JPH05198278A - Flat panel type display device - Google Patents
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Description
【0001】[0001]
【産業上の利用分野】この発明は電子放出陰極を用いた
平面パネル型ディスプレイに関する。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flat panel type display using an electron emitting cathode.
【0002】[0002]
【従来の技術】電子放出陰極を用いた平面パネル型ディ
スプレイは微小な電子放出陰極を縦横に配列し、縦・横
の2次元のアドレッシングを行う事で各画素を発光させ
ディスプレイを構成する。図6は例えば特表平2−50
0065号公報に示されたマトリクスアドレス平面パネ
ルディスプレイの一部分の模式断面図である。図におい
て、2は電子放出陰極、3は絶縁層、6は支柱、7a,
7b,7cは蛍光体、8はアノード、9はフェースパネ
ル、10は基板、11a,11b,11cは基体、12
は基体間絶縁層、13はゲートである。2. Description of the Related Art A flat panel type display using an electron emission cathode has a structure in which minute electron emission cathodes are arranged vertically and horizontally and two-dimensional vertical and horizontal addressing is performed to make each pixel emit light. FIG. 6 shows, for example, the special table 2-50.
It is a schematic cross-sectional view of a part of the matrix address flat panel display shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 0065. In the figure, 2 is an electron emission cathode, 3 is an insulating layer, 6 is a pillar, 7a,
7b and 7c are phosphors, 8 is an anode, 9 is a face panel, 10 is a substrate, 11a, 11b and 11c are bases, 12
Is an inter-substrate insulating layer, and 13 is a gate.
【0003】次に動作について説明する。電子放出陰極
2とゲート13間に電圧を印加するとゲート穴近傍に位
置する円錐状の電子放出陰極2の先端から電子が放出さ
れ、高電圧が印加されたアノード8に向かって進行す
る。この際にアノード8下面の蛍光体に電子が当り、蛍
光体が発光する。ディスプレイとして2次元に配列され
た画素のマトリックスの選択は、例えば基体を縦方向
に、ゲート13を横方向にそれぞれ分割し、分割された
ある基体と分割されたあるゲ−ト間に電圧を印加する事
で行う。Next, the operation will be described. When a voltage is applied between the electron emission cathode 2 and the gate 13, electrons are emitted from the tip of the conical electron emission cathode 2 located near the gate hole, and proceed toward the anode 8 to which a high voltage is applied. At this time, electrons hit the phosphor on the lower surface of the anode 8 and the phosphor emits light. To select a matrix of pixels arranged two-dimensionally as a display, for example, the substrate is divided vertically and the gate 13 is divided horizontally, and a voltage is applied between a divided substrate and a divided gate. Do by doing.
【0004】この方法によれば、各縦・横のアドレッシ
ングを行う事で各画素を発光させディスプレイを構成す
る事ができる。According to this method, it is possible to form a display by causing each pixel to emit light by performing vertical and horizontal addressing.
【0005】[0005]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】上記のような方法では
画素のアドレッシングを行うために電子放出陰極を形成
する基体の分割が必要であり、例えば電子放出陰極をS
iウェハを基体としSiのエッチングなどで形成する場
合、基体であるSiウェハを分割する事が困難である。In the method as described above, it is necessary to divide the substrate forming the electron emission cathode in order to perform the addressing of the pixel.
When an i-wafer is used as a base and is formed by etching Si, it is difficult to divide the Si-wafer as a base.
【0006】この発明はかかる問題を解決するためにな
されたものであって、簡単な素子構成で2次元画素のア
ドレッシングを容易に行え、製作が容易な平面パネル型
ディスプレイを得る事を目的とする。The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to obtain a flat panel type display which can easily address two-dimensional pixels with a simple device structure and can be easily manufactured. ..
