Field emission device with two light-permeable sides

• US 7,615,919 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2006
• Issued: 11/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
• Inventors: Fan, Shou-Shan, Liu, Liang, Yang, Yuan-Chao, Tang, Jie
• Primary Examiner(s): Roy; Sikha
• Assistant Examiner(s): GREEN, TRACIE Y
• Application Number:
  US11/565,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20080007153A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,076 Days
• Field of Search: 313495-498, 313/306, 313/309, 313/310, 313293-304, 313/311, 313/336, 313/346.R, 313/351, 445/25, 445/51
• US Class Current: 313/496
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 31/12 with luminescent screen
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 63/06 Lamps with luminescent screen excited by the ray or stream

Abstract

A field emission device (10) includes a sealed container (12) with a first light-permeable portion (120) and an opposite second light-permeable portion (122). A first phosphor layer (14) is formed on the first light-permeable portion. A first light-permeable anode (16) is formed on the first light-permeable portion. A second phosphor layer (18) is formed on the second light-permeable portion. A second light-permeable anode (20) is formed on the second light-permeable portion. A shielding barrel (22) is disposed within the container and electrically connected to at least one cathode electrode (25, 26). The shielding barrel has opposite open ends facing toward the first and the second light-permeable portions respectively. The shielding barrel has an inner surface, and a slurry layer (24) containing conductive nano material is formed on the inner surface of the shielding barrel.

Claims

1. A field emission device, comprising:

a sealed container with a first light-permeable portion and an opposite second light-permeable portion;

a first phosphor layer formed on the first light-permeable portion;

a first light-permeable anode formed on the first phosphor layer;

a second phosphor layer formed on the second light-permeable portion;

a second light-permeable anode formed on the second phosphor layer;

a shielding barrel located within the sealed container and electrically connected to at least one cathode electrode, the shielding barrel having two opposite openings facing toward the first and the second light-permeable portions, the shielding barrel having an inner surface;

a conductive nano-material layer, the conductive nano-material layer located on at least a portion of the inner surface of the shielding barrel such that a hollow area is present in the shielding barrel with the conductive nano-material layer thereon.

2. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealed container is a vacuum container.

3. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealed container is a hollow cylinder.

4. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealed container is comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of quartz, glass and any combination thereof.

5. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and the second light-permeable portion is flat, spherical, or aspherical in shape.

6. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and the second light-permeable anodes are aluminum layers.

7. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conductive nano-material layer is comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes, carbon nano-sticks, carbon nano-yarns, Buckminster-fullerene, and carbon nano-particles.

8. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conductive nano-material layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of nanotube, nano-stick, nano-yarn, and nano-particle of at least one of conductive metal and semiconductor.

9. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a getter formed on the inner surface of sealed container and arranged around the at least one cathode electrode.

10. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one cathode electrode is arranged between the first and second light-permeable anodes.

11. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one cathode electrode surrounds the shielding barrel.

12. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein central axis of the container is perpendicular to a surface of the first and the second light-permeable portions.

13. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two opposite openings of the shielding barrel face towards the first and second light-permeable anodes.

14. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner surface of the shielding barrel includes an intermediate portion and a peripheral exposed portion adjacent to the light-permeable anode, and the conductive nano-material layer is formed on the intermediate portion but not on the peripheral exposed portion.

15. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first phosphor layer is sandwiched between the first light-permeable portion and the first light-permeable anode.

16. The field emission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a distance exists between top edges of the conductive nano-material layer and the shielding barrel.

17. The field emission device as claimed in claim 16, wherein a second distance exists between bottom edges of the conductive nano-material layer and the shielding barrel.