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FET - Field Emission Technologies shutting down

Well here’s some bad news for FED TV fans. Field Emission Technologies is closing down.

It wasn’t a good sign when they couldn’t raise funds to buy the Pioneer plant they had hoped to use to manufacture field emission displays. The closure was blamed on an inability to raise funds for manufacturing.

Field emission displays may emerge again in the future from another manufacturer but not Sony or FET.

So, no FED TV in the near future. The future of OLED looks pretty bleak right now also. Aside from one “concept TV” from Sony, nothing else is expected soon.  Also, the top rated plasma TV, the Pioneer Kuro is no more…

Despite the ups and mostly downs over the last few years, I think that SED TV has a good chance now if SED Inc and Canon can pull it off.

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FED TV Update

As 2009 begins FED TV technology may be closer. Field emission display monitors from Ikegami and Astrodesign have been displayed at both Inter BEE 2008 and IBC2008.

Astrodesign FED monitor

Astrodesign FED monitor

“Field emission displays will be the true replacement for high-grade CRT monitors according to Astrodesign, which is previewing a 20-inch FED monitor at IBC in comparison with a high-quality LCD.  “It is very similar to CRT because every pixel has its own beam. It creates a very natural look and the motion is very clear,” said Sales Executive Hiroyuki Kuwahara. However, like Ikegami, which also has an FED on show, it will be next year before the display can ship, because the production facility has to be built first, with prices likely to be in the region of Û20,000.” Quote and image from www.ibc.org

OLED TV and SED TV aren’t going to be available anytime soon at a realistic screen size at any price. Field Emission Technologies had announced FED TV production starting in 2009 but considering the recent economic unrest and the problem of financing for their factory acquisition, this may be optomistic.

Production of FED monitors may end up paving the way for consumer models to be delivered by 2010.

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19″ FED Monitor Demonstration

Sony has been showing off a 19 inch FED (Field Emission Display) monitor from spin-off FET or Field Emission Technologies.

Not content with just showing a standard demo with a BluRay source, they’ve hooked up the 19″ FED monitor to 4 PS3’s at 4x 1080P playing Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

Audiences were amazed by the lifelike quality of the images. There was no flicker whatsoever.

“The display used in this demonstration was the 19 inch nano-Spindt FED screen produced by FE Technologies, who is a company that has taken over the development of the FED technology that was being developed at Sony. This display contains over 10,000 electron sources called the nano-spindt emitter, per pixel. A fluorescent substance is exposed to the electrons from the emitters to produce light, and this format is very close to a cathode-ray tube in principle. The resulting view angle is wider in comparison to a LCD panel, and it shows superior performance when displaying moving images, with no blurring of the outline.”

FET also recently stated that they would have field emission monitors available starting next year for broadcast applications.

Excellent story at: sonyinsider.com

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FET- FED Factory Aquisition Plans On Hold

Bad news from Field Emission Technologies. Plans to acquire the Pioneer plasma TV factory in Kagoshima, Japan have been put on hold due to difficulty in securing financing.

FET, set up in 2006 between Sony and investment fund Technology Carve-Out Investment LLC to develop ultra-thin displays, had originally planned to buy Pioneer’s factory by the end of March 2009.

Full unpleasant story at: Reuters.com

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Field Emission Displays at FPD 2008

Field Emission Technologies has a couple of FED TV|Field Emission displays at FPD 2008 in Japan.

The first display will be the first 240Hz video content of an actual event.

“The nano-Spindt FED will be exhibited as a display monitor in the demonstration of the abovementioned content by KEISOKU GIKEN Co., Ltd.”

Also, in the “High-quality picture 2008” forum at the FPD International 2008, FET will discuss the nano-Spindt FED  at Session P-22 with the subject “What high-quality pictures are for each FPD.”

More information at FET.

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Ikegami FED Monitor details

Ikegami is planning to release a FED (field emission display) flat panel master monitor by the end of 2009.

“It believes will offer the picture quality of a Grade 1 CRT, without its disadvantages. The field emission display incorporates real phosphors, “so black is black and colourimetry is correct, just like a CRT, but unlike the CRT it doesn’t have geometry issues or edges going out of focus,” explained Mark Capstick, general manager, Ikegami Electronics UK.”

As for details of the Ikegami FED monitor itself;

“The FED is aimed at top-end, high quality monitoring as a replacement for Grade 1 monitors, and meets the requirements of the EBU and the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses. It uses more than 10,000 nanocone emitters to illuminate each pixel and promises to be low on power consumption and relatively thin.”

Full story at ibc2008daily.com

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Excellent article on FED TV - FE Technologies design and production

There are many advantages to FED TV or field emission displays over plasma or LCD panels. However, they are very difficult to make. It appears that FET (Field Emission Technologies) has found a solution though.

EE Times published an excellent explanation of FED design and production last month. Please read the full story here. Excerpts are found below.

“No one has been able to mass produce FEDs as a video display due to several technical issues. Manufacturing challenges include problems related to field-emitter structures and the difficulty of attaining high vacuum levels required by FEDs.

Spindts electrodes
FE Technologies claims to have found solutions to the mass-production problem. FEDs are similar to CRTs. Instead of a single electron gun, FE Technologies’ FED uses a large array of cone-shaped electrodes, called “Spindts.” Many Spindts positioned behind each phosphor dot emit electrons through a process known as field emission.”

“A conventional Spindt device was structured by assigning one Spindt per pixel. Therefore, the size of each Spindt needed to be exactly identical, otherwise, the brightness of each pixel became uneven, lowering image quality.

The company corrected the problem by placing multiple numbers of Spindts, called Nano-Spindt Structure, per pixel, thus evening Spindt differentials.”

“Fourteen hundred Spindts are required to keep pixel brightness differentials within 2 percent,” said Hiroyuki Ikeda, general manager of marketing at FE Technologies. Using this structure, the electric current per Spindt decreased while Spindt operating lifetime was improved, the company said.

“The company said it will proceed with the mass production of FED panels using 5,000 glass substrates per month. The initial application for FE Technologies’ 26-inch FED panels will be as “master” monitors, used by TV broadcasters to check picture quality. Neither LCDs nor plasma displays are said to satisfy the high quality standard required by such master monitors.”

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Very good FED TV | Field Emission display demo video

An excellent video explanation of how FED TV - Field Emission Displays work and how they are superior to LCD or plasma TV. A must see as it helps explain FED technology in a fairly simple manner.

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TECO Nanotech to join field emission display - FED TV -manufacturers

Taiwan based TECO Nanotech Co. Ltd. has announced that they are going to be “focusing on the research, development and manufacturing of carbon nano tube field emission display to step into the field of FPD panels and modular”.

The predecessor of TECO Nanotech Co., Ltd. was Teco Information Co., Ltd. which was founded in 1989 and supplying color monitors for domestic and overseas markets.

As this company has a solid background in monitor production already, it will be very interesting to see how their research and manufacturing progresses over the next while.

Field Emission Technologies is the potential leader in the FED monitor / FED TV field but it’s great to see competition emerging so soon after their announcement of the production of FED panels starting late next year.

More at Azonano.com

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Field emission display video, FED TV comparison with LCD TV.

Although Youtube is not a great source of hi-def video, here’s a comparison between FED (field emission) TV and LCD TV. The frame rate posible with the field emission display practically guarantees no blurring even with the fastest motion.

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