Current Status of the Spindt-type Field Emitter

Field emission display (FED) is drawing attentions as one of the most promising flat panel displays. Currently, the development stage of Spindt-type FEDs with Mo emitter is close to its end. The mono-color Spindt-type FEDs are being supplied to the market, also the color FEDs are ready to mass production. FED is also expected as a low power consumption display device, because the power, in principle, is consumed at the light emitting part only. The present status of FEDs with Spindt-type emitter is reported in this paper