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FIELD EMISSION DISPLAY

DEEPAK GUPTA
EC 3rd YR.
0800131034
PLAN OF
PRESENTATION
WHAT

WHEN APPS.

HOW ADV.

CHARACTERISTICS
 FED
 FED is such a display that works a bit
like a cathode-ray tube, except that
electrons are emission procedure

 Instead of one cathode emission

spraying of electron through number
of hole is done
 HISTORY
 In 1968, Charles A. "Capp" Spindt at the
Stanford Research Institute had the idea
of fabricating a flat display using
microscopic molybdenum cones singly or
in arrays (FEA’s)
 This development was the enabling
technology the concept for using FEA’s in
a matrix addressed display (FED)
Assembly of FED Device
FED Principles
Field emission displays,
electrons coming from
millions of tiny microtips
pass through gates and
light up pixels on a
screen.

This principle is similar

to that of cathode-ray
tubes in television sets.
The difference: Instead
of just one "gun"
spraying electrons
against the inside of the
screens face, there are
as many as 500 million
of them
.
Cathode
The cathode/back plate is
a matrix of row and
column traces. Each
crossover lays the
foundation for an
addressable
cathode emitters.

Each crossover has up to

4,500 emitters, 150 nm in
diameter. This emitter
density assures a high
quality image through
manufacturing
redundancy, and long-life
through low operational
stress.
Emission

Emitters generate
electrons when a
small voltage is
applied to both row
(base layer) and
column (top layer).
 FED PACKAGING
 The field emission display screens are
comprised of a thin sandwich. In this
the back is a sheet of glass or silicon
that contains millions of tiny field
emitters which is the cathode. The
front is a sheet of glass coated with
phosphor dots, which is the anode.
 FED CHARACTERISTICS
 Comparing with the CRT displays the
field emission displays has many
advantages.
 They are:
1. Brightness

2. Speed

3. Compact and lightweight

4. Display size

5. Low driving voltage

6. Wider viewing angle

7. High illumination

8. Colour Quality
 FED advantages
Inherently high luminous efficiency Technology Luminous
 No Response Time issues
Efficiency
(Lm/W)
 CRT-like Colour Gamut
CRT (at 3
 Lower Power Consumption 30KV)
 Cold Cathode Emission PDP 0.8
 Distance between cathode and screen
~0.2–5mm LCD 3
 Flat Panel Technology OLED / PLED 5
 Matrix Addressed – No DY FED at 8 KV 7
 Capital investment for
manufacturing VLS TV with
printable CNT FEDs - 1/10th of LCD
 Cost advantage over LCD could be
40%
 APPLICATION

This technology could produce

affordable large displays in the 20
to 40-inch diagonal range suitable
for TVs.
 DRAWBACKS
a. Vacuum tubes do require maintenance.
b. Current FEDs often suffer from variation in
screen brightness across the display, and also
within each pixel.
c. Durability due to electrical discharge in the small
gaps everywhere in FED prototypes.
d. The killing problem was durability: the tips could
not survive under severe conditions of arcing
(i.e. electrical discharge) due to the small gaps
everywhere in FED prototypes.
Thank you ...