from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
field emission display
FED
<hardware> (FED) A type of {flat panel display} in which field
emitting cathodes bombard a phosphor coating causing it to
emit light.
A field emission display is similar to a {cathode ray tube}
but only a few millimeters thick. They use a large array of
fine metal tips or carbon nanotubes (which are the most
efficient electron emitters known), to emit electrons through
a process known as field emission. Many of these are behind
each phosphor dot so FEDs do not display dead pixels like LCDs
even if 20% of the emitters fail. {Sony} is researching FED
because it is the flat-panel technology that comes closest to
matching the picture of a CRT.
(2007-10-10)