Claims
- 1. A flat panel display device comprising:
- a) a controlled electron beam means for producing a large number of controlled electron beams,
- b) a thin diamond electron beam amplifier for amplifying said large number of controlled electron beams, said amplifier comprising:
- 1) a thin diamond sheet defining an illumination side and an emission side,
- 2) an acceleration grid, and
- 3) a voltage potential means for applying an electric field between said illumination side of said thin diamond sheet and said acceleration grid,
- wherein, when said illumination side of said diamond is illuminated by said large number of controlled electron beams, electron hole pairs are created in said diamond sheet and some of said created electrons are accelerated through said emission side of said diamond sheet to produce a large number of amplified electron beams corresponding to said controlled electron beams but having higher current than said controlled electron beams.
- 2. A flat panel display device as in claim 1 wherein said controlled electron beam means comprises a field emission array.
- 3. A flat panel display device as in claim 2 wherein said field emission array comprises a large number of spatial control gates.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application of Ser. No. 08/540,006, filed Oct. 6, 1995, now abandoned, which is a Continuation-In-Part (CIP) application Ser. No. 08/513/169 filed Aug. 9, 1995. The present invention relates to amplifiers and in particular to electron beam amplifiers.
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