Field emission devices using carbon nanotubes and method thereof

Abstract

A field emission device using carbon nanotubes grown in a direction parallel to a substrate and a method of manufacturing a high definition field emission display using an edge emitting luminescent thin film. The device includes a process of selectively depositing a metal catalyst on a sidewall of the pattern to grow the carbon nanotube in a direction parallel to the metal catalyst and a process of attaching the grown carbon nanotube on the main board by application process, so that it can be freely applied in a subsequent process. The device employs a carbon nanotube field emission emitter and an edge emitting in a high fine luminescent body deposited in a thin film type. Thus, a close relationship with the substrate can be maintained due to the horizontally grown carbon nanotubes, a subsequent semiconductor process can be freely applied using a thin film type luminescent body, and a high fine field emission display can be thus manufactured.

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