【0007】[0007]
【課題を解決するための手段】この発明の平面パネル型
ディスプレイは電子放出陰極から放出される電子を制御
するゲートを一軸方向に並行なアレイ状の第1ゲート
と、上記一軸と直交する方向に並行なアレイ状の第2ゲ
ートとの2段構造とし、上記電子放出陰極先端部が上記
2段のゲート間に位置するように配置し、上記2段のゲ
ートのそれぞれ独立した電圧のオン・オフによって画素
に応じた電子放出を選択するようにしたものである。In the flat panel display of the present invention, the gates for controlling the electrons emitted from the electron-emitting cathodes are arrayed in parallel with the first gates in the uniaxial direction, and in the direction orthogonal to the uniaxial direction. It has a two-stage structure with a parallel second gate, and the tip of the electron-emitting cathode is arranged between the two-stage gates, and the two-stage gates are turned on and off independently of each other. The electron emission is selected according to the pixel.
【0008】[0008]
【作用】このように構成された平面パネル型ディスプレ
イでは、第1,第2の2段のゲートによって容易に画素
のアドレッシングを行う事ができ、従来のように分割が
困難な基体の分割が不要となる。また、このゲートは形
成が容易である。In the flat panel type display having such a structure, the addressing of pixels can be easily performed by the first and second stages of gates, and there is no need to divide the substrate, which is difficult to divide as in the conventional case. Becomes Also, this gate is easy to form.
【0009】[0009]
実施例1.図1はこの発明の一実施例の電子放出陰極を
用いた平面パネル型ディスプレイの一部分の模式断面図
であり、図2は図1におけるゲートの模式平面図であ
る。この図において、1は基体、2は電子放出陰極、3
は絶縁層、4は第1ゲートである下段ゲートで、4a,
4b,4cはそれぞれ一軸方向に平行に分割された下段
ゲート、5は第2ゲートである上段ゲートで、5a,5
b,5cはそれぞれ一軸と直交方向に平行に分割された
上段ゲート、6は支柱、7は蛍光体、8はアノード、9
はフェースパネルである。なお、電子放出陰極2先端部
は上,下段ゲート4,5間に位置するように配置されて
いる。図2における多数の丸はゲート穴を示す。また、
この図では、説明のためにX列・Y列が交差する一つの
画素において電子放出陰極2が3×3個の構成について
示すが、任意のM×N個の構成でもかまわない。Example 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a part of a flat panel type display using an electron emitting cathode according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a gate in FIG. In this figure, 1 is a substrate, 2 is an electron emission cathode, 3
Is an insulating layer, 4 is a lower gate which is a first gate, 4a,
Reference numerals 4b and 4c denote lower gates which are divided in parallel with each other in the uniaxial direction, and 5 denotes an upper gate which is a second gate.
b and 5c are upper gates divided in parallel to the direction orthogonal to one axis, 6 is a pillar, 7 is a phosphor, 8 is an anode, 9
Is a face panel. The tip of the electron emission cathode 2 is arranged so as to be located between the upper and lower gates 4 and 5. A large number of circles in FIG. 2 indicate gate holes. Also,
In this figure, for the sake of explanation, a configuration is shown in which the number of electron emission cathodes 2 is 3 × 3 in one pixel in which the X and Y columns intersect, but any number of M × N configurations may be used.
【0010】次に動作について説明する。図2に示した
ゲートのX列のどれか一列とY列のどれか一列に同時に
電圧が印加されると電子放出陰極2に適当な電界が加わ
り、電子が放出し蛍光体7を発光させる。しかし、X列
のどれか一列かY列のどれか一列の片方のみに電圧が印
加されても電子放出陰極2に加わる電界は小さく電子を
放出させる事はできない。このため、ある画素のX・Y
両方のゲートに電圧が印加された場合に画素が発光す
る。このように、この平面パネル型ディスプレイではゲ
ートを上下2段構造とし、それぞれのゲートを画素に対
応するように交差して分離するという簡単な構成で、そ
れぞれのゲートに独立に電圧を印加することによって電
子放出を選択することができ、画素のアドレッシングが
容易に行える。また、このゲートは形成が容易であり、
従来のように分割が困難な基体を電気的に分割する必要
も無く、製作も容易である。Next, the operation will be described. When a voltage is applied to any one of the X and Y columns of the gate shown in FIG. 2 at the same time, an appropriate electric field is applied to the electron emission cathode 2 and electrons are emitted to cause the phosphor 7 to emit light. However, even if a voltage is applied to only one of the X rows and one of the Y rows, the electric field applied to the electron emission cathode 2 is small and electrons cannot be emitted. Therefore, the X and Y of a pixel
The pixel emits light when a voltage is applied to both gates. As described above, in this flat panel type display, the gate has a two-tiered structure, and each gate is crossed and separated so as to correspond to a pixel, and a voltage is independently applied to each gate. The electron emission can be selected by this, and the pixel addressing can be easily performed. Also, this gate is easy to form,
It is not necessary to electrically divide a substrate that is difficult to divide as in the conventional case, and the manufacturing is easy.
