Flat-panel display
AssigneeElectro-Plasma, Inc.
InventorJerry D. Schermerhorn
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A flat-panel display comprising a hermetically sealed gas filled enclosure. The enclosure includes a top glass substrate having a plurality of electrodes and a thin dielectric film covering the electrodes and a bottom glass substrate spaced from the top glass substrate. The bottom glass substrate includes a plurality of alternating barrier ribs and micro-grooves. An electrode is deposited over each micro-groove and a phosphor is deposited over a portion of each electrode coating.
Claims25
A flat-panel display comprising a hermetically sealed gas filled enclosure, said enclosure including
- a top glass substrate having a plurality of top glass substrate electrodes and an electron emissive film covering said top glass substrate electrodes;
- a bottom glass substrate spaced from said top glass substrate, said bottom glass substrate having a plurality of alternating barrier ribs and micro-grooves;
- each said barrier rib including a base, a crest and sidewalls which extend from said base to said crest;
- a bottom glass substrate electrode formed of metal and deposited within each said micro-groove and extending up to at least a substantial portion of said sidewalls;
- and
- a phosphor material deposited on and coincident with each said bottom glass substrate electrode.
A flat-panel display comprising a hermetically sealed gas filled enclosure, said enclosure including
- a top glass substrate having a plurality of top substrate electrodes and a thin dielectric film covering said top substrate electrodes;
- a bottom glass substrate spaced from said top glass substrate, said bottom glass substrate having an interior surface of an etchable glass material which is selectively crystallizing and having a plurality of alternating barrier ribs and micro-grooves;
- each said micro-groove including a micro-groove base and upwardly extending surrounding sidewalls and each said barrier rib having an aspect ratio of more than 3:1 and including a barrier rib base, a crest and sidewalls which extend from said barrier rib base to said crest;
- said surrounding sidewalls of adjacent micro-grooves being interconnected by said crest of an intermediate barrier rib;
- a bottom glass substrate electrode formed of metal and extending up to at least a substantial portion of said sidewalls;
- and red, green and blue phosphors deposited in separate adjacent micro-grooves on each said bottom glass substrate electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.