Inventors:
Stephen E. Sampayan - Manteca CA
William J. Orvis - Livermore CA
George J. Caporaso - Livermore CA
Ted F. Wieskamp - Livermore CA
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA
International Classification:
H01J 2970
Abstract:
A device which can produce a bright, raster scanned or non-raster scanned image from a flat panel. Unlike many flat panel technologies, this device does not require ambient light or auxiliary illumination for viewing the image. Rather, this device relies on electrons emitted from a ferroelectric emitter impinging on a phosphor. This device takes advantage of a new electron emitter technology which emits electrons with significant kinetic energy and beam current density.