Patent ID: 6440761
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B82Y,H01J,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a field emission array using carbon nanotubes, the method comprising the steps of:(a) forming cathodes on a rear substrate in a striped pattern; (b) printing a mixture of carbon nanotubes, metal powder and organic binder on predetermined areas of the cathodes; (c) vaporizing the organic binder by sintering the mixture and anchoring the carbon nanotubes on the cathodes by diffusing the metal powder; (d) combining a front substrate, on which anodes are formed in a striped pattern, with the rear substrate having the cathodes on which the carbon nanotubes are anchored; forming an insulating layer on the tops of the cathodes other than portions to which the carbon nanotubes are to be adhered and on the top of the rear substrate where the cathodes are not formed, before the step (b); and forming gates on the insulating layer after the step (c).