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AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsJames J. Hofmann, Jason B. Elledge, Zhong-Yi Xia, David A. Cathey
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A flat-panel display and process for forming the flat-panel display having an array of spacer columns anodically bonded to one of the inner major faces on one of the generally planar plates of the evacuated, flat-panel video display. The process includes providing a generally planar plate having a plurality of spacer column attachment sites; providing electrical interconnection between all attachment sites; coating each attachment site with a patch of oxidizable material; providing an array of unattached permanent glass spacer columns, each unattached permanent spacer column being of uniform length and being positioned longitudinally perpendicular to a single plane, with the plane intersecting the midpoint of each unattached spacer column; positioning the array such that an end of one permanent spacer column is in contact with the oxidizable material patch at each attachment site; and anodically bonding the contacting end of each permanent spacer column to the oxidizable material layer.
A panel display having a face plate assembly having an inner major face and outer major face, having a base plate assembly attached to said face plate assembly, said base plate assembly having an inner major face and an outer major face, an array of spacers, each spacer of said array anodically bonded to said inner major face of at least one of said base plate assembly and said face plate assembly, and an opaque matrix on at least a portion of said inner major face of said face plate assembly, said opaque matrix comprising a contrast mask for operation of said display, said panel display comprising:
A display having a face plate assembly having an inner major face and an outer major face, having a base plate assembly attached to said face plate assembly, said base plate assembly having an inner major face and an outer major face, and an array of spacers, each spacer of said array for anodically bonding to said inner major face of one of said base plate assembly and said face plate assembly, said display comprising:
A display having a base plate assembly having a plurality of emitter tips formed thereon and having a grid providing an aperture around each emitter tip of said plurality of emitter tips and a face plate assembly retained in fixed spaced relation to said base plate assembly, said display comprising:
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