Abstract: A field emission type display device has a structure in which each pixel is constituted of a combination of a plurality of small apertures and a plurality of small electron sources. Due to such a constitution, it is possible to reduce undesired impact of electrons on control electrodes and the enhancement of the heat resistance of the carbon nanotubes of electron sources, whereby it is possible to obtain a display device of high quality and long lifetime, while exhibiting a high-performance electron emission characteristic. Boron (B) is adhered to carbon nanotubes, which constitute electron sources, through the small apertures of the control electrodes; and, hence, the alignment of the small apertures and the small electron sources is ensured and the area of the electron source is set to be equal to or less than the area of the aperture.

Abstract: To detect a dark current when an abnormal discharge occurs between an anode and respective electrodes, on an inner surface of a front substrate, a dark current detection electrode is formed in a state that the dark current detection electrode is positioned adjacent to the outside of a screen display region on which an anode is formed and on a plane substantially equal to a plane on which the anode is formed. Then, between an electrode terminal of the dark current detection electrode and a ground, an ammeter which detects the flow of a dark current and a DC power source having a preset voltage value which is more or less lower than a high voltage supplied to the anode are connected in series.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed for providing improved brightness and definition. The device includes a substrate which has anodes and phosphors formed on an inner surface thereof and a plurality of cathode lines that extend in one direction and include electron sources. Control electrodes are provided in a display region in a non-contrast manner. The control electrodes are formed on an inner surface of a back substrate and arranged to face a face substrate in an opposing manner. A support body is interposed between the face substrate and the back substrate such that the support body surrounds the display region and maintains a given distance. The device also includes a plurality of getters arranged between the support body and the partition wall body.

Abstract: In a light emitting display device using electron emitter elements, it is possible to prevent lowering of image quality caused by spread of electron beams. MIM (Metal Insulator Metal) is used as the electron emitter elements and each of the electron emitter elements is surrounded by a conductive barrier (scanning wire). The electron emitter elements and the barriers are covered by upper electrodes so that the barriers and the surfaces of the electron emitter elements have the same electrical potential. The electron emitter elements and the barriers are formed on a cathode substrate. Color phosphors of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) are formed on an anode substrate at the side opposing to the cathode substrate. The color phosphors are excited by electron beams emitted from the electron emitter elements.

Abstract: A display device that includes: a first substrate on which a second conductive layer to be stacked on a first conductive layer through an insulating layer is formed; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a pillar-shaped spacer that holds the first substrate and the second substrate so that a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate is substantially uniform. The pillar-shaped spacer is disposed above the first conductive layer. The pillar-shaped spacer is disposed above the first conductive layer through a hole provided in the second conductive layer in a region where the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are stacked through the insulating layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image display device, in which a top electrode is selectively separated by laser ablation for each scan line. As the laser, a third harmonic wave of YAG laser with a wavelength of 355 nm is used. By setting film thickness of the interlayer insulator 15 to 100 nm and film thickness of a field insulator 14 to 140 nm, reflective spectrum has the minimum value near a wavelength of 355 nm, This laser beam is projected from a top electrode 13 toward a substrate 10. A part of the projected laser beam 20 is reflected by the top electrode 13, but most of the laser beam pass through a field insulator 14 and the interlayer insulator 15 and is reflected by a bottom electrode 11. As the result of interference of these two reflection waves, the minimum value appears in reflection spectrum. In this case, the laser beam is mostly absorbed near boundary surface between the top electrode 13 and the interlayer insulator 15.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a thin-film cathode having a base electrode, an upper electrode and an electron accelerator disposed therebetween and made of an insulator or a semiconductor, wherein a diode current rises with a lower threshold voltage that that in the background art, so that a diode current required for electron emission can be secured with a low voltage, and to obtain an image display device long in life and low in power consumption. Platinum-group metal (Group VIII), noble metal belonging to Group Ib, or a laminated film, a mixed film or an alloy film of those materials containing an alkali metal oxide, an alkaline earth metal compound or a compound of transition metal belonging to Group III to VII from the interface with an electron accelerator to the surface is used as an upper electrode.

