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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisashi Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Yoshiki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313309 ; 313336 ; 313351 ; 445 24 ; 445 25 ; 257 10 ;
Abstract
A field emission cold cathode has a plurality of emitters in a group for each gate electrode and a serial resistance layer divided into a plurality resistance layer sections each corresponding to one of the emitters. The resistance layer is divided by a deep trench filled with an insulator layer or conductive layer forming a P-N junction between the same and the resistance layer section. A linear voltage-current characteristic is obtained by a stable resistance of the resistance layer section to prevent a short-circuit failure between the emitter and the gate electrode.