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US5534749A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Field-emission display with black insulating layer between transparent electrode and conductive layer

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1994-07-20
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Granted: 1996-07-09
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Expires: 2014-07-20
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Abstract

Abstract A field-emission display has a phosphor panel assembly comprising a transparent electrode, a plurality of coated phosphor layers disposed on the transparent electrode for emitting light in response to bombardment of electron beams emitted from field-emission cathodes, a plurality of black insulating layers disposed between the coated phosphor layers, and a plurality of conductive layers disposed on the black insulating layers, respectively, between the coated phosphor layers and electrically insulated from the transparent electrode by the black insulating layer. The black insulating layers provide a black mask between the phosphor layers to improve the contrast ratio, and the conductive layers are effective to increase the percentage of electron beam utilization, thus improving the quality and resolution of displayed images. These advantages can be achieved without making image display unstable due to charging-up of the black mask and straying of secondary electrons.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshio Ohoshi
  • 👤 Tadashi Kiyomiya
  • 👤 Masami Okita

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 16:11
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J1/00; H01J1/02; H01J1/30; H01J31/00; H01J31/08; H01J31/10; H01J31/12; H01J31/123; H01J29/00; H01J29/02; H01J29/08; H01J29/085; H01J29/46; H01J29/58

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 208 words
A field-emission display, comprising: a plurality of field-emission cathodes for emitting electron beams; a phosphor panel assembly comprising a front panel, first, second and third different color phosphor layers coated on respective first, second, and third electrically independent transparent electrodes lying on an inner surface of said front panel, said phosphor layers emitting different color lights in response to bombardment of the electron beams emitted from the field-emission cathodes, a black insulating layer respectively disposed between the phosphor layers at the inside surface of the front panel, a conductive layer on the insulating layer between and adjacent each of the phosphor layers but not overlying the phosphor layers, and said black insulating layer insulating said conductive layer from said phosphor layers and said respective transparent electrodes; a voltage V f applied to said conductive layer; and a voltage V P1 applied to said first transparent electrode, a voltage V P2 applied to said second transparent electrode, and a voltage V P3 applied to said third transparent electrode, and when said first phosphor layer emits light with the second and third phosphor layers not emitting light, said voltage V P1 is greater than V P2 and V P3 and said voltage V f is lower than V P1 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 208 words
A field-emission display, comprising: a plurality of field-emission cathodes for emitting electron beams; a phosphor panel assembly comprising a front panel, first, second and third different color phosphor layers coated on respective first, second, and third electrically independent transparent electrodes lying on an inner surface of said front panel, said phosphor layers emitting different color lights in response to bombardment of the electron beams emitted from the field-emission cathodes, a black insulating layer respectively disposed between the phosphor layers at the inside surface of the front panel, a conductive layer on the insulating layer between and adjacent each of the phosphor layers but not overlying the phosphor layers, and said black insulating layer insulating said conductive layer from said phosphor layers and said respective transparent electrodes; a voltage V f applied to said conductive layer; and a voltage V P1 applied to said first transparent electrode, a voltage V P2 applied to said second transparent electrode, and a voltage V P3 applied to said third transparent electrode, and when said first phosphor layer emits light with the second and third phosphor layers not emitting light, said voltage V P1 is greater than V P2 and V P3 and said voltage V f is lower than V P1 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 13 words
A field-emission display according to claim 1 wherein V P2 =V P3 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 15 words
A field-emission display according to claim 1 wherein V f =V P2 =V P3 .

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