Patent ID: 6583582
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A method of driving an electron source in which electron-emitting devices, each having a gate electrode and cathode electrode, are arranged in a matrix, comprising the steps of:applying, to an anode electrode formed above the electron-emitting device, a potential higher than a potential applied to the gate and cathode electrodes; controlling an electron emission amount from the electron-emitting device by modulating a potential difference between the cathode electrode and the gate electrode and selecting one of a plurality of first-directional wirings in one of an X direction and a Y direction in which the cathode electrodes of a plurality of electron-emitting devices which are arranged on one side of the same row or column are commonly connected; and driving a plurality of second-directional wirings together in the other of the X direction and the Y direction in which the gate electrodes of the plurality of electron-emitting devices which are arranged on the other side of the same row or column are commonly connected, wherein letting V1off be an OFF voltage of the first-directional wiring, and V2on be an ON voltage of the second-directional wiring, V1off>V2on is satisfied.