HELMET-MOUNTED VISUAL SYS COMPONENTS AND ASSEMBLIES - MINIATURE CATHODE RAY RUBES (CRT'S)

THIS SBIR PHASE I PROPOSAL SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED 'EARLY STAGE' DEVELOPMENT ISSUES INVOLVED IN APPLYING FIELD EMISSION (FEA) TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD A MONOCHROME, FLAT SCREEN, PAGE SIZE, HIGH CONTRAST, HIGH RESOLUTION DISPLAY. A 90 MM DIAGONAL 700 X 7000 LINE BLACK AND WHITE HE LMET DISPLAY IS THE TARGETED PHASE II PRODUCT. COLOR DISPLAYS AND 138 MM DIAGONAL DISPLAYS ARE TARGETED TO FOLLOW THE INITIAL BLACK AND WHITE DISPLAY. EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN THIS PHASE I PROGRAM WILL CONSIST OF BUILDING AND DEMONSTRATING TEST PIXELS WITH PHOSPHOR COATINGS USING A UNIQUE PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED FEA TECHNOLOGY. MICRO-VACUUM SEALING AND A UNIQUE ANODE DESIGN ARE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS PROGRAM. THE FIELD EMITTERS USED IN THIS PROGRAM WILL BE FABRICATED USING A PROC ESS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THIS PROJECT HAS SUCCESSFULLY USED TO MAKE HIGH PERFORMANCE FIELD EMISSION DEVICES. THE OVERALL DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED IN THIS PROPOSAL CONTAINS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE OPTIMUM, SYNERGISTIC COMBINATION OF FIELD EMITTER, CELL STRUCTURE, EMISSION CONTROL, PHOSPHOR TECHNOLOGY, VACUUM ENCAPSULATION STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME WHICH APPEAR READILY MANUFACTURABLE.