Provided is a field emission device having a mesh gate. The object of this
research is to provide a field emission display (FED) using a triode field emission
device for preventing increase of operation voltage, and securing high concentration
of electron beams. The operation properties of the FED is different based on a
structure of an extraction electrode. In this research, the extraction electrode
is formed on the electron emitting source and it has a plurality of openings corresponding
to the locations of carbon nanotube mixture. The concentration of the electron
beams is raised and leakage current is suppressed by using an insulating mesh gate
plate. The upper part of the openings has a smaller diagram than the lower part.
The high concentration of electron beams and little leakage current can be generated
by adding auxiliary electrodes or optimizing the shape of electrodes.