【0011】ところで、ゲートのX列のどれか一列かY
列のどれか一列の片方のみに電圧が印加された場合で
も、電子放出陰極2と電圧が印加されたゲート4,5の
位置関係によっては、電界が高くなり電子放出が起こる
場合があり、アドレッシングが適切に行われない。By the way, one of the X columns of gates or Y
Even if the voltage is applied to only one of the columns, the electric field may be increased and electron emission may occur depending on the positional relationship between the electron emission cathode 2 and the gates 4 and 5 to which the voltage is applied. Is not done properly.
【0012】図3のグラフに2段ゲート4,5間の絶縁
層3の膜厚方向の中心の高さから電子放出陰極2の高さ
の差であるゲート/陰極高さの差と、電子放出陰極2の
先端から0.01μm離れた点での電界の関係を有限要
素法を用いて計算した結果を示す。ここで、ゲートに印
加した電圧はオンの場合100V、オフの場合0Vであ
り、ゲート穴直径は1μmである。図中で白丸の特性曲
線は2段のゲートのうち上段ゲート5に電圧を印加し下
段ゲート4に電圧を印加しない場合、黒丸の特性曲線は
2段のゲートのうち下段ゲート4に電圧を印加し上段ゲ
ート5に電圧を印加しない場合で、画素が発光しない事
を目的とした構成である。破線の特性曲線は2段のゲー
ト4,5の両方に電圧を印加した場合で、画素が発光す
る事を目的としている。一方のゲートのみに電圧を印加
した場合、電界はゲート/陰極高さの差に影響され、ゲ
ート/陰極高さの差が0.15μm程度で電界は最も低
くなる。電界がどの程度低下すると電子が放出されず蛍
光体が発光しなくなるかは、図5のグラフに示す電子放
出陰極先端での電界とアノード8電流の一般的な関係よ
り、最大電界の6割程度であると考えられる。なお、図
5では2段のゲート4,5の両方に電圧を印加した場合
(図3における破線に相当)の電界、アノード電流を1
とした場合の規格化した値で示している。このため、図
3よりゲート/陰極高さの差が0.1μmから0.2μ
mの範囲にあるとき 電界は最大時の6割以下であり、
電子は放出されず、適切な画素のアドレッシングが行え
る。2段のゲート4,5において、2つのゲート4,5
間の絶縁層3の膜厚方向の中心の高さを電子放出陰極2
先端の高さより0.1〜0.2μm高くすると良い。即
ち、電子放出陰極2先端が2つのゲート4,5間の中間
位置より0.1〜0.2μm低くなるように配置すると
よい。In the graph of FIG. 3, the difference between the height of the gate / cathode, which is the difference between the height of the center of the insulating layer 3 in the film thickness direction between the two-stage gates 4 and 5, and the height of the electron / cathode, and the electron The result of calculating the relationship of the electric field at a point 0.01 μm away from the tip of the emission cathode 2 by using the finite element method is shown. Here, the voltage applied to the gate is 100 V when it is on and 0 V when it is off, and the diameter of the gate hole is 1 μm. In the figure, the characteristic curve with white circles is a case where a voltage is applied to the upper gate 5 and the voltage is not applied to the lower gate 4 of the two-stage gates. However, this is a configuration in which the pixel does not emit light when no voltage is applied to the upper gate 5. The dashed characteristic curve is intended to cause the pixel to emit light when a voltage is applied to both gates 4 and 5 in two stages. When a voltage is applied only to one of the gates, the electric field is affected by the height difference between the gate and the cathode, and the electric field becomes the lowest when the height difference between the gate and the cathode is about 0.15 μm. From the general relationship between the electric field at the tip of the electron-emitting cathode and the current at the anode 8 shown in the graph of FIG. 5, how much the electric field is reduced does not cause the emission of electrons and the phosphor does not emit light. Is considered to be. In FIG. 5, the electric field and the anode current when the voltage is applied to both of the two-stage gates 4 and 5 (corresponding to the broken line in FIG. 3) are 1
The values are standardized. Therefore, the difference in gate / cathode height is 0.1 μm to 0.2 μm as shown in FIG.
