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Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFDs)

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Abstract

This section considers vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) technology which produces high brightness illumination using the principal of a triode vacuum tube in conjunction with a phosphor-coated anode.

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Abbreviations

CIG:

Chip in glass

eb:

Anode voltage

ec:

Grid voltage

ebc:

Common grid/anode voltage

Ebco:

Anode cutoff voltage

Ecco:

Grid cutoff voltage

Ef:

Cathode filament heating voltage

Ek:

Filament bias voltage

ITO:

Indium tin oxide

POC:

Phosphor on chip

Active matrix

VFD:

Vacuum fluorescent display

References

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Further Reading

  • Application notes. www.noritake-itron.com

  • Blankenbach K, Gassler G, Koops HWP (2008) Vacuum displays. In: Eichmeier JA, Thumm MK (eds) Vacuum electronics: components and devices. Springer, Berlin

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  • Kamikubo H (1992) ZnO: Zn phosphor with tungsten oxide powder. US Patent 5,128,063

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  • Ogawa Y, Ishikawa K et al (2003) Double faced VFD driving method. US Patent 6,611,094

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Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank Tadami Maeda of Noritake Itron for helpful discussion.

Images supplied are courtesy of K. Kinoshita, Director, Noritake Itron Corporation.

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  1. Itron UK Limited, Vantage House, Harfreys Road, NR31 0LS, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK

    Andrew Stubbings

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  1. Display Technology Center, Panel Integration Division I, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Temple, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Stubbings, A. (2016). Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFDs). In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14346-0_71

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