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Cold CRT Guns for Thinner CRTs

Posted by michael on from the instant-on dept.

Fly writes: "According to EETimes, an Austin startup company is close to producing CRTs with cold-emission electron guns. They claim this will reduce the parts needed for electron guns as well as allow for greater control and deflection of the electron beams leading to thinner CRTs. Their technology uses older chip-manufacturing techniquest to deposit diamond tips for the guns on silicon wafers. They hope to enter the CRT market next year."

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  1. yupeee yahoo hoorray by atari2600 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You guys mean that i will be actually able to carry that 21in monitor all by myself - hoorray no more asking the school bully :)

  2. Uh Oh, Staffed with Zenith employees by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Extreme Devices received what Kalar called "a godsend" when LG Electronics decided to close the former Zenith CRT manufacturing facility in Melrose Park, Ill., in October 1998, the same time that Extreme Devices was staffing up.

    We can expect displays that will be encased in a big wood console.

  3. Cold CRT?! by boa13 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What will warm my room then?

    Nothing like four CRTs to light and warm your room on a long and cold winter night...