Lightweight back plate for FED and flat CRT vacuum envelopes
AssigneeMicron Display Technology, Inc.
InventorCharles M. Watkins
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Abstract
A process is provided for strengthening a backplate of a field emission display. In one embodiment, the process comprises, disposing a plurality of attachments on a surface of the backplate, disposing a strengthening member along the surface of the backplate, and attaching the strengthening member to the attachments. In another embodiment, a field emission display is provided having a backplate comprising, a plurality of attachments on a surface of the backplate, and a strengthening member disposed along the surface of the backplate, wherein the strengthening member is connected to the attachments.
Claims12
A process for strengthening a backplate of a field emission display, the process comprising:
- disposing frit material on a surface of the backplate;
- heating the frit material to soften it and to form a plurality of attachments on a surface of the backplate;
- disposing a strengthening member along the surface of the backplate;
- and
- attaching the strengthening member to the attachments.
A field emission display having a substrate, comprising:
- a plurality of attachments made from a frit material on a substrate surface;
- a strengthening member disposed along the substitute surface, wherein the strengthening member is connected to the attachments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.