A Field Emission Display Using Carbon Nanotubes as Emitters

Abstract

A fully sealed field emission display (FED), indicator, using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as emitters is examined. The CNTs chunk, synthesized by arc discharge, were crashed, mixed with conductive pastes and then screen-printed on glass for the cold cathode. And the anode plate, an ITO glass printed PI5 phosphor was separated from cathode using 9O micrometers spacers. The indicator display performed a turn-on voltage as low as 250 V, and the emission current density 2.2 mA/cm(2) under 300 V with brightness of 500 nits. The pixels, driven by open drain IC with 5 V gate voltage, showed the clock image which indicated the application of CNTs-FED. No significant degradation of this performance was observed during 1000 mins testing. The influence of printing condition and surface treatment process on the emission characteristics will also be discussed in this letter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP011308

Entities

People

  • Cheng-chung Lee
  • Feng-yu Chuang
  • Hua-chi Cheng
  • Jane-hway Liao
  • Jyung-dong Lin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brightness
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Current Density
  • Diameters
  • Electric Arcs
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Emitters
  • Field Emission
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Indicators
  • Materials Processing
  • Phosphors
  • Photoexcitation
  • Surface Finishing

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Plasma Physics.