Abstract:
An electron emission device and a display device having the electron emission device are provided. The electron emission device includes a plurality of driving electrodes located on a substrate and a plurality of electron emission regions electrically coupled to the driving electrodes. Each of the driving electrodes includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer. Here, the following condition is satisfied: T3/T1≧1.0, where T1 is a thickness of the first metal layer and T3 is a thickness of the third metal layer.
Abstract:
An electron emission device to regularly emit electrons and a method of manufacturing the same. Also, an electron emission type backlight unit including the electron emission device in which a high voltage can be applied to an anode and required brightness can be obtained. In addition, the electron emission device can be manufactured using a simplified manufacturing process. The electron emission device includes a first electrode, a second electrode formed opposite the first electrode, and an electron emission layer which is electrically connected to one or each of the first and second electrodes and comprising carbide-derived carbon. The electron emission device may be a display device to form static or dynamic images.
Abstract:
A flat field emission illumination module comprises a top substrate; a bottom substrate including a plurality of cathodes and of electron emitters, wherein the cathodes are located on the top surface of the bottom substrate and the electron emitters are mounted on the cathodes; an anode interposed between the top and bottom substrates, where the anode is provided at its bottom surface with a plurality of grooves or openings, and where the electron emitters, after assembly of the flat field emission illumination module, are accommodated in the grooves or the openings; and an illumination layer positioned at the inner surface of the grooves or openings, so as to enhance a cooling effect of field emission backlight modules, to raise the illumination efficiency of the illumination module, and to reduce the difficulty in packaging of the module.
Abstract:
A field emission lamp generally includes a bulb having an open end, a lamp head disposed at the open end of the bulb, an anode, and a cathode. The anode includes an anode conductive layer formed on an inner surface of the bulb, a fluorescent layer deposited on the anode conductive layer, and an anode electrode electrically connected with the anode conductive layer and the lamp head. The cathode includes an electron emission element and a cathode electrode electrically connected with the electron emission element and the lamp head. 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 field emission double-plane light source includes a first anode, a second anode, and a cathode separately arranged between the first and second anodes. Each of the first and second anodes includes an anode substrate, an anode conductive layer formed on a surface of the anode substrate, and a fluorescent layer formed on the anode conductive layer. The cathode has a metallic based network with two opposite surfaces, each facing a respective one of the first and second anodes. Each of the surfaces of the network has a respective electron emission layer thereon facing a corresponding fluorescent layer of one of the first and second anodes. Each of the electron emission layers includes a glass matrix, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes, metallic conductive particles, and getter powders dispersed in the glass matrix. A method for making such field emission double-plane light source is also provided.
Abstract:
A field emission backlight device may include a first substrate and a second substrate separate from and roughly parallel to each other, a first anode electrode and a second anode electrode that face each other on inner surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate, and cathode electrodes separate from and roughly parallel to one another between the first substrate and the second substrate. It may also include electron emission sources disposed on the cathode electrodes to emit electrons by an electric field and a phosphorous layer disposed on the first anode electrode or the second anode electrode.
Abstract:
A backlight for a liquid crystal display including a plurality of liquid crystal display elements arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns, in which optical transmittance of each of the liquid crystal display elements is changed, thereby switching an image every one frame period includes a plurality of electron-emitting elements and a phosphor. Each electron-emitting element is disposed to face a liquid crystal display element group including a plurality of adjacent liquid crystal display elements with the phosphor therebetween. In a sub-frame period divided from one frame period, each electron-emitting element accumulates and emits an amount of electrons according to the optical transmittance of each of the plurality of liquid crystal display elements facing each of the electron-emitting elements. In one frame period, the phosphor emits an amount of light which corresponds to the optical transmittance of the liquid crystal display elements a plurality of times.
Abstract:
A light source apparatus (8) includes a rear plate (80), a front plate formed with an anode layer (82), and a cathode (81) interposed therebetween. The cathode includes a plurality of electrically conductive carriers (812) and a plurality of field emitters (816) formed thereon. The field emitters are uniformly distributed on anode-facing surfaces of the conductive carriers. Preferably, the field emitters extend radially outwardly from the corresponding conductive carriers. The conductive carriers are parallel with each other, and are located substantially on a common plane. Each of the conductive carriers can be connected with a pulling device arranged at least one end thereof, and an example of the pulling device is a spring. The conductive carriers may be cylindrical, prism-shaped or polyhedral.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a flat lamp device, including lower and upper glass plates facing each other in parallel; spacers interposed between the plates to keep distance therebetween; a cathode electrode singly formed over the entire upper surface of the lower glass plate; an insulation film formed on the cathode electrode; semiconductor films independently patterned on the insulation film at intervals; a catalyst-metal layer laminated on the buffer metal to improve the adhesion of catalyst metal formed on the semiconductor films; carbon nano-tubes formed on the catalyst-metal layer; a grid electrode installed on the carbon nano-tubes between the plates to guide electron emission from the carbon nano-tubes with a mesh shape having an opening for passage of the emitted electrons; an anode electrode formed below the upper glass plate to accelerate the emitted electrons; and a fluorescent layer formed below the anode electrode to emit light by collision with the accelerated electrons.
Abstract:
An electron emission device includes a substrate, cathode electrodes formed on the substrate, and electron emission regions electrically connected to the cathode electrodes. Gate electrodes are formed over the cathode electrodes with a first insulating layer interposed therebetween. The gate electrodes have a plurality of opening portions exposing the electron emission regions on the substrate. A focusing electrode is formed over the first insulating layer and the gate electrodes while interposing a second insulating layer. The focusing electrode has opening portions corresponding to the opening portions of the gate electrodes with a size smaller than the size of the opening portions of the gate electrodes.