Biing-Nan Lin

59.2: Invited Paper: Development of CNT-FED by Printing Method

4″ to 20″ carbon nanotube field emission display (CNT-FED) and back light unit (CNT-BLU) have been fabricated by printing method. The gated arrays of cathode plates were fabricated by screen printing and photolithography processes. Taiwanese research results on FEDs are also described.

7.3: Novel Structure of Carbon Nanotubes Backlight Unit

A novel structure of carbon nanotubes backlight unit (CNT-BLU) was introduced to improve the uniformity. From the calculation and experimental verification, large improvement on uniformity can be observed. Benefiting from these important results, the new planar backlight technology has chances to proceed to mass production and reduce the cost of optical films such as diffuser and/or brightness enhancement film. Based on the structure, the printed CNT-BLU has the potential to replace traditional backlight technology because of its good properties like the simple processes, easy to large scale, low surface Temp and Hg-free…etc.

42.4: Application of A Novel Dynode Structure to CNT Field Emission Unit

A novel 3-fold dynode structure was introduced into the CNT-FED for improving its uniformity and electron amplification. The 0.5″ and 5.6″ dynode of metal plates was etched with numerous holes of various cross-sections and coated oxides to supply high efficient passage for electrons. Experiments have been carried out to study the effects of oxides and oxide film thickness on the electron multiplication of dynodes. We observed that several metal plates not only shield the cathode from the high electric field of anode, but also distribute uniform electrons inside each pixel cavity. At present the 3-fold dynode exhibits electron multiplication factors larger than, but close to, unity.