Electron emitter, method of driving electron emitter, display and method of driving display
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1. An electron emitter comprising:
- an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material;
a cathode electrode formed on one surface of said electric field receiving member;
an anode electrode formed on said one surface of said electric field receiving member, with a slit defined between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode; and
a modulation circuit for modulating a voltage signal applied between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode to control at least an amount of emitted electrons.
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Abstract
An electron emitter has an electric field receiving member formed on a substrate, a cathode electrode formed on one surface of the electric field receiving member, and an anode electrode formed on the one surface of the electric field receiving member, with a slit defined between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode. The electric field receiving member is made of a dielectric material. The electron emitter also has a modulation circuit for modulating a pulse signal applied between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode based on a control signal supplied from a controller such as a CPU to control at least an amount of emitted electrons.
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1. An electron emitter comprising:
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an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material;
a cathode electrode formed on one surface of said electric field receiving member;
an anode electrode formed on said one surface of said electric field receiving member, with a slit defined between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode; and
a modulation circuit for modulating a voltage signal applied between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode to control at least an amount of emitted electrons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An electron emitter comprising:
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an anode electrode formed on a substrate;
an electric field receiving member formed on said substrate to over said anode electrode and made of a dielectric material;
a cathode electrode formed on said electric field receiving member; and
a modulation circuit for modulating a voltage signal applied between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode to control at least an amount of emitted electrons. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. An electron emitter comprising:
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an anode electrode formed on a substrate;
an electric field receiving member formed on said substrate to cover said anode electrode and made of a dielectric material;
a cathode electrode formed on said electric field receiving member;
a modulation circuit for modulating a voltage signal applied between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode to control at least an amount of emitted electrons; and
a collector electrode for trapping said emitted electrons, wherein a positive bias voltage with respect to said anode electrode is applied to said collector electrode to accelerate said emitted electrons.
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7. An electron emitter comprising:
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an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material;
a cathode electrode formed on one surface of said electric field receiving member;
an anode electrode formed on said one surface of said electric field receiving member, with a slit defined between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode; and
a control electrode disposed over said cathode electrode and said anode electrode. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electron emitter comprising:
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an anode electrode formed on a substrate;
an electric field receiving member formed on said substrate to cover said anode electrode and made of a dielectric material;
a cathode electrode formed on said electric field receiving member;
a control electrode disposed over said cathode electrode; and
a collector electrode for trapping said emitted electrons, wherein a positive bias voltage with respect to said anode electrode is applied to said collector electrode to accelerate said emitted electrons. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of driving an electron emitter having an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material and a cathode electrode and an anode electrode which are formed in contact with said electric field receiving member, wherein said cathode electrode is formed on one surface of said electric field receiving member, and said anode electrode is formed on said one surface of said electric field receiving member, with a slit defined between said anode electrode and said cathode electrode, said method comprising the step of:
modulating a pulse signal applied between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode to control at least an amount of emitted electrons.
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21. A display comprising:
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a two-dimensional array of electron emitters;
a collector electrode facing said electron emitters; and
a plurality of fluorescent layers spaced by respective distances from said electron emitters;
each of said electron emitters comprising;
an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material;
a cathode electrode and an anode electrode which are formed in contact with said electric field receiving member; and
a modulation circuit for modulating a voltage signal applied between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode to control a displayed gradation. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A display comprising:
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a two-dimensional array of electron emitters;
a collector electrode facing said electron emitters;
a plurality of fluorescent layers spaced by respective distances from said electron emitters; and
a control electrode disposed between said fluorescent layers and said electron emitters;
each of said electron emitters comprising;
an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material and a cathode electrode and an anode electrode which are formed in contact with said electric field receiving member. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method of driving an electron emitter having an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material and a cathode electrode and an anode electrode which are formed in contact with said electric field receiving member, said method comprising the step of:
modulating a pulse signal applied between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode to control at least an amount of emitted electrons. - View Dependent Claims (56)
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57. A method of driving an electron emitter having an anode electrode formed on a substrate, an electric field receiving member formed on said substrate to cover said anode electrode and made of a dielectric material, and a cathode electrode formed on said electric field receiving member, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a control electrode disposed over said cathode electrode;
applying a constant first pulse signal between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode; and
modulating a second pulse signal applied between said control electrode and said anode electrode to control at least an amount of emitted electrons.
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58. A method of driving an electron emitter having an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material, a cathode electrode formed on one surface of said electric field receiving member, and an anode electrode formed on said one surface of said electric field receiving member, with a slit defined between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode, said method comprising the step of:
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providing a control electrode disposed over said cathode electrode and said anode electrode;
applying a constant first pulse signal between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode; and
modulating a second pulse signal applied between said control electrode and said anode electrode to control at least an amount of emitted electrons.
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59. A method of driving a display having a two-dimensional array of electron emitters, and a plurality of fluorescent layers spaced by respective distances from said electron emitters, each of said electron emitters having an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material, and a cathode electrode and an anode electrode which are formed in contact with said electric field receiving member, said method comprising the step of:
modulating a voltage signal applied between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode of each of said electron emitters to control a displayed gradation. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62)
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63. A method of driving display having a two-dimensional array of electron emitters, a collector electrode facing said electron emitters, a plurality of fluorescent layers spaced by respective distance from said electron emitters;
- and a control electrode disposed between said fluorescent layers and said electron emitters, each of said electron emitters having an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material, and a cathode electrode and an anode electrode which are formed in contact with said electric field receiving member, said method comprising the steps of;
modulating a first voltage signal applied between said cathode electrode and said anode electrode and modulating a second voltage signal applied between said control electrode and said anode electrode to control a displayed gradation. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67)
- and a control electrode disposed between said fluorescent layers and said electron emitters, each of said electron emitters having an electric field receiving member made of a dielectric material, and a cathode electrode and an anode electrode which are formed in contact with said electric field receiving member, said method comprising the steps of;
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