DRIVING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELECTRON SOURCE, AND PICTURE FORMING DEVICE USING THE ELECTRON SOURCE

    公开(公告)号:JP2000081857A

    公开(公告)日:2000-03-21

    申请号:JP25147898

    申请日:1998-09-04

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To operate a device stably for a long time by suppressing variation of a characteristic of plural electron emitting elements owned by an electron source. SOLUTION: This device is a driving device of a display panel 1000 provided with an electron source having plural electron emitting elements. In this case, a modulated signal outputted from a modulation signal generator 87 is passed through band filters Fy1-Fyn based on a picture signal of one line stored in a line memory 85, and a resonant frequency component in an electron source is eliminated. Thus, a driving signal from which a resonant frequency component is eliminated is inputted to column wiring terminals Dy1-Dyn of the display panel 1000, the display panel 1000 is driven synchronizing with a scan signal inputted to row wiring terminals Dx1-Dxm of the same display panel 1000, and a picture is displayed. Thereby, the display panel 1000 can be displayed and driven preventing resonance in an electron source which causes deterioration of an electron emitting characteristic of an electron emitting element.

    ELECTRON EMITTING ELEMENT, ELECTRON SOURCE USING IT, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURE

    公开(公告)号:JPH09298029A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-18

    申请号:JP8307196

    申请日:1996-03-13

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To uniformize and stabilize the electron emitting characteristic, and improve the electron emitting efficiency by uniformly forming an electron emitting part, particularly, in surface conductive type, so that the width of a crack is 50nm or less, and the length corresponding to voltage application is 5nm or less. SOLUTION: This element has a base 1, opposed element electrodes 4, 5, and a conductive film 3 formed of fine particle film, and an electron emitting part 2 formed of a crack by electric forming is formed on the film 3. The crack width is uniformly set to 50nm or less and, preferably, the voltage application corresponding length is uniformly set to 5nm or less. Namely, the electric forming is performed in the atmosphere containing a gas for promoting the coagulation of the film 3 by applying a pulse voltage preferably in a prescribed wave height value. As the gas, reductive H2 , CO or the like is used when the film 3 is formed of a metal oxide, to coagulate the film 3 in reduction. Thus, the power necessary for treatment is reduced, and since the emitting part 2 is formed when the resistance value of the film 3 is reduced to the same value, the dispersion between elements is suppressed.

    ELECTRON EMITTING ELEMENT, ELECTRON SOURCE USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:JPH08329828A

    公开(公告)日:1996-12-13

    申请号:JP15407195

    申请日:1995-05-30

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE: To enhance the electron emitting characteristics along with a long lifetime and stable operation by forming an electroconductive film on an underlay thin film or a base board containing specific substance(s). CONSTITUTION: A base board 1 contains a substance having a work function lower than the substance(s) constituting an electron emission part 2, and after washing the base board 1 with detergent, pure water, and an organic solvent, an underlay film 6 is formed by the vacuum evaporation process or sputtering process. An organic metal solution having as chief element the metal constituting a conductive film 3 is applied to the base board 1 and dried and heated as a baking process, followed by a lift-off and etching process, and thus conductive film 3 with patterning is produced. An element electrode material is deposited on this film 3, followed by a photolithographic process so that element electrodes 4, 5 are formed. Current is fed from a power supply to between the element electrodes 4, 5, and the film 3 is destroyed, deformed, or denatured locally, and thus electron emission part 2 is accomplished.

    SURFACE CONDUCTIVE ELECTRON EMISSION ELEMENT, ELECTRON SOURCE USING IT, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURE

