field emission display

English

Noun

field emission display (plural field emission displays)

1. (electronics) a flat panel display technology that uses large-area field electron sources to provide electrons that strike coloured phosphors to produce a colour image. In a general sense, an FED consists of a matrix of cathode ray tubes, each tube producing a single sub-pixel, grouped in threes to form red-green-blue (RGB) pixels.

Synonyms

• (electronics): FED (abbreviation)

Related terms

• (electronics): field emission
• (electronics): field electron emission
• (electronics): emission display

See also

• (electronics): surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED)