DocumentCode
3251347
Title
Effect of emission uniformity on performance of field emission displays
Author
Chenggang Xie
Author_Institution
Si Diamond Technol. Inc., Austin, TX, USA
fYear
1995
fDate
July 30 1995-Aug. 3 1995
Firstpage
149
Lastpage
153
Abstract
A VGA field emission display with gated field emitters is simulated on a computer using a spreadsheet program. By using Fowler-Nordheim theory and statistical analysis, we studied how emission uniformity of field emitters affected field emission display performances, such as brightness variation, contrast ratio, gray scalability and lifetime. The calculated results show that the display performance is strongly dependent on the emission uniformity of the field emitters.
Keywords
brightness; digital simulation; display devices; electron field emission; statistical analysis; vacuum microelectronics; Fowler-Nordheim theory; VGA display; brightness variation; computer simulation; contrast ratio; emission uniformity; field emission display performance; gated field emitters; gray scalability; lifetime; spreadsheet program; statistical analysis; Anodes; Brightness; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Current density; Field emitter arrays; Flat panel displays; Gaussian distribution; Phosphors; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Vacuum Microelectronics Conference, 1995. IVMC., 1995 International
Conference_Location
Portland, OR, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2143-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IVMC.1995.487013
Filename
487013
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