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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/02 ;
Abstract
A cold cathode field emission device comprising; (A) a cathode electrode formed on a support, (B) an insulating layer formed on the support and the cathode electrode, (C) a gate electrode formed on the insulating layer, (D) an opening portion which penetrates through the gate electrode and the insulating layer, and (E) an electron emitting portion which is positioned at a bottom portion of the opening portion and has a tip portion having a conical form and being composed of a crystalline conductive material, the tip portion of the electron emitting portion having a crystal boundary nearly perpendicular to the cathode electrode.