Abstract: A straddling and supporting structure for a field emission display device and a manufacturing method thereof is disclosed. The present invention provides a supporting structure that straddles across electrodes to provide a straddling structure for the conducting lines between the electrodes to shorten the conducting path, and can be used as a vacuum supporting structure between the cathode substrate and the anode substrate.

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: To provide a method of improving an efficiency for extracting light in a self light-emitting device using an organic EL material. In the self light-emitting device having a structure in which an EL layer (102) is sandwiched between a transparent electrode (103) and a cathode (101), a film thickness of the EL layer (102) and a film thickness of the transparent electrode (102) are equivalent to the film thicknesses in which there is no occurrence of a guided light, and an inert gas is filled in a space between the transparent electrode (103) and a cover material (105).

Abstract: A spacer supporting structure includes: a plurality of bar-shaped spacers adapted to maintain a gap between two panels; a first supporting member adapted to fix an end part of the spacer, the first supporting member being arranged on an edge of one of the two panels; a second supporting member arranged on another edge of the one of the two panels; and a plurality of elastic members arranged on the second supporting member, the plurality of elastic members adapted to apply a tensile force to the respective spacers by being coupled to the second ends of the spacers.

Abstract: A PDP having a new discharge cell structure that improves light emission efficiency and light transmission by reducing reactive power that does not contribute to a discharge by reducing a displacement current between discharge electrodes includes: a transparent front substrate; a rear substrate arranged parallel to the front substrate; a plurality of front barrier ribs arranged between the front substrate and the rear substrate to define discharge cells together with the front substrate and the rear substrate, wherein each of the barrier ribs includes a front unit of a dielectric material, a rear unit of a dielectric material, and a central unit of a dielectric material having a lower dielectric constant than that of the front unit and the rear unit, the central unit being interposed between the front unit and the rear unit; a front discharge electrode and a rear discharge electrode disposed in the front barrier ribs surrounding the discharge cells, and separated from each other leaving the central unit there

Abstract: A flat lamp is provided, including an upper plate and a lower plate arranged to face each other at a predetermined distance; a plurality of spacers installed between the upper plate and the lower plate to form discharge spaces; a first and second electrodes provided in a stripe form on the outer surface of the upper plate or the lower plate with the respective discharge spaces located thereon; a first and second inner electrodes provided within each of the spacers; and a fluorescent layer formed on each of inner surfaces of the upper and lower plates and each of the outer surfaces of the spacers.

Abstract: A flat-panel type display is provided, in which a marginal portion of a cathode panel provided with a plurality of electron emission regions and a marginal portion of an anode panel provided with luminescent layers and an anode are bonded to each other, spacers are disposed between the cathode panel and the anode panel, and a space sandwiched between the cathode panel and the anode panel is maintained under vacuum. The spacer includes a substrate of spacer and an antistatic coating disposed on the side surface of the spacer material, wherein the antistatic coating is formed from germanium nitride containing no transition metal, the thickness of the antistatic coating is within the range of 2 nm to 20 nm, and the volume resistivity of the substrate of spacer is within the range of 5×106 ?·m to 2×108 ?·m.

Abstract: In a fluorescent display tube, a metal spacer is used as a height sustaining member and a fixing member of linear member so that the fixing strength of the linear member in the lengthwise direction is increased. In the fluorescent display tube, both ends of filament and Al wires are bonded onto a cathode electrode formed on a substrate by ultrasonic bonding. The ends of the filament are embedded in a part in the Al wires in the shape of being bent into a letter Z or an inverted letter Z to form fixing portion.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a rear plate having a conductor set to a low voltage, an electron emitter disposed on the rear plate, the electron emitter including the conductor, and a face plate having an electrode set to a high voltage and facing the rear plate. An image forming source is provided on the face plate and includes the electrode. A spacer is electrically connected to the conductor and the electrode and includes an insulating substrate having a first end surface facing the rear plate, a second end surface facing the electrode, and side surfaces connecting the first end surface and the second end surface. A first high-resistance film covers the side surfaces of the insulating substrate, and a second high-resistance film covers at least one of the first end surface and the second end surface of the insulating substrate and has a sheet resistance greater than or equal to a sheet resistance of the first high-resistance film.

Abstract: An improved transparent support substrate in an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device comprises an organic polymer support film and a composite layer on the support film which is disposed intermediate the support film and the diodes of the OLED; the composite layer has first and second discrete coating layers bonded together in opposed facing relationship; the layers are of material impermeable to oxygen and water vapor but contain inadvertent discontinuities which result in discontinuity-controlled permeation of oxygen and water vapor.

