Patent ID: 7804236
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G09G,H01J,H01L

Abstract:
1. A flat panel display comprising; a plurality of electrically addressable pixels, each of said pixels being electrically addressable by including a conductive pad that is coated with a phosphor; a plurality of thin-film transistor (TFT) driver circuits each being electrically coupled to an associated one of said plurality of said pixels; a passivating layer on said thin-film transistor driver circuits and at least partially around said pixels; a conductive frame on said passivating layer, wherein conductor elements of said frame are positioned between said pixels to substantially surround each of said pixels; a plurality of nanostructures on said conductive frame; a substrate supporting said pixels including said phosphor coated conductive pad, said TFT driver circuits, said passivating layer and said conductive frame, means for applying a known voltage to said conductive frame, said known voltage being less than an electron emission threshold voltage of said nanostructures; and means for addressing one of said pixels using said associated driver circuit, wherein said addressing causes application of a voltage to said pixel to create a potential difference greater than said emission threshold voltage.