Thin vacuum panel display device
First Claim
1. A vacuum panel display device including a viewing wall having thereon a phosphor layer on which information is displayed in response to electron beam excitation, the improvement comprising:
- an electron source wall spaced from and parallel to said viewing wall,a generally planar array of parallel, elongate optical waveguide elements supported upon said electron source wall, a portion of each waveguide element bearing a coating of photoemissive material along its lengtha light energy source coupled to each of said waveguide elements for selectively introducing light into and along the length of each of said selected waveguide elements to cause photoemission of electrons from said coating along the length of said selectively illuminated waveguide elements,means for controlling the flow of electrons to said phosphor layer from preselected areas of said coating along the length of each selectively illuminated waveguide element andtimng means associated with said light energy source for sequentially illuminating each of said optical waveguide elements in said array.
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Abstract
A thin vacuum panel cathode ray display device for providing visible information upon a phosphor layer, on a viewing wall, in response to electron beam excitation. Electron beams are generated by cathodes on an electron source wall spaced from the viewing wall. The cathodes comprise an array optical waveguides each coated with a photoemissive material. Between the cathode array and the phosphor layer, and adjacent to the cathodes, is an array of grid members for selectively controlling the flow of electrons to the phosphor layer in response to low voltage signals applied to the grid members. Light energy is sequentially introduced into each of the waveguides while simultaneous control signals are applied to all of the grid members to provide line-at-at-time information display upon the phosphor layer.
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1. A vacuum panel display device including a viewing wall having thereon a phosphor layer on which information is displayed in response to electron beam excitation, the improvement comprising:
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an electron source wall spaced from and parallel to said viewing wall, a generally planar array of parallel, elongate optical waveguide elements supported upon said electron source wall, a portion of each waveguide element bearing a coating of photoemissive material along its length a light energy source coupled to each of said waveguide elements for selectively introducing light into and along the length of each of said selected waveguide elements to cause photoemission of electrons from said coating along the length of said selectively illuminated waveguide elements, means for controlling the flow of electrons to said phosphor layer from preselected areas of said coating along the length of each selectively illuminated waveguide element and timng means associated with said light energy source for sequentially illuminating each of said optical waveguide elements in said array. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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