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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1990
Douglas A Kirkpatrick, Laurel, MD (US);
Joel M Schnur, Burke, VA (US);
Paul E Schoen, Alexandria, VA (US);
Ronald R Price, Stevensville, MD (US);
Wallace M Manheimer, Silver Spring, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A field emitter array comprises an array of aligned metallic, conductive rotubules extending from a conductive base. The array is typically made by cutting a matrix comprising the aligned microtubules into sections, usually normal to the tubule alignment axis. One end surface of a section is etched or otherwise treated to remove the matrix, but not the tubules. That end surface is then provided with a conductive coating and fixed to a contact. The other end surface of that section is then also treated to remove the matrix material and leave the tubules extending from the conductive metal base. Field emitter arrays made according to the present invention provide a greater brightness than conventional field emitter arrays.