Abstract: Provided is an anode panel of a field emission type backlight unit. The anode panel includes a substrate, an anode formed on a lower surface of the substrate, a phosphor layer coated on a lower surface of the anode and a liquid pack disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, said liquid pack having a transparent cover having cylindrical lens type curved portions and transparent liquid filling in the curved portions.

Abstract: A field emission device and its method of manufacture includes: a substrate; a plurality of cathode electrodes formed on the substrate and having slot shaped cathode holes to expose the substrate; emitters formed on the substrate exposed through each of the cathode holes and separated from both side surfaces of the cathode holes, the emitters being formed along a lengthwise direction of the cathode holes; an insulating layer formed on the substrate to cover the cathode electrodes and having insulating layer holes communicating with the cathode holes; and a plurality of gate electrodes formed on the insulating layer and having gate holes communicating with the insulating layer holes.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a field emission display includes: sequentially forming a cathode electrode, an insulating layer, and a gate material layer on a substrate; forming a metal sacrificial layer on an upper surface of the gate material layer; forming a through hole to expose the insulating layer in the metal sacrificial layer and the gate material layer; forming an emitter hole to expose the cathode electrode in the insulating layer exposed through the through hole; forming a gate electrode by etching the gate material layer constituting an upper wall of the emitter hole; and forming an emitter of Carbon NanoTubes (CNTs) on an upper surface of the cathode electrode located below the through hole.

Abstract: A field emission backlight unit for a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a lower substrate; first electrodes and second electrodes alternately formed in parallel lines on the lower substrate; emitters disposed on at least the first electrodes; an upper substrate spaced apart from the lower substrate by a predetermined distance such that the upper and lower substrates face each other; a third electrode formed on a bottom surface of the upper substrate; and a fluorescent layer formed on the third electrode. Since the backlight unit has a triode-type field emission structure, field emission is very stable. Since the first electrodes and the second electrodes are formed in the same plane, brightness uniformity is improved and manufacturing processes are simplified.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a field emission array type light emitting unit that includes a rear substrate including a plurality of cathodes and a plurality of carbon nanotube emitters on a front side, a front substrate including a plurality of anodes and a phosphor layer on a rear side, wherein the rear substrate and the front substrate are arranged at a distance apart from each other and a plurality of spacers are arranged between the rear substrate and the front substrate, the plurality of spacers being adapted to maintain constant the distance, the method includes producing a diffusion pattern by wet etching a front side of the front substrate.

Abstract: An anode panel for a Field Emission Device (FED) includes a substrate, an anode electrode arranged on a lower surface of the substrate, a black matrix arranged on a lower surface of the anode electrode and having a plurality of openings with respect to one pixel, phosphor layers having predetermined colors to cover the plurality of openings corresponding to each pixel and the black matrix between the plurality of openings, and a reflection layer arranged on lower surfaces of the phosphor layers.

Abstract: A circuit for improving amplification and noise characteristics of a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET), and a frequency mixer, an amplifier and an oscillator using the circuit are provided. A gate terminal of the MOSFET is connected to a body terminal of the MOSFET through a capacitor and the gate and body terminals of the MOSFET are connected to a current source to simultaneously provide a signal to both the gate terminal and the body terminal, in order to improve amplification and noise characteristics of the MOSFET. As a result, a higher level of amplification and a lower level of noise than the conventional art can be obtained.

Abstract: A field emission backlight unit for a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a lower substrate; first electrodes and second electrodes alternately formed in parallel lines on the lower substrate; emitters disposed on at least the first electrodes; an upper substrate spaced apart from the lower substrate by a predetermined distance such that the upper and lower substrates face each other; a third electrode formed on a bottom surface of the upper substrate; and a fluorescent layer formed on the third electrode. Since the backlight unit has a triode-type field emission structure, field emission is very stable. Since the first electrodes and the second electrodes are formed in the same plane, brightness uniformity is improved and manufacturing processes are simplified.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a field emission device (FED), which reduces the number of photomask patterning processes and improves the manufacturing yield of the FED, is provided.

Abstract: A field emission backlight unit includes: upper substrate and lower substrate separated from each other and facing each other; an anode formed on a bottom surface of the upper substrate; a phosphor layer formed on a bottom surface of the anode; a plurality of cathodes and gate electrodes alternately formed on a top surface of the lower substrate; and emitters formed on the cathodes; the gate electrodes include first gate electrodes formed of a conductive material on the top surface of the lower substrate and second gate electrodes having a greater thickness than that of the first gate electrodes and formed on a top surface of the first gate electrodes.

Abstract: A field emission display (FED) using carbon nanotube emitters and a method of manufacturing the same. A gate stack that surrounds the CNT emitter includes a mask layer that covers an emitter electrode adjacent to the CNT emitter, and a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, a focus gate insulating film (SiOX, X<2), and a focus gate electrode formed on the mask layer. The height of the mask layer is greater than that of the CNT emitter. The focus gate insulating film has a thickness 2 ?m or more, and preferably 3˜15 ?m. In a process of forming the focus gate insulating film and/or the gate insulating film, a flow rate of silane is maintained at 50˜700 sccm and a flow rate of nitric acid (N2O) is maintained at 700˜4,500 sccm.

Abstract: A thermal electron emission backlight device comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in parallel and separated by a predetermined distance from each other; a first anode electrode and a second anode electrode facing the first anode electrode, the first and second anode electrodes being formed on inner surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively; cathode electrodes disposed at predetermined intervals and in parallel with each other between the first substrate and the second substrate; a phosphor layer formed on the second anode electrode; and a plurality of spacers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to maintain the predetermined distance therebetween. When a predetermined voltage is applied to the cathode electrodes, thermal electrons are emitted from the cathode electrodes.

Abstract: In a field emission backlight unit, a method of driving the same, and a method of manufacturing a lower substrate, the field emission backlight unit includes: a lower substrate; first and second electrodes alternately formed in parallel lines on the lower substrate; emitters interposed between the lower substrate and the first electrodes; an upper substrate spaced a predetermined distance from the lower substrate and facing the lower substrate; a third electrode formed on a bottom surface of the upper substrate; and a phosphor layer formed on the third electrode. The driving method comprises applying a cathode voltage to the first electrodes and a gate voltage to the second electrodes, followed by reversing the application of the voltages to the first and second electrodes. The manufacturing method comprises forming and drying or firing a patterned carbon nanotube (CNT) layer, and then pattering, drying and firing a conductive thick film.

Abstract: A Field Emission Device (FED) and its method of manufacture includes: forming a substrate; forming a cathode having a cathode aperture on an upper surface of the substrate; forming a material layer having a first through hole with a smaller diameter than that of the cathode aperture on an upper surface of the cathode; forming a first insulator having a first cavity on an upper surface of the material layer; forming a gate electrode having a second through hole on an upper surface of the first insulator; and forming an emitter in a central portion of the cathode aperture.

Abstract: A field emission backlight unit for a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a lower substrate; first electrodes and second electrodes alternately formed in parallel lines on the lower substrate; emitters disposed on at least the first electrodes; an upper substrate spaced apart from the lower substrate by a predetermined distance such that the upper and lower substrates face each other; a third electrode formed on a bottom surface of the upper substrate; and a fluorescent layer formed on the third electrode. Since the backlight unit has a triode-type field emission structure, field emission is very stable. Since the first electrodes and the second electrodes are formed in the same plane, brightness uniformity is improved and manufacturing processes are simplified.