Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Jong-Hun You

Jong-Min Kim

Chun-Gyoo Lee

Sung-Ho Jo

Yang-Woon Na

A flat panel display includes a back plate, gate electrode and cathode electrodes disposed on the back plate and insulated from each other by an insulating layer, a planar field emission source formed of carbonaceous material disposed on the cathode electrode, a grid plate provided with a plurality of apertures corresponding to a pixel area and spaced from the back plate, first and second grid electrodes formed on each surface of the grid plate, respectively, and a faceplate spaced from the grid plate and a screen formed on one surface thereof facing the grid plate.

Flat panel display device having planar field emission source

A flat panel display includes a faceplate, a backplate combined with the faceplate to form a vacuum fight cell, and a light emission unit placed within the cell to emit light from the cell. The backplate has a plurality of electron emission sources. A frame is mounted on the backplate with opening portions. The electron emission sources are exposed through the opening portions of the frame toward the faceplate. A plurality of spacers are formed on the frame such that the spacers are positioned at a non-display area within the cell. A plurality of gate electrodes are formed at a surface of the frame with a predetermined pattern. The gate electrodes has opening portions communicating with the opening portions of the frame.

Flat panel display and method of fabricating same

A very fine pixel pattern can be formed by first screen printing a conductive paste and electron-emitting carbon paste material in sequence before removing a predetermined portion of the screen-printed layers simultaneously such that remaining portions become a fine pixel pattern. This method not only enables fine pixel pattern formation but also provides an electrode/emitter structure that increases electron emission. Furthermore all these improvements can be made with less manufacturing time and cost.

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Suwon, South Korea

Jong-Hun You