Abstract: A vacuum vessel that includes a first and a second substrate facing each other and extending across both an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area, a sealing member arranged at peripheries of the first and the second substrates and adapted to maintain a vacuum between the two substrates, a plurality of wall type spacers arranged between the first and the second substrates while extending across the active area and a plurality of spacer supports arranged in the non-active area between the first and the second substrates, the plurality of spacer supports including a plurality of grooves adapted to receive the ends of respective ones of the plurality of wall type spacers, each spacer support having a height identical to or greater than a height of the plurality of wall type spacers.

Abstract: The paste composition of the present invention is a paste composition comprising (i) a polyurethane resin which comprises (a) a recurring unit represented by the formula (1) and (b) a recurring unit represented by the formula (2), a molar fraction of said recurring unit (a) being in the range of 0.35 to 0.99, a molar fraction of said recurring unit (b) being in the range of 0.01 to 0.65, the total of both the molar fractions being 1, (ii) a solvent and (iii) a powder. By the use of the paste composition, dielectric layers, sealing products, barrier ribs, phosphors, etc. can be favorably formed.

Abstract: A vacuum envelope and an electron emission display having the vacuum envelope are provided. The vacuum envelope includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A side member is disposed at peripheries of the first substrate and the second substrate. A first spacer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate at an active area of the vacuum envelope, and a second spacer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate at a non-active area of the vacuum envelope, the non-active area surrounding the active area. A height of the first spacer is greater than a height of the second spacer.

Abstract: A self-adhesive frame is applied in package of field emission display, the manufacturing method for the same and the package method by the same being also discussed in the specification. The self-adhesive frame can be designed as an independent component and suitable to be manufactured independently. The cathode plate and the anode plate do not need to join the process of pre-heating of the self-adhesive frame. The self-adhesive frame also has a plurality of fixing side strips for alignment of temporary fixing of the cathode plate and the anode plate. Wherein the fixing side strips do not increase the void area of the field emission display. The self-adhesive frame comprises: a main body frame having the cathode plate sealing surface and the anode plate sealing surface; and a fixing side strip extending from the outer side of the main body frame.

Abstract: An electron beam apparatus including a hermetic container provided with an electron source, in which, when a first member is arranged in the hermetic container, at least part of the first member is coated with a film, and the film is configured in such a manner that it includes two regions, a first region and a second region different in electron density from the first region and the second region forms a network in the first region. This three-dimensional network structure allows a member being charged to be preferably controlled. Thereby, it is possible to control the effects of a member being charged which is used in an electron beam apparatus.

Abstract: A flat panel display includes a vacuum container having a pair of flat panels disposed facing each other at a predetermined gap, and a spacer disposed between the panels to maintain the gap. The spacer includes plural sub-spacers bonded to each other at least one bonding portion.

Abstract: The disclosed method for forming a field emission display includes forming a cathode and an anode, forming a plurality of photoresist posts over the cathode, and coating the posts with a layer of coating material. The layer of coating material forms sidewalls around the posts. The photoresist posts may then be removed from within the sidewalls. The anode may then be fitted onto the sidewalls so that the sidewalls function as spacers in the field emission display.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having an excellent image display quality and high reliability is provided by preventing deterioration of a phosphor due to hydrocarbon gas remaining in the plasma display panel. The plasma display panel includes front panel (50) and rear panel (60) disposed opposing each other, and front panel (50) is provided with a plurality of display electrodes composed of a pair of scan electrodes (6) and sustain electrodes (7), and rear panel (60) has barrier ribs (10) forming discharge cells (11). In the plasma display panel, rear panel (60) includes data electrodes (9) perpendicular to display electrodes composed of a pair of scan electrodes (6) and sustain electrodes (7) on substrate (2), dielectric layer (13) covering data electrodes (9), reflective layer (20) containing an oxidation catalyst and covering at least a part of dielectric layer (13), and phosphor layer (12) covering reflective layer (20).

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a field emission device is made by providing the device electrodes, forming a plurality of corrugated insulating rods with discontinuous coatings of conductive or semiconductive material with low secondary electron emission coefficient, adhering the rods to an electrode, cutting the rods to define corrugated pillars, and finishing the device. The result is low cost production of a field emission device having superior resistance to breakdown in high field operation.

Abstract: The spacer comprises an insulating member and a plurality of electroconductive members each including a portion enveloped with the insulating member within a region sandwiched between a region on which the anode is disposed and the first substrate, and the plurality of electroconductive members are arranged such that the portions of the electroconductive members enveloped with the insulating member are spaced apart from each other in a direction along which the first and second substrates are opposed.

