摘要 |
<p>There is disclosed an improved method of manufacture of a field emission backplate (5; 5 '; 5a; 5b) used in a field emission device (100), such as a display. Known field emission devices suffer from a number of disadvantages such as: ease of manufacture, predictability of manufacture, quality of manufacture, predictability of technical characteristics. Accordingly the present invention provides a method of forming field emission backplate (5; 5 ';5a; 5b) comprising the steps of : at least partially forming a plurality of conductive or conducting particulates or particles, e.g. crystallites in the field emission backplate (5; 5 '; 5a; 5b) by application of an electrical signal thereto. The backplate (5; 5 '; 5a; 5b) comprises a layer of amorphous semiconductor material, e.g. Si:H.</p> |