Abstract: To realize a field emission type image display device which can obtain a high current density at low voltage driving, assuming a diagonal screen size of the display region as D(mm), the number of the pixels which are arranged in the x direction as Nh, the number of the pixels which are arranged in the y direction as Nv, the distance between the electron passing apertures formed in the strip-like electrode elements which constitute the control electrodes as db(mm), the distance between the electron source and the strip-like electrode element as Lkg(mm), and an aperture diameter of the electron passing apertures as ?G(mm), provided that the aperture diameter ?G(mm) is expressed by the following formula (45), D 3 · Nh 2 + Nv 2 - 2 ? db > ( - 0.23 · ln ? ( db ) + 0.49 ) · Lkg + 0.02 · ln ? ( db ) + 0.125 ( 45 ) the following formula (46) is established. (0.46·ln(db)+2.5)·Lkg+0.006·ln(db)+0.04??G?(?0.41·ln(db)?0.68)·Lkg+0.014·ln(db)+0.

Abstract: In a display device which includes a back substrate, a face substrate, a support body which is interposed between both substrates and surrounds a display region, thus forming an inner space, and a sealing material is provided which hermetically seals the support body and both substrates, thereby to provide a display device having a long lifetime and in which the desired degree of vacuum can be ensured in the inner space. A partition wall body is arranged substantially in parallel at the outside of the display region and at the inside of the support body, and getters are arranged in a space defined between the partition wall body and the support body.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image display device, by which it is possible to prevent oxidation of a terminal in anodic oxidation processing of a bottom electrode (data line) to make up a thin-film type electron source, to improve production yield and high reliability, and to increase the thickness of an interlayer insulator formed at the same time. A resist pattern 18 to form a terminal 40A of data line is limited to the bus line of the terminal 40A. Width of the resist pattern 18 is set to a value approximately equal to a value of the width of the bus line of the terminal 40A so that the resist pattern may not be present on the glass substrate, which is positioned between bus lines. The resist pattern is discontinuously formed by providing a slit 18A in extending direction of the bus line of the terminal 40A. The size of the resist pattern 18 is set to a value to match the width of the electron source based on the above results.

Abstract: A display device includes a back substrate having a plurality of cathode lines, and a plurality of control electrodes, which are insulated from the cathode lines on an inner surface thereof, and a front substrate which is arranged to face the back substrate in an opposed manner with a set distance therebetween, and which has phosphors and an anode which constitute a display region, on an inner surface thereof. Distance holding members are provided for maintaining the set distance between the back substrate and the front substrate inside of the display region. The phosphors are constituted of three colors, and the cathode lines are formed into groups each consisting of three cathode lines corresponding to the three colors. The plurality of cathode lines include line portions and cathode portions which are wider than the line portions. Electron sources are formed on the cathode portions.

Abstract: In an image display apparatus having scanning lines and data lines mutually intersecting through an insulating layer and a cathode substrate formed with electron-emission areas, whereby electrons accelerated from the electron-emission areas impinge on fluorescent materials provided on an anode substrate to make them luminesce, an intermediate layer is provided at a portion where a scanning line overlaps a data line and the surface of the intermediate layer opposing a spacer is less uneven and flattened. The intermediate layer is, for example, an interlayer insulating film formed on the data line or a thick-film electrode layer formed between the scanning line and the spacer. Alternatively, the cathode substrate is formed with recesses in which the data lines are fitted so as to flatten an intersectional portion of the scanning line and the data line.

Abstract: In an image display device, assuming the distance between electron sources and control electrodes is Lkg, the distance between the control electrodes and acceleration electrodes is L12, the thickness of opening holes formed in the control electrodes is Tgl and the short diameter of the opening holes formed in the control electrodes is FGI, the acceleration electrodes satisfy the relationship (Lkg+Tgl+L12/2)/FGI?0.25; assuming the thickness of the opening holes formed in the acceleration electrodes is Tg2 and the short diameter of the opening holes formed in the acceleration electrodes is FG2, the acceleration electrodes satisfy the relationship Tg2min?Tg2?Tg2max and the relationship Tg2min=2.98FG2?0.04; assuming FG2<0.109, the acceleration electrodes satisfy the relationship Tg2max=0.02/(0.115?FG2)?0.06; and assuming FG2?0.109, the acceleration electrodes satisfy the relationship Tg2max=0.03/(FG2?0.1)+0.045.