Abstract: The invention is to provide a flat panel image forming apparatus capable of suppressing a fluctuation in an incident position of an electron beam resulting from a front-rear temperature difference generated in a panel, thereby capable of high-quality display not affected by such temperature difference. An image forming apparatus comprises a face plate and a rear plate supported by a spacer, wherein a heat resistance division ratio in a heat conduction, path from the face plate to the rear plate is suppressed to 0.5 or less, to reduce an electrical resistance distribution on the spacer surface which results from a temperature distribution in a direction of height of the spacer thereby suppressing a fluctuation in the incident position of the electron beam from an electron emitting device to an anode.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) with alignment structure. A first alignment pattern is disposed on a rear substrate and formed by a rib structure. A second alignment pattern is disposed on a front substrate disposed opposite, over the rear substrate and corresponds to a space defined by the first alignment pattern. The first and second alignment patterns are disposed outside of the display area of the plasma display panel.

Abstract: An electron emission display is provided to prevent electron beams around the spacers from being distorted and to prevent arc discharging due to the spacers. The electron emission display includes first and second substrates facing each other to form a vacuum vessel, an electron emission unit provided on the first substrate, a light emission unit provided on the second substrate, and a plurality of spacers disposed between the first and the second substrates. Each spacer has a spacer body with a surface roughness, a resistance layer placed on a lateral side of the spacer body, and a flattening layer covering the resistance layer. The flattening layer has a thickness larger than the thickness of the resistance layer and a surface roughness smaller than the surface roughness of the spacer body.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus utilizing an electron emitting device, a guard electrode for preventing a creepage discharge from an anode electrode is provided without causing an abnormal discharge with a spacer. A guard electrode positioned at a predetermined distance (x) from a metal back constituting an anode electrode is positioned at such a distance (Lg) from a spacer as not to cause a discharge according to a ratio (x/hs) of the distance x and a height (hs) of a spacer.

Abstract: A flat display includes a front glass plate, substrate, cathode, gate electrode, a phosphor screen and metal-backed film, and matrix-like spacer. The front glass plate is at least partly transparent. The substrate is arranged to oppose the front glass plate through a vacuum space. The cathode is formed on the substrate and has an electron-emitting source made of nano tube fibers. The gate electrode has an electron-passing hole in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and is arranged in the vacuum space away from the cathode to oppose the substrate. The phosphor screen and metal-backed film are sequentially stacked on a surface of the front glass plate which opposes the substrate. The matrix-like spacer is stacked between the gate electrode and front glass plate and has a plurality of openings each corresponding to the electron-passing hole.

Abstract: A flat panel display spacer has a sintered body containing A12O3, TiC, MgO, and TiO2, whereas the sintered body includes 35 to 55 wt % of MgO with respect to the total weight of A12O3, TiC, MgO, and TiO2.

Abstract: In an image display device, end surfaces of spacers are jointed to substrates in a state that the spacers bite into a conductive adhesive material 13 in the depth direction of a coating thickness of the conductive adhesive material. Due to such a constitution, it is possible to provide the image display device which possesses high brightness, high reliability and a prolonged lifetime by suppressing the breakage and the deformation of distance holding members which hold a distance of a hermetically sealed space surrounded by a face substrate, a back substrate and a frame body.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate opposing one another; display electrodes formed on the front substrate, a dielectric layer formed on the front substrate covering the display electrodes, barrier ribs formed on the rear substrate and including first barrier rib members formed in a direction orthogonal to the display electrodes, and second barrier rib members formed in a direction parallel to the display electrodes, the first barrier rib members intersecting the second barrier rib members to define discharge cells; phosphor layers formed in the discharge cells, and address electrodes realized through conductive wires and coated with a dielectric material, the address electrodes being formed orthogonal to the display electrodes in the discharge cells. The address electrodes may be mounted on the second barrier rib members orthogonal to the display electrodes in the discharge cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image display device which can realize the recycling at a low cost by shortening a disassembling time of a face substrate and a back substrate. In a support frame which is bonded and fixed to a face substrate and a back substrate by way of sealing materials respectively, a cut portion whose spatial region expands from the inside to the outside is integrally formed on an end surface at a corner portion thereof. To outer portions of the cut portions, the sealing materials 10a, 10b are not fixed.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including a first panel, address electrodes formed on the first panel in a predetermined pattern, a first dielectric layer formed on the first panel and covering the address electrodes, a partition structure having unit partitions discontinuously formed on the first dielectric layer to partition a discharge space, the unit partitions being parallel to the address electrodes and each having auxiliary partitions, red, green and blue phosphor layers coated in the partitioned discharge space, a second panel, which is coupled to the first panel to form the discharge space and which is transparent, a plurality of pairs of sustaining electrodes formed on an inner surface of the second panel and having sets of first and second electrodes at a predetermined angle with respect to the address electrodes, and a second dielectric layer formed on the second panel and covering the sustaining electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma display panel and a manufacture method thereof in which a color mixture of emitted light can be prevented and a contrast characteristic can be improved. The plasma display panel includes: a first barrier rib for partitioning a plurality of sub-pixels; and a second barrier rib formed to function as a boundary between one unit pixel constituting of the plurality of sub-pixels and an adjacent unit pixel, and partition the unit pixels, wherein the second barrier rib has a greater width than the first barrier rib. The method includes the steps of: coating a first and second barrier rib paste on a dielectric material formed on a glass; and placing and exposing an irregular pattern mask on the first and second barrier rib paste to form a first barrier rib pattern and a second barrier rib pattern each having a different width.

