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White light source using carbon nanotubes and fabrication method thereof
Assignee: Iljin Nanotech Co Ltd
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Filing: 2000-06-15
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Granted: 2003-02-04
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Expires: 2020-06-15
Abstract
Abstract A white light source using carbon nanotubes and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The white light source includes a metal film which is formed on a lower substrate and used as a cathode, a catalytic metal film formed on the metal film, carbon nanotubes which are vertically aligned on the catalytic metal film for emission of electrons in an applied electric field, spacers mounted on the catalytic metal film, and a transparent upper substrate which has a transparent electrode for an anode and a fluorescent body on the transparent electrode, and which is mounted on the spacers such that the fluorescent body faces the carbon nanotubes. The catalytic metal film is composed of isolated nano-sized catalytic metal particles. The carbon nanotubes are grown from each of the catalytic metal particles to be vertically aligned on the substrate by chemical vapor deposition.
Inventors
- 👤 Cheol-jin Lee
- 👤 Jae-eun Yoo
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 05:54
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J9/00; H01J9/24; H01J9/241; H01J9/242; B; B82; B82Y; B82Y10/00; H01J63/00; H01J63/06; H01J9/245; H01J2201/00; H01J2201/30; H01J2201/304; H01J2201/30446; H01J2201/30453; H01J2201/30469; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S977/00; Y10S977/70; Y10S977/734; Y10S977/742; Y10S977/773; Y10S977/775; Y10S977/777; Y10S977/84; Y10S977/842; Y10S977/843; Y10S977/844; Y10S977/88
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A method of fabricating a light source, comprising the steps of: forming a metal film used as a cathode on a lower substrate; forming a catalytic metal film on the metal film wherein the step of forming the catalytic metal film comprises the steps of: depositing the catalytic metal film; and grain boundary etching the catalytic metal film to separate the catalytic metal film into nano-sized catalytic metal particles; growing carbon nanotubes, for emission of electrons in an applied electric field, to be vertically aligned on the catalytic metal film; mounting spacers on the catalytic metal film; and mounting a transparent upper substrate having a transparent electrode having a fluorescent body on the spacers such that the fluorescent body faces the carbon nanotubes, and sealing the transparent upper substrate with the lower substrate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
133 words
A method of fabricating a light source, comprising the steps of: forming a metal film used as a cathode on a lower substrate; forming a catalytic metal film on the metal film wherein the step of forming the catalytic metal film comprises the steps of: depositing the catalytic metal film; and grain boundary etching the catalytic metal film to separate the catalytic metal film into nano-sized catalytic metal particles; growing carbon nanotubes, for emission of electrons in an applied electric field, to be vertically aligned on the catalytic metal film; mounting spacers on the catalytic metal film; and mounting a transparent upper substrate having a transparent electrode having a fluorescent body on the spacers such that the fluorescent body faces the carbon nanotubes, and sealing the transparent upper substrate with the lower substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the lower substrate is formed of glass, quartz, alumina or silicon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the metal film is formed of chrome, titanium, titanium nitride, aluminum or tungsten.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of forming a reaction preventing film using an insulating material to prevent reaction between the lower substrate and the metal film, before the step of forming the metal film.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the grain boundary etching uses ammonia gas as an etching gas.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotubes are grown from each of the catalytic metal particles to be vertically aligned by chemical vapor deposition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein the chemical vapor deposition uses a hydrocarbon gas selected from the group consisting of acetylene gas, ethylene gas, propylene gas, profane gas and methane gas.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the catalytic metal film is formed of cobalt, nickel, iron, yttrium or an alloy of at least two of them.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of forming an insulation film pattern having openings selectively exposing the catalytic metal film on the catalytic metal film, wherein the carbon nanotubes are selectively located on the portions of the catalytic metal film exposed through the openings, and wherein the spacers are mounted on the insulation film pattern.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the fluorescent body is formed of (3Ca 3 (PO 4 ) 2 CaFCl/Sb,Mn), generating a white luminescence, or a combination of Y 2 O 3 :Eu, CeMaA 11 O 19 :Tb and BaMg 2 Al 16 O 7 :Eu, to generate a white luminescence by combining different emission spectrums.
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