Abstract:
A display, comprising a vacuum envelope (10) having a rear substrate (12) and a front substrate (11) opposed to each other and side walls (18) installed between the rear substrate and the front substrate, wherein a fluorescent screen (16) is formed on the internal surface of the front substrate, a large number of electron emission elements (22) emitting electrons to the fluorescent screen are installed on the internal surface of the rear substrate, a reinforcement glass (32) is disposed on the external surface of the front substrate opposite to each other, a resistance layer (30) is installed between the reinforcement glass and the front substrate, and the resistance layer has a sheet resistance of 10 OMEGA /square or more, and set to an anode potential.
Abstract:
A protected faceplate structure (900) includes a faceplate (100) and a barrier layer (902) of silica. The faceplate (100) may be made of soda glass, and the barrier layer (902) may be made of silica.
Abstract:
A method for scrubbing and passivating an anode plate (100) of a field emission display (120) includes the steps of providing a scrubbing passivation material (127); imparting to scrubbing passivation material (127) an energy selected to cause removal of a contamination layer (123, 117) from anode plate (100); causing scrubbing passivation material (127) to be received by contamination layer (123, 117), thereby removing contamination layer (123, 117); and depositing at least a portion of scrubbing passivation material (127) on anode plate (100), thereby forming a passivation layer (129).
Abstract:
The invention provides spacers for separating and supporting a faceplate structure and a backplate structure in a flat panel display, and methods for fabricating these spacers. Each spacer is typically made of ceramic, such as alumina, containing transition metal oxide, such as titania, chromia or iron oxide. Each spacer can be fabricated with an electrically insulating core and electrically resistive skins. The insulating core can be a wafer formed of ceramic such as alumina, and the resistive skins can be formed by laminating electrically resistive wafers, formed from alumina containing transition metal oxide, to the outside surfaces of the insulating core. Each spacer can also have a core of electrically insulating ceramic composition made of a ceramic containing a transition metal oxide in its higher oxide states, and electrically resistive outside surfaces made of a ceramic containing a transition metal oxide in lower oxide states. Face and/or edge metallization strips can optionally be provided on each spacer.
Abstract:
A field emission display device has a faceplate and a backplate. The faceplate includes a faceplate interior side with an active region made of a plurality of phosphor pixel elements; and the backplate has a backplate interior side with a plurality of field emitters. Sidewalls are positioned between the faceplate and the backplate, to form an enclosed sealed envelope between the sidewalls, backplate interior side and the faceplate interior side. At least one spacer wall in the envelope supports the backplate and the faceplate against forces acting in a direction toward the envelope. At least one internal structure fixes and constrains the faceplate and the backplate, and aligns a plurality of phosphor pixels with corresponding field emitters. Additonally, the faceplate can include at least one faceplate fiducial, and the backplate include a corresponding backplate fiducial. The faceplate fiductial is optically aligned with the backplate fiducial. First, the spacer wall is positioned in the wall gripper. The faceplate and backplate fiducials are then optically aligned, and the spacer wall then introduced into the locator. Phosphor pixels are aligned with their corresponding field emitters. There is no need for external fixturing devices in the high temperature bonding and sealing processes of the display.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus comprises an evacuated envelope having a front board (1) on which a phosphor screen is formed and further having a back board opposed to the front board with a gap therebetween; a metal back including a plurality of divisional parts (M1-M4) overlying the phosphor screen; a plurality of connection resistors electrically connected to the respective divisional parts; a common electrode (30) connected to the metal back disposed around the metal back and electrically connected to the metal back via the connection resistors; a power supply part (50) for supplying charge to the common electrode; and a limiting resistor (60) connected between the common electrode and the power supply part for limiting the charge supply from the power supply part to the common electrode. The structure as described above can prevent any discharge from occurring between the common electrode and the stripe parts, thereby suppressing a long-term discharge, so that the damage which otherwise would occur due to the discharge can be suppressed.
Abstract:
An image display device can suppress a peak value of a discharge current even when discharge is generated between an electron source side and a fluorescent screen side, and furthermore, the device is manufactured at a high productivity. A method for manufacturing such image display device is also provided. The image display device is provided with a metal back layer (37) which is electrically discontinuous by presenting a particle shape of a fluorescent material or by ruggedness formed by partially removing a smoothing layer (36); and a fluorescent screen (31) whereupon fluorescent layers (32) are arranged in a prescribed order.
Abstract:
A cold cathode field emission display comprising a cathode panel (CP) having a plurality of cold cathode field emission devices and an anode panel (AP) joined together at their peripheral portions is disclosed. The anode panel (AP) is composed of a substrate (30), a phosphor layer (31) formed on the substrate (30), an anode electrode (35) formed on the phosphor layer (31), and a resistive layer (36) for controlling discharge current which is formed on the anode electrode (35) and has a thickness of tR (unit: mum), and satisfies the formula: tR x 10 > (1/2)C.VA (wherein C represents the capacitance (F) between the cold cathode field emission device and the anode electrode, and VA represents the voltage (v) applied to the anode electrode). Consequently, even when discharge has occurred, the resistive layer can be surely prevented from being damaged by the energy generated according to the capacitance.
Abstract:
The electron impact surface (19) of an anode (13) is coated with a pyrocarbon coating (21) to reduce the production of secondary electrons and, concomitantly, to suppress the formation of neutral gases and plasma. First, a coating of a carbonizable resin is applied to the surface (19), followed by baking the anode (13) to at least 700 °C in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. The baking decomposes the resin, leaving a layer of porous carbon char on the surface (19). Next, the carbonized anode (13) is heated to at least 1000 °C while a low-pressure hydrocarbon gas, e.g., methane, is flowed over the char. The gas decomposes, depositing carbon on the char, which infiltrates the char and creates a non-porous, rigid layer (21) of pyrocarbon that is electrically conductive. The anode (13) is then heated in a vacuum oven to evaporate any residual water in the pyrocarbon coating (21).