When in the range of m, the electric field is 60% or less of the maximum,
Electrons are not emitted, and appropriate pixel addressing can be performed. In the two-stage gates 4,5, two gates 4,5
The height of the center of the insulating layer 3 in the film thickness direction is set to the electron emission cathode 2
It is preferable that the height is 0.1 to 0.2 μm higher than the height of the tip. That is, the tip of the electron emission cathode 2 may be arranged so as to be lower than the intermediate position between the two gates 4 and 5 by 0.1 to 0.2 μm.
【0013】また、図4のグラフに一方のゲートに正、
他方のゲートに負の電圧をかけた場合における、2段ゲ
ート間の絶縁層の膜厚方向の中心の高さから電子放出陰
極の高さの差であるゲート/陰極高さの差と、電子放出
陰極の先端から0.01μm離れた点での電界の関係を
有限要素法を用いて計算した結果を示す。図中で白丸の
特性曲線は2段のゲートのうち上段のゲート5に正の電
圧を印加し下段のゲート4に負の電圧を印加した場合、
黒丸の特性曲線は2段のゲートのうち下段4のゲートに
正の電圧を印加し上段のゲート5に負の電圧を印加した
場合で、画素が発光しない事を目的とした構成である。
破線は2段のゲートの両方に電圧を印加した場合で、画
素が発光する事を目的としている。一方のゲートに正の
電圧を印加した場合、電界はゲート/陰極高さの差に影
響され、ゲート/陰極高さの差が0.15μm程度で電
界は最も低くなる。電界が負の場合、電子は放出されな
い。負の電圧を印加する事によって画素を発光させたく
ない場合の電界を著しく低くする事ができる。従って、
2段のゲート4,5に印加する電圧を電子放出オン時に
プラスの電圧、電子放出オフ時にマイナスの電圧とする
とよい。このように電子放出陰極2とゲート4,5の位
置関係の最適化、ゲート4,5に印加する電圧の極性の
選択により電子放出の制御を容易に行うことができる。Further, in the graph of FIG. 4, one gate is positive,
When a negative voltage is applied to the other gate, the difference between the height of the gate / cathode, which is the difference between the height of the center of the insulating layer between the two gates in the film thickness direction, and the height of the electron / cathode The result of having calculated the relationship of the electric field in the point 0.01 micrometer away from the front-end | tip of an emission cathode using the finite element method is shown. In the figure, the characteristic curve with white circles indicates that when a positive voltage is applied to the upper gate 5 and a negative voltage is applied to the lower gate 4 of the two-stage gates,
The characteristic curve indicated by the black circles is intended to prevent the pixel from emitting light when a positive voltage is applied to the lower gate 4 and a negative voltage is applied to the upper gate 5 of the two gates.
The broken line shows the case where a voltage is applied to both gates of two stages, and the pixel is intended to emit light. When a positive voltage is applied to one of the gates, the electric field is affected by the height difference between the gate and the cathode, and the electric field becomes the lowest when the height difference between the gate and the cathode is about 0.15 μm. When the electric field is negative, no electrons are emitted. By applying a negative voltage, the electric field when the pixel does not want to emit light can be significantly lowered. Therefore,
The voltage applied to the two-stage gates 4 and 5 may be a positive voltage when the electron emission is on and a negative voltage when the electron emission is off. Thus, the electron emission can be easily controlled by optimizing the positional relationship between the electron emission cathode 2 and the gates 4 and 5 and selecting the polarity of the voltage applied to the gates 4 and 5.