Abstract: A deodorant fiber structure in which deodorant fine particles are adhered to a fiber structure through a binder resin, wherein the above-described binder resin is adhered in an approximately uniform coating film state to single fibers constituting said fiber structure; each single fiber is substantially maintained in an independent state without being adhered; and the ratio d/t of the diameter d (?m) of the above-described deodorant fine particle to the coating film thickness t (?m) of the above-described binder resin is in the range of 1.5 to 10.

Abstract: In a display device, to ensure sufficient electron source regions on cathode lines formed on a back substrate, cathode lines are divided into line portions and cathode portions, wherein the line portions are made narrow to a width which is a required minimum for transmitting signals, and the area of the cathode portions which form an electron source has a wide island shape. Further, a plurality of cathode lines are formed into groups, and respective cathode portions are formed at positions corresponding to electron passing apertures formed in the control electrodes. Also, the gap between the wiring portions is made small, so that a relatively large space is ensured between neighboring groups of the cathode lines. Thus, the tolerance in mounting the control electrodes and the tolerance in mounting the distance holding members can be increased, whereby the alignment between electron passing apertures and cathode lines is facilitated.

Abstract: The present invention prevents a phenomenon that some electrons emitted from electron sources are charged to partition walls from influencing trajectories of the electrons thus preventing the shortage of excitation of phosphor layers. An image display device includes electron sources to which an electric current is supplied from scanning signal lines by way of current supply electrodes. The image display device also includes partition walls which are arranged on at least some of the scanning signal lines. Further, the current supply electrodes are connected with the electron sources on a downstream side of the scanning signal lines.

Abstract: A display device includes a front substrate having an anode and fluorescent materials on an inner surface, and a back substrate having a plurality of cathode lines and include electron sources, and a plurality of control electrodes allow electrons from the electron sources to emit to the front substrate side, on an inner surface thereof. The back substrate is arranged to face the front substrate in an opposed manner with a given gap therebetween, and an outer frame for holding the given gap is interposed between the front substrate and the back substrate and extends around the display region. An inner frame is arranged outside the display region and inside the outer frame, and a getter is provided between the outer frame and the inner frame.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material in which heat-sensitive recording layers are provided on a support, the heat-sensitive recording layers each containing, as an emulsified dispersion, an electron-accepting compound which reacts with an electron-donating dye precursor to form color, or a coupler compound which reacts with a diazonium salt to form color. At least one layer of the heat-sensitive recording layers contains the emulsified dispersion having a volume average particle size of less than 0.18 ?m. The volume average particle size of the emulsified dispersion is preferably less than 0.5 relative to the volume average particle size of the microcapsules encapsulating the electron-donating dye precursor or the diazonium salt.

Abstract: Inside an outer frame, which is interposed at between opposedly facing peripheries between a back substrate and a front substrate, there is an inner frame which fixes both end portions of plate member control electrodes, which are constituted of a large number of parallel strip-like electrode elements. By integrally forming the plate member control electrodes such that the plate member control electrodes are fixed to both end portions of a display region, a single part is formed. Further, a getter chamber is formed between the outer frame and the inner frame and getters are accommodated in the getter chamber. Due to such a constitution, the operability and yield rate of products at the time of assembling can be enhanced. Further, it is possible to hold a desired degree of vacuum in the space between the substrates for a long time.

Abstract: In a corner portion outside a display region of a face substrate which constitutes a face panel of a display device, an opening is formed. In the opening, a stem glass structural body, which is configured by integrally forming an exhaust pipe on a center portion of a stem glass and by forming conductive leads in a peripheral portion thereof in an embedded manner, is fixed by welding using curing by heating. The exhaust pipe is evacuated and, thereafter, tipped off, thus realizing vacuum sealing of the inside thereof. A lead line is connected to a distal end of one conductive lead by welding and another end of the lead line is electrically connected with one end portion of the anode formed on an inner surface of the face substrate using a conductive adhesive agent. Further, a getter is mounted and fixed to another conductive lead line by welding.