaced from the wedge of the emitter by a given gap, and a control electrode formed on the insulating layer for enabling electrons to be emitted from the edge of the emitter. The wedge of the emitter may have an inverted-mesa shape.
摘要:
A baseplate for a flat panel display comprising relatively thick semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate is a macro-grain polycrystalline substrate, which is amorphized by ion implantation or reformed by recrystallization, to obscure the grain boundaries, thereafter redundant circuitry may be fabricated thereon to further enhance product yield.
摘要:
A variety of field emission devices and structures which employ non-substrate layers of single-crystal silicon. By employing non-substrate layers of single-crystal silicon, improved emission control is achieved and improved performance controlling devices are formed within the device structure.
摘要:
An integrally controlled field emission display device (FED display) is set forth wherein at least a first controller, realized generally as a transistor device, is disposed in/on at least a layer of the FED display and is operably connected to at least one element of the field emission devices of the FED display. A plurality of integrally formed controllers may be selectively interconnected to provide selective control of groups of FEDs of the FED display in a manner that provides for integrated active addressing of the FED display.