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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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Field Emission Technologies to buy Pioneer PDP plant for $200 million.

Field Emission Technologies Inc. will be buying Pioneer’s plasma TV plant for $200 million. The plant will be used for production of field emission displays and FED TV’s starting with a 26″ model.

“Displaybank reported the factory in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, is scheduled to stop PDP production in January 2009. The company anticipates being fully operational and making FED displays by the end of 2009 with an expected production capacity of 10K units per month.”

Full story at Displaydaily.com

They also had some good first hand impressions of the field emision diplay from FET.

“More recently, at NAB this past Spring, FET had an exhibit at the broadcast industry show with a similar set up to CEATEC. Our analyst Aldo Cugnini said of that display demo “…there was no difference discernable between the FED and CRT monitors. Of course, this is to be expected, as the FED display utilizes phosphor-based light generation from the emission devices.”

At the time, FET said they planned to produce a line of full-HD monitors that target the high-end broadcast market, medical and other niche markets as replacements for broadcast quality CRTs.”

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Excellent field emission display (FED TV) article

I just found a great article about Field Emission Technologies production plans for FED TV or field emission display monitors.

Here are some quotes:

According to the spokesperson, initial production will start at the end of 2009, and will be limited to 10,000 units in the first year, all of them business-focused monitors for use in applications like TV station master monitors and medical scanning equipment.

However, while he did not give a date, the spokesperson said FET would eventually move into televisions.

“We will make televisions in the future, but if we jump straight into TVs, we will need a huge amount of money and a large production run. At this stage, we’re looking at production runs of 10,000 units in our first year for a 26-inch size.”

The spokesperson said sizes could start from 17-inches, though.

“When we move into production runs in the tens of thousands, we will use a second line, and if, for example, we decide to make panels in the 40 or 50-inch sizes, we will focus on technology to cut more panels from the one piece of motherglass,” he said.

As a panel manufacturer, not a TV brand in its own right, FET will badge televisions with customers’ names.

(I’m guessing here that Sony would be the first!)

“The brand they will be sold under is still up in the air, but we are a panel maker, so … we will not make the final sets. Companies who wish to put their names to one of our panels will simply become one of our clients,” he said.

Lots of details here, see the full FED TV story at www.current.com.au

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FED TV – Field Emission display video clip from NAB2008

This field emission display (FED TV) video is from NAB 2008 and shows Field Emission Technologies Nano-Spindt High Frame Rate Video Display. The FET FED TV can display frame rates from 24-240 fps.

It will be very interesting to see the specs and options available on the future 26″ Sony FED TV due out next year.

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