Abstract: An organic electoluminescent (EL) display device and methodology of fabricating the same includes a first array substrate having an anode electrode, a cathode electrode and an organic layer between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; a second array substrate having at least one driving thin film transistor formed thereon, the at least one driving thin film transistor to supply a driving signal to either one of the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; a first spacer made of conductive material to supply the driving signal to either one of the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, the first spacer being formed between the first and the second array substrates; and a second spacer made of an adhesive material to fix together the first and the second array substrates, the second spacer being formed between the first and the second array substrates.

Abstract: In a flat image display device in which a first substrate having phosphor layers formed on an inner surface thereof and a second substrate having electron emitting elements which excite the phosphor layers are located opposite each other with a gap therebetween, the plate thickness of the second substrate is made smaller than the plate thickness of the first substrate. The second substrate is formed thinner than the first substrate so that it is more flexible. Even if spacers are subject to variation in height, therefore, the first and second substrates can be securely brought into contact with the spacers, whereby gaps between the spacers and the substrates can be eliminated, and electric discharge between the first and second substrates can be restrained.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing plasma display panel and a substrate holder, preventing an occurrence of dust giving an unfavorable effect in a forming process of a film on a substrate of a plasma display panel in a film forming apparatus. When forming the film, a substrate (3) and a dummy substrate (35) are held by a first substrate holder (31) composed of a supporter sustaining underneath the substrate and a restrictor restricting a position of the substrates (3) in a plane direction, and a second substrate holder (32) sustaining the first substrate holder (31).

Abstract: A display apparatus includes an array substrate including a display area composed of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and a sealing substrate disposed to be opposed to the array substrate. The display area includes a pixel switch that selects a pixel, a drive control device connected to the pixel switch, and an organic EL device driven by the drive control device. A support section is disposed in a frame shape on an outer peripheral portion of the display area such that a predetermined gap is provided between the array substrate and the sealing substrate.

Abstract: An image display device includes a first substrate which has a phosphor surface, and a second substrate which is opposed to the first substrate with a gap and has a plurality of electron sources. A plurality of spacers are arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and support an atmospheric load acting on the first and second substrates. Each of the spacers has distal end portions at the first and second substrates, respectively. The distal end portions of each spacer are impregnated with electrically conductive material and constitute conductivity-imparting portions.

Abstract: An electron emission display device includes first and second substrates facing each other with a predetermined distance therebetween, an electron emission unit formed at the first substrate, and an image display unit formed at the second substrate. A grid electrode is disposed between the first and the second substrates and has a plurality of beam guide holes arranged in a first predetermined pattern, and spacer insertion holes arranged in a second predetermined pattern. Spacers are inserted into the respective spacer insertion holes of the grid electrode, and are fitted between the first and the second substrates. The size of each of the spacer insertion holes is larger than the outer size of each of the spacers.

Abstract: There is disclosed an organic electro luminescence display device that is adaptive for preventing the deterioration of its light emitting efficiency and picture quality, and a fabricating method thereof. An organic electro luminescence display device that is adaptive for preventing the deterioration of its light emitting efficiency and picture quality, and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The organic electro luminescence display device as embodied includes an organic electro luminescence array having first and second electrodes formed on a substrate with an organic light emitting layer therebetween, and a barrier rib in parallel to any one of the first and second electrodes; a protective barrier rib formed to enclose the organic electro luminescence array; and at least one dummy barrier rib located inside a corner area of the protective barrier rib and formed to be bent along the protective barrier rib.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a plurality of first discharge spaces positioned between a front substrate and a rear substrate, and a plurality of sub-pixel units, each of the first discharge spaces having at least two of the sub-pixel units. Each of the first discharge spaces having at least two of the sub-pixel units increases the space available to discharge gas in each sub-pixel unit, thereby reducing a discharge voltage of the discharge gas in each sub-pixel unit and further decreasing an operating voltage and power consumption of the plasma display panel.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display apparatus and method for manufacturing same is disclosed; the method prevents the anode and the cathode from defects and short circuit, and with the suitable geometry of the electrical insulation ramparts, the mechanical properties of the cathode insulating ramparts are increased such that the adhesion between the cathode insulating ramparts and the substrate is enhanced.