    公开(公告)号:JPH08162010A

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-21

    申请号:JP31941794

    申请日:1994-11-30

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE: To easily manufacture a surface conductive electron emission element having the uniform electric characteristic by communicating element electrodes so formed as to be faced to each other on a substrate by means of a conductive thin film, and forming an electron emitting part through a process of adjusting the value of resistance of this conductive thin film. CONSTITUTION: Element electrodes 4, 5 (made of Ni, Cr, etc.) are formed on the substrate 1 (quartz glass) so as to be faced to each other, and a conductive thin film 3 (made of Pd, Ru, etc.) is so formed as to communicate the element electrodes 4, 5 with each other. The substrate 1 on which the element electrodes 4, 5 and the conductive thin film 3 are formed is installed in a vacuum device 42, and a pulse applying device 41 and an ammeter 40 are connected to the element electrodes 4, 5. After the vacuum device 42 is exhausted by an exhaust pipe 43, various kinds of gas are introduced from an introducing pipe 44, the pulse shape is made generated from the pulse applying device 41, and the initial resistance is measured by the ammeter 40. After the resistance correcting pulse is added to adjust the value of resistance into the desired one, the electrification processing called forming is applied, and an electron emitting part 2 whose structure is changed is formed on a part of the conductive thin film 3.

    ELECTRON EMISSION ELEMENT, ELECTRON SOURCE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THEM, AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:JPH08102251A

    公开(公告)日:1996-04-16

    申请号:JP25907594

    申请日:1994-09-29

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE: To provide a manufacturing method of a surface conduction-type electron emission element as an electron beam source with which the size of an image forming apparatus can be made wide and images with high quality can be provided. CONSTITUTION: Regarding a manufacturing method of a surface conduction-type electron emission element in which an electron emission part 2 is formed in a conductive thin film 3 communicating element electrodes 4, 5 on a substrate 1; a height regulating member 6 is installed under only one element electrode 5. The step attributed to the element electrode 5 and the height regulating member 6 is utilized as a structural latent image forming means (a), and a structural latent image 8 with different film thickness and/or film quality is formed near the step by forming a conductive thin film (b), and the structural latent image 8 is developed by heating to form an electron emitting part 2. Consequently, an electron emission element with high reproducibility of the shape and the position of the electron emission part and uniform electron emitting properties can be manufactured.

    ELECTRON EMITTING ELEMENT, ELECTRON SOURCE AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:JPH0896699A

    公开(公告)日:1996-04-12

    申请号:JP25273094

    申请日:1994-09-22

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE: To provide a surface conduction type electron emitting element which can realize an image formation device possessing a larger area and higher quality. CONSTITUTION: An electron emitting portion 2 is set on a conductive thin film 3 connecting element electrodes 4, 5 made on a substrate 1 so as to form a surface conduction type electron emitting element. In the surface conduction type electron emitting element, one side electrode 5 is formed to be thick so that an electron emitting portion 2 is set only in the vicinity of a step portion of an element electrode 5 part. Thereby, even if length L between the element electrodes 4, 5 is set to be long, the repeatability of the shape and the location of the electron emitting portion 2 is high so that it is possible to obtain the element possessing a uniform electron emitting characteristic.

    INSPECTION DEVICE FOR ELECTRON EMITTING ELEMENT

    公开(公告)号:JPH06283104A

    公开(公告)日:1994-10-07

    申请号:JP2761294

    申请日:1994-02-01

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PURPOSE:To precisely select the quality of an element having voltage-dependent nonlinearity by comparing a reference current value with the current value flowing in the electron emitting element when the fixed voltage is applied to it. CONSTITUTION:The fixed voltage is applied to an electron emitting element 7 by a fixed voltage applying means 1, and the current flowing in the element 7 is detected by a current detecting means 2. A temperature detecting means 3 and a humidity detecting means 4 detect the temperature and humidity of the element 7 itself or near the element 7. Measured results of the element 7 having good characteristics on various conditions are stored in advance in a data table 5 on the current value detected by the means 2 when the fixed voltage is applied to the element 7 while the temperature and humidity are used as parameters. A comparing/judging means 6 reads out a numeral range for the quality judgment reference from the table 5 based on the detected results of the means 3, 4, compares the numeral range with the output of the means 2, and judges the quality of the element 7.

    IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JP2003249183A

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-05

    申请号:JP2002046238

    申请日:2002-02-22

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a discharge at a creepage surface of a member surface, and to reduce damage due to the discharge even when the discharge occurs. SOLUTION: On a face plate 1017, an image display region 101 as a phosphor region is formed, and a conductive member 102 is formed to surround the image display region 101, an anode electrode outer border 104, and a high voltage input terminal contact section 100. The conductive member 102 has a sheet resistance of 10 3 Ω/square or more, and a thickness to set to 5 μm or more. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

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