Carbon nanotube emitters for field emission displays

Author

Uemura, S. ; Yotani, J. ; Nagasako, T. ; Kurachi, H. ; Yamada, H. ; Ezaki, T. ; Maesoba, T. ; Nakao, T. ; Ito, M. ; Saito, Y. ; Yumura, M.

Author_Institution

Noritake Co. Ltd., Ise, Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

7-11 July 2003

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

48

Abstract

Many prototypes of FED device were realized by conical microtips of Mo or Si, which is called Spindt-type field emitters. The displays performed good characteristics, but the principal issues are the limited display area and manufacturing cost. We intended to overcome these issues by new material, that is Carbon Nanotubes(CNTs). The CNTs have been discovered by Prof. Sumio Iijima in 1991. In 1995, field emission from an isolated single CNT was first reported by Dr. Rinzler et al., and field emission from a CNT film was reported by Dr. de Heer et al. Subsequently, many studies on field emission were reported under the academic interest. But neither industrial fabrication technology nor performance had been reported for practical display applications.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; field emission displays; nanotube devices; prototypes; C; FED device; carbon nanotube emitters; carbon nanotube film; field emission displays; microtips; prototypes; spindt type field emitters; Carbon dioxide; Carbon nanotubes; Costs; Fabrication; Flat panel displays; Isolation technology; Manufacturing; Organic materials; Prototypes; Textile industry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Microelectronics Conference, 2003. Technical Digest of the 16th International

Conference_Location

Osaka, Japan

Print_ISBN

4-8181-9515-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVMC.2003.1222976

Filename

1222976