【0014】[0014]
【発明の効果】この発明の平面パネル型ディスプレイ
は、以上説明したように、ゲートを一軸方向に並行なア
レイ状の第1ゲートと、上記一軸と直交する方向に並行
なアレイ状の第2ゲートとの2段構造とし、上記電子放
出陰極先端部が上記第1、第2ゲート間に位置するよう
に配置し、上記第1、第2ゲートそれぞれ独立に電圧を
印加することによって、2次元に配列された画素に応じ
た電子放出を容易に選択でき、全体の素子構成、作成が
容易となる効果がある。As described above, the flat panel display of the present invention has an array-shaped first gate whose gates are parallel to one axis and an array-shaped second gate which is parallel to the direction orthogonal to the one axis. And a two-stage structure in which the tip of the electron-emitting cathode is located between the first and second gates, and a voltage is applied to each of the first and second gates independently to form a two-dimensional structure. The electron emission can be easily selected according to the arrayed pixels, and there is an effect that the entire device configuration and fabrication can be facilitated.
【図1】この発明の一実施例の平面パネル型ディスプレ
イの一部を示す模式断面図である。FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a part of a flat panel type display according to an embodiment of the present invention.
【図2】この発明の一実施例の平面パネル型ディスプレ
イのゲート部分の模式平面図である。FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a gate portion of the flat panel display according to the embodiment of the present invention.
【図3】この発明の一実施例に係わる電界解析結果を示
すグラフである。FIG. 3 is a graph showing an electric field analysis result according to an embodiment of the present invention.
【図4】この発明の一実施例に係わる電界解析結果を示
すグラフである。FIG. 4 is a graph showing an electric field analysis result according to an example of the present invention.
【図5】この発明に係わる電子放出陰極先端での電界と
アノード電流の一般的な関係を示すグラフである。FIG. 5 is a graph showing a general relationship between the electric field and the anode current at the tip of the electron emission cathode according to the present invention.
【図6】従来の平面パネル型ディスプレイの一部を示す
模式断面図である。FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a part of a conventional flat panel display.
1 基体 2 電子放出陰極 3 絶縁層 4 下段ゲート 5 上段ゲート 7 蛍光体 8 アノード 9 フェースパネル 1 Base 2 Electron Emission Cathode 3 Insulating Layer 4 Lower Gate 5 Upper Gate 7 Phosphor 8 Anode 9 Face Panel
Claims (1)
これら電子放出陰極から電子を放出させ、放出される電
子を制御するゲート、及び上記電子放出陰極対向面にア
ノードと上記電子の衝突に応答して可視光を発する蛍光
体を有するフェースパネルを備える平面パネル型ディス
プレイにおいて、上記ゲートを一軸方向に並行なアレイ
状の第1ゲートと、上記一軸と直交する方向に並行なア
レイ状の第2ゲートとの2段構造とし、上記電子放出陰
極先端部が上記第1、第2ゲート間に位置するように配
置し、上記第1、第2ゲートそれぞれ独立に電圧を印加
することによって2次元に配列された画素に応じた電子
放出を選択するようにしたことを特徴とする平面パネル
型ディスプレイ。1. A plurality of electron-emitting cathodes formed on a substrate,
A plane including a gate for emitting electrons from these electron-emitting cathodes and controlling the emitted electrons, and a face panel having a phosphor for emitting visible light in response to a collision between the anode and the electrons on a surface facing the electron-emitting cathode. In the panel type display, the gate has a two-stage structure including an array-shaped first gate parallel to the uniaxial direction and an array-shaped second gate parallel to the direction orthogonal to the uniaxial direction, and the electron emission cathode tip portion is It is arranged so as to be located between the first and second gates, and by applying a voltage to each of the first and second gates independently, electron emission is selected according to the pixels arranged two-dimensionally. A flat panel type display characterized in that
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