Abstract: An electron emission device includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate and separated therefrom by a predetermined distance; cathode electrodes, each comprising first electrodes formed on the first substrate, and a plurality of second electrodes spaced apart from the first electrodes; electron emission regions formed on the plurality of second electrodes; resistance layers interconnecting the first electrodes and each of the plurality of second electrodes while surrounding the electron emission regions; an insulating layer positioned over the resistance layers and the cathode electrodes; and gate electrodes formed over the insulating layer.

Abstract: An electron emission device and a method of driving the electron emission device are capable of preventing the deterioration of luminance in displaying moving images by inhibiting the emission delay. The electron emission device includes cathode electrodes, gate electrodes formed over the cathode electrodes, and an insulating layer disposed between the cathode electrodes and the gate electrodes. Electron emission regions are formed on the cathode electrodes to emit electrons under the application of electric fields generated due to a difference between voltages applied to the cathode electrodes and the gate electrodes. A driving unit applies voltages to the cathode electrodes and the gate electrodes. An anode electrode receives a positive voltage to accelerate the electrons emitted from the electron emission regions. A first voltage Vc applied to the cathode electrodes and a second voltage Vg applied to the gate electrodes satisfy the following condition: 0.4?Vc/Vg<0.8.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes electron emission regions formed on a first substrate, a driving electrode for controlling emission of electrons emitted from the electron emission regions, and a focusing electrode for focusing the electrons and having an opening through which the electrons pass. A first insulating layer is disposed between the driving electrode and the focusing electrode. The focusing electrode and the insulating layer satisfy at least one of the following two conditions: 1.0?|Vf/t|?6.0; and 0.2?|Vf/Wh|?0.4, where Vf (V) indicates the voltage applied to the focusing electrode, t (?m) indicates the thickness of the insulating layer, and Wh (?m) indicates the width of the opening of the focusing electrode.

Abstract: An embodiment of an electron emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other, unit pixels being defined on the first and the second substrates, an electron emission unit on the first substrate, phosphor layers on a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, each phosphor layer corresponding to at least one unit pixel, non-light emission regions between the phosphor layers, and spacers interposed between the first and the second substrates and arranged in the non-light emission regions, wherein the non-light emission regions comprise spacer loading regions loaded with the spacers, wherein a width of a spacer loading region and a pitch of the unit pixels satisfies the following condition: A/B?about 0.2, where A indicates the width of the spacer loading region and B indicates the pitch of the unit pixels located along the width of the spacer loading region.

Abstract: There is provided an electron emission device where the adhesion between lead portions of an anode electrode and an adhesive film is enhanced to give the vacuum structure an excellent hermetic seal property. The electron emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other, an electron emission structure formed on the first substrate, and a light emission structure formed on the second substrate. The light emission structure has phosphor layers and an anode electrode formed on a surface of the phosphor layers. An adhesive film is formed at the peripheries of the first and the second substrates to attach the first and the second substrates to each other. At least one lead portion crosses the adhesive film on the second substrate, and is connected to the anode electrode. The lead portion is partitioned into a plurality of lead lines at the crossed region thereof with the adhesive film, and the plurality of lead lines are spaced from each other.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes a substrate; a cathode electrode formed on the substrate; a gate electrode crossing the cathode electrode and insulated from the cathode electrode; and an electron emission region electrically connected to the cathode electrode. The cathode electrode includes a main electrode with an inner opening portion, an isolate electrode placed in the opening portion and spaced apart from the main electrode by a distance, and a resistance layer disposed between the main electrode and the isolate electrode. The isolate electrode has a via hole. The electron emission region contacts the isolate electrode, and is placed in the via hole. The isolate electrode has a first height, and the electron emission region has a second height smaller than the first height.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate and spaced apart from the first substrate; an electron emission unit on the first substrate, the electron emission unit having at least two electrodes and an emission region for emitting electrons; and a light emission unit on the second substrate to be excited by a beam formed with the electrons. The electron emission unit includes a focusing electrode for focusing the beam. The light emission unit includes a screen on which pixels are arranged in a pattern. Each of the pixels has a phosphor layer. The phosphor layer of one of the pixels is excited by the beam. The focusing electrode includes an opening, through which the beam passes. A length of the opening is Lv, a pitch of a pixel is Pv, and Lv and Pv satisfy: 0.25 <Lv/Pv?0.60.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes a substrate, a plurality of cathode electrodes formed on the substrate, a plurality of electron emission regions electrically coupled to the cathode electrodes, an insulating layer formed on the substrate while covering the cathode electrodes, and a plurality of gate electrodes formed on the insulating layer and crossing the cathode electrodes. The insulating layer is provided with a plurality of openings exposing the corresponding electron emission regions, each of the openings having at least two opening portions that communicate with each other and are different in a size from each other. The gate electrodes are provided with openings communicating with the corresponding openings of the insulating layer. The two opening portions may include a gap in the insulating layer where the gate and cathode electrodes interesect.

Abstract: A shadow mask for a cathode ray tube includes an aperture area having a plurality of apertures passing electron beams, a non-aperture area extending a predetermined distance from a circumference of the aperture area and a skirt extending a predetermined distance from an outside circumference of the non-aperture area and bent at a predetermined angle to the non-aperture area, wherein the aperture area has predetermined curvature radii, and wherein if a curvature radius in a horizontal direction of the aperture area is Rhs, and a curvature radius in a vertical direction is Rvs, the following condition is satisfied, 0.6<Rvs/Rhs<0.8.

