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Degradation Mechanisms and Vacuum Requirements for Fed Phosphors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Paul H. Holloway ,
Joe Sebastian ,
Troy Trottier ,
Sean Jones ,
Hendrik Swart  and
Ronald O. Petersen
Paul H. Holloway
Affiliation:
-Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-6400
Joe Sebastian
Affiliation:
-Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-6400
Troy Trottier
Affiliation:
-Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-6400
Sean Jones
Affiliation:
-Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-6400
Hendrik Swart
Affiliation:
-Visiting Scientist from Dept. of Physics, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Ronald O. Petersen
Affiliation:
-Motorola, Inc., Phoenix Corporate Research Laboratory, 2100 East Elliot Road, Tempe, AZ 85284
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Abstract

Degradation of phosphors in field emission displays (FED's) is described and related to electron beam stimulated surface reactions between ZnS and residual gas in the vacuum system. The requirements for producing and maintaining vacuums in FED packages is reviewed and limitations associated with the size of the FED's are discussed. It is concluded that vacuum production and maintenance is critical to the performance of FED's, and this is not a simple task.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 424: Symposium H – Flat Panel Display Materials II , 1996 , 425
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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