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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1996
Ronald O Petersen, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Troy A Trottier, Gainesville, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A field emission display (100, FIG. 1) having a stabilized phosphor (110, FIG. 1) includes a cathode plate (130, FIG. 1) having a plurality of field emitters (160, FIG. 1), an anode plate (120, FIG. 1) opposing the cathode plate (130, FIG. 1), and a stabilized sulfide phosphor disposed on the anode plate (120, FIG. 1) to receive electrons from the plurality of field emitters (160, FIG. 1). The stabilized sulfide phosphor includes a sulfide phosphor core containing vacuum-unstable sulfur and a stabilized surface made from a more thermodynamically stable material, which is more thermodynamically stable against outgassing than the vacuum-unstable sulfur of the sulfide phosphor core. The stabilized phosphor (110, FIG. 1) can alternatively include a stabilized oxide phosphor that has an oxide phosphor core containing vacuum-unstable oxygen and a stabilized surface made from a more thermodynamically stable material, which is more thermodynamically stable against outgassing than the vacuum-unstable oxygen of the oxide phosphor core.