Title:
FIELD EMISSION DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR OPERATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999066485
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A field emission display (100) includes a cathode plate (110) having a plurality of electron emitters (114), and anode plate (122) having an anode (124) connected to a potential source (126), and an anode voltage pull-down circuit (127) having an input (106) and an output (104). Output (104) is connected to anode (124), and input (106) is connected to potential source (126). Preferably, anode voltage pull-down circuit (127) causes an anode voltage (120) at anode (124) to drop to about ground potential prior to generation of a discharge current by electron emitters (114) for neutralizing positively electrostatically charged surfaces (137, 138) within field emission display (100).
Inventors:
RUMBAUGH ROBERT C
SMITH ROBERT T
TRUJILLO JOHANN
XIE CHENGGANG
JOHNSON SCOTT V
MOYER CURTIS D
RICE DAVID M
SMITH ROBERT T
TRUJILLO JOHANN
XIE CHENGGANG
JOHNSON SCOTT V
MOYER CURTIS D
RICE DAVID M
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/013672
Publication Date:
November 23, 2000
Filing Date:
June 17, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MOTOROLA INC (US)
International Classes:
G09G3/22; H03K3/55; H03K17/54; H01J31/12; (IPC1-7): H01J29/00; H01J29/02; H01J29/08; H01J29/98; H01J3/02; H01J31/12; H03K3/543; H03K3/55; H03K17/54
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1993004496A1 | 1993-03-04 | |||
| WO1996019663A1 | 1996-06-27 |
Foreign References:
| EP0703595A1 | 1996-03-27 | |||
| EP0840344A1 | 1998-05-06 |
Other References:
IANNAZZO S: "A SURVEY OF THE PRESENT STATUS OF VACUUM MICROELECTRONICS", SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS,GB,ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, BARKING, vol. 36, no. 3, 1 March 1993 (1993-03-01), pages 301 - 320, XP000349163, ISSN: 0038-1101
ONO T ET AL: "FIELD EMITTER TRIODE FOR POWER SWITCHING - A NEW POWER DEVICE CANDIDATE -", INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES & IC'S,US,NEW YORK, NY: IEEE, 3 June 1998 (1998-06-03), pages 151 - 154, XP000801053, ISBN: 0-7803-4752-8
ONO T ET AL: "FIELD EMITTER TRIODE FOR POWER SWITCHING - A NEW POWER DEVICE CANDIDATE -", INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES & IC'S,US,NEW YORK, NY: IEEE, 3 June 1998 (1998-06-03), pages 151 - 154, XP000801053, ISBN: 0-7803-4752-8
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