Display forming method

A method of forming a display comprising the steps of:

• a) positioning first and second substantially flat display substrates in a juxtaposed relationship with a release agent located between said first and second display substrates;
• b) heating said first and second substrates in a furnace so that said first and second substrates slump to a configuration conforming to a segment of a sphere having conforming inner concave and convex surfaces of said first and second substrates, respectively, and an outer concave surface of said second substrate;
• c) separating and cleaning said first and second substrates;
• d) forming field emission display elements on said conforming inner concave and convex surfaces of said first and second substrates by:
• d-1) forming a field emission display substrate on said concave surface of said first substrate;
• d-2) repeating steps a) through d-1 inclusive so that a plurality of field emission display substrates are formed;
• d-3) forming Spindt emitters on said plurality of field emission display substrates by an electron beam evaporation process having said field emission display substrates rotated while mounted within a rotating dome substrate carrier and an electron beam evaporation source located at a distance from said plurality of field emission display substrates equal to about a radius of said sphere;
• and
• d-4) forming a phosphorescent layer on said convex surface of said second display substrate;
• e) repositioning said first and second display substrates in said juxtaposed relationship;
• f) connecting said first and second substrates to one another with a peripheral vacuum seal sealing said display elements therebetween;
• and
• g) evacuating a region located between said substrates and within said peripheral vacuum seal.