Objective The objective of AIMFED is to develop an industrial technology for the mass production of colour flat-panel display based on field emission (FED). For this purpose a consortium of organisations with very strong qualifications in the area FEDs has been assembled around Pixel International, a European Star-up founded for the commercial exploitation of FED technology.Flat-panel display users including Olivetti, a world-leading company in the area of personal microsystems, as well as Alcatel Business Systems, Alenia, and Siab, will define the requirement specification for the displays, with technical as well as cost objectives. Within AIMFED, all elemental technologies for FEDs will be enhanced to established a strong base for industrial exploitation. This involves advancing the state of the art no only process technologies, but equipment and materials technologies as well. Processes technology development for anode and cathode will be lead by LETI, which holds a very strong set of patents for FED technology. The LETI technology will be further developed with contribution in the area of plasma etching by FhG-ISit, and installation of the technology in a pilot line by Pixel International. Mix-mode custom IC technology at MIETEC will be used to design the drivers to generate anode and cathode control signals from image data coming from the Microsystem. Large-area FEDs set high challenges for mainstream microelectronics lithography techniques. As it is likely that optical reduction stepper technology will not be economical for low-cost FEDs, AIMFED is proposing to advance the very promising equipment technology combination of Holtronic's holographic 1X printing equipment and Micronic's large area mask making equipment to bring an economical solution to the lithography requirements of large area FEDs. High performance, long-life FEDs will require progress in the areas of phosphor and getter technologies. AIMFED includes the participation of Rhone Poulenc, know as a world leader in the area of rare earth materials for phosphor applications, and Saes Getter, the undisputed Number 1 world supplier of getter for CRTs. Relying on cooperation within a very competent team with undisputed background know-how, the goal of AIMFED is to demonstrate pilot prototype capability for of 12" Colour XGA displays (or equivalent) within 24 months from project start. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolorsnatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsmicroelectronics Programme(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator PIXEL INTERNATIONAL Address Avenue victoire 13106 Rousset France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALCATEL BUSINESS SYSTEMS France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 12 rue de la baume 75008 Paris See on map Alenia Spazio SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via pile 60 77100 L'aquila See on map Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Centre d'études de grenoble 17 avenue des martyrs 38041 Grenoble See on map Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderungder Angewandten Forschung e.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Dillenburgerstrasse 14199 Berlin See on map HOLTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address 12b,champs-montants 2074 Marin See on map Ingegneria C Olivetti and Co SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via g jervis 10015 Ivrea See on map MICRONIC LASER SYSTEMS Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address , 3141 18303 Stockholm See on map Mietec N.V. Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Westerring 15 9700 Oudenaarde See on map Rhône-Poulenc SA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 25 quai paul doumer 92408 Courbevoie See on map Saes Getter Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via gallarate 215-217 20151 Milano See on map Siab Italia Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Stradale torino 603 10090 San bernardo ivrea See on map