Abstract: A first substrate formed having a phosphor screen and a metal back layer and a second substrate provided with a plurality of electron emitting elements are located opposite each other. A spacer supporting substrate, which is covered by an insulating layer formed with a plurality of electron beam apertures, is provided between the first and second substrates. One first surface of the spacer supporting substrate is in contact with the first substrate with a plurality of conductive layers between them. A plurality of spacers are set up between the other surface of the spacer supporting substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus is disclosed which includes, within an enclosure configured by a pair of substrates placed face to face and an external frame placed between the substrates, an electron source placed on one of the pair of substrates, an image formation material placed on the other substrate, and spacers placed between the substrates, characterized in that the spacers and the external frame is conductive and device is provided for electrically connecting the spacers and the external frame so that the equipotential surfaces between the spacers and the external frame are quasi-parallel when driven.

Abstract: Ribs for an image display medium, which ribs can be retained between a pair of substrates. These image display medium ribs are formed by liquid injection molding (LIM molding), utilizing a heat-curable epoxy resin. In addition, the image display medium ribs are formed so as to have a cell-form arrangement.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a spacer provided therebetween and providing an atmospheric pressure resistant structure of a vacuum container formed between the first and second substrates. First and second support members are provided outside an image display area, with the first and second support members being joined together.

Abstract: An image display apparatus including a first substrate on which electron sources having electron-emitting devices are arranged, a second substrate forming a display image by being irradiated with electrons, and a spacer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the spacer provided with an insulating substrate and a resistance film covering the insulating substrate. An area deeper in the resistance film into which a penetration of the electron is smaller is set to have lower resistance.

Abstract: In order to prevent a spacer from being charged by using a plate shaped spacer covered with a high resistance film, the present invention is aimed at preventing irregular displacements of electron beams emitted from adjacent electron-emitting devices and suppressing displacements of impinging positions of the electron beams emitted from the adjacent electron-emitting devices even with a slight displacement of an installation position of the spacer. The spacer is disposed along a row directional wiring. The high resistance film is allowed to come into contact with a metal back and the row directional wiring to achieve electrical connection therebetween. Contact portions between the high resistance film of the spacer and the row directional wiring are provided at predetermined intervals.

Abstract: A field emission display device is disclosed. Since the size of the cells adjacent to the spacer is set smaller than the size of the other cells, the luminance and aperture rate of the panel can be improved. In addition, the width of the pulse supplied to the cells adjacent to the spacer and the width of the pulse supplied to the cells not adjacent to the spacer are set different, so that the same luminance can be displayed in every cell.

Abstract: A multi-functional shroud/arc tube support or clip (40a) for a high intensity discharge lamp (10). The support (40a) has one end (42) formed to engage a shroud (20). The one end (42) is formed as an arcuate member (43). A middle portion (44) is formed of separated, depending legs (46, 48) defining a space (50) therebetween for clasping the substantially rectangular pinch seal (52) of a quartz arc tube (14). The central section (53) is formed to clasp the cylindrical capillary (54) of a ceramic arc tube (14a). The central section (53) comprises the bight of a pair of U-shaped legs and the bights are provided with opposing, substantially hemi-cylindrical concavities (53a).

Abstract: A metal-made partition wall 16 has an external surface covered by an insulation layer 16a, and transverse walls 16A each extending in the row direction to define the partition between discharge cells C adjacent to each other in the column direction between a front glass substrate 1 and a back glass substrate 4 of a plasma display panel. A groove 16Aa formed in at least one of the front-facing face and the back face of the transverse wall 16A.

Abstract: A plasma display panel is disclosed, which prevents luminance from being reduced, prevents error discharge from occurring due to crosstalk, and improves exhaust ability. Auxiliary barriers or projections are formed in a boundary portion between respective cells in a stripe type barrier structure. Alternatively, a predetermined groove is formed in a predetermined position of a dielectric layer in a lattice shaped barrier structure. In addition to these barriers, second barriers are formed at a greater width or at constant intervals. Thus, exhaust ability can be improved, and error discharge due to crosstalk can be prevented from occurring. Also, luminance in corner portions of the cell can be improved, and contrast can be improved even if a black matrix is not formed.