Abstract: In an electron emission device, the surface roughness of a substrate with driving electrodes and an insulating layer is optimized. The electron emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other with a predetermined distance therebetween. An electron emission unit is formed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and includes electron emission regions, a plurality of driving electrodes, and an insulating layer for insulating the driving electrodes from each other. A light emission unit is formed on a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and includes phosphor layers and an anode electrode. The first substrate satisfies the following condition: 0.5 nm?Ra?1.8 nm, where Ra indicates the average roughness of the surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a scan electrode formed on the first substrate and having a width Sv, and a data electrode formed on the first substrate perpendicular to and crossing the scan electrode at a crossed region. A unit pixel is disposed in an area of the crossed region and has a pitch Pv. An insulating layer is disposed between the scan electrodes and the data electrodes. An electron emission region is electrically coupled the scan electrode or the data electrode, and the scan electrode and the unit pixel satisfy the following condition: 0.5?Sv/Pv?0.95.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes first electrodes arranged on a substrate in a direction of the substrate, and an insulating layer arranged on an entire surface of the substrate and covering the first electrodes. Second electrodes are arranged on the insulating layer and are perpendicular to the first electrodes. Electron emission regions are connected to one of the first and the second electrodes. The lateral edges of the first electrodes and the lateral edges of the second electrodes respectively cross each other.

Abstract: An electron emission device is provided including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other and separated from each other by a predetermined distance. An electron emission unit is disposed on the first substrate, and a light emission unit is disposed on a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate. A grid electrode is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and has a hole region with a plurality of electron beam-guide holes and a no-hole region surrounding the hole region. The first substrate has a first active area and a first outer portion. The second substrate has a second active area and a second outer portion. The grid electrode has a larger area than the first active area and the second active area, and the no-hole region is disposed corresponding to the first outer portion.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing one another and having a predetermined gap therebetween. An electron emission region for emitting electrons is formed on the first substrate, and an illumination portion for displaying images responsive to the electrons emitted from the electron emission region is formed on the second substrate. A grid electrode is mounted between the first and second substrates and configured to focus the electrons emitted from the electron emission assembly. The grid electrode is provided with a plurality of electron passage openings, of which at least one portion of the interior wall of at least one of the electron passage openings is formed with an inclined plane relative to the first substrate.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other, first and second electrodes and electron emission regions formed on the first substrate, and an anode electrode and phosphor layers formed on the second substrate. A correction electrode is disposed between the first and second substrates that has a first sub-electrode with comb tooth portions arranged on one side of the electron emission regions, and a second sub-electrode with comb tooth portions on the opposite side.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes gate electrodes formed on a substrate. The gate electrodes are located on a first plane. An insulating layer is formed on the gate electrodes. Cathode electrodes are formed on the insulating layer. Electron emission regions are electrically connected to the cathode electrodes. The electron emission regions are located on a second plane. In addition, the electron emission device includes counter electrodes placed substantially on the second plane of the electron emission regions. The gate electrodes and the counter electrodes are for receiving a same voltage, and a distance, D, between at least one of the electron emission regions and at least one of the counter electrodes satisfies the following condition: 1(?m)?D?28.1553+1.7060t(?m), where t indicates a thickness of the insulating layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electron emission device, and more particularly, to an electron emission device comprising a grid electrode having a thermal expansion coefficient ranging from about 80 to about 120% of the thermal expansion coefficient of the first or second substrate of the electron emission device. The grid electrode is fixed in position by minimizing misalignment caused by a difference in thermal expansion coefficients between the grid electrode and the first and second substrates of the electron emission device. The grid electrode also minimizes generation of arc discharge. However, even when arc discharge is generated, the grid electrode prevents damage to the cathode electrodes and gate electrodes from that arc discharge. According to the present invention, an electron emission device with increased brightness and resolution is easily realized by applying increased voltage to the anode electrode.

Abstract: A tension mask for a color cathode-ray tube includes a plurality of strips separated by a predetermined distance and connected by real bridges. The strips define slots, through which an electron beam passes, together with the real bridges. The slots are formed such that the width of middle portions of the slots is narrower than the width of upper and lower portions of the slots in order to compensate for contraction of the strips arising when tension is applied to the strips.

Abstract: An electron emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other with a distance, and first and second electrodes formed on the first substrate. Electron emission regions contact the second electrodes, and are located corresponding to pixel regions established on the first substrate. A grid electrode is disposed between the first and the second substrates, and has electron beam passage holes corresponding to the respective electron emission regions. With the electron emission device, the positional relation of the electron emission region to the beam passage hole of the grid electrode is optimally made to thereby enhance the screen brightness and the color representation.

Abstract: A color selection apparatus for a cathode ray tube. A mask is formed having a long axis and a short axis. A frame supports the mask in one of a long axis direction and a short axis direction. The mask has a plurality of strips separated by a predetermined distance. A plurality of first beam apertures are formed as single long slits between the strips in a center portion of the mask. A plurality of second beam apertures are formed on outer portions of the mask to both sides of the center portion of the mask. The second beam apertures are divided into a plurality of individual units within a single column by real bridges and at least one dummy bridge for each individual second beam aperture unit. The at least on dummy bridge extends inwardly from the strips but does not cross completely through the individual second beam aperture unit.