IMPROVED ELECTRONIC FLUORESCENT DISPLAY

摘要

In a cathodoluminescent display device (100), spacer elements (106, 107, 108) are used to provide rigid mechanical support between the face (109) and back (110) plates when the chamber of the device is evacuated so that thin face and back plates may be used even for large-screen displays. The spacer support includes a spacer plate having holes therein for passage of electrons between the anode (105) and cathode (101) where a predetermined small number of one or more pixel dots corresponds to and spatially overlaps one hole, thereby reducing crosstalk. Shadow-reducing electrodes (114) are employed on the back plate and spacer members (111) alongside the cathode (101) to cause the path of electrons from the cathode to the anode to spread out in order to reduce shadows caused by the presence of the spacer members. Various configurations of the two or three sets of grid electrodes may be employed to improve resolution and focusing. A linear array of cathode filament segments is used instead of one long integral cathode wire where the ends of the segments overlap to eliminate any visible gaps caused by the end portions of the segments being at lower temperatures than intermediate portions.