Mounting structure for a tessellated electronic display having a multilayer ceramic structure and tessellated electronic display

An electron beam driven display comprising:

• a display device including a cermet back electrode;
• a field emission device for generating an electron beam;
• means for applying a negative potential to the cermet back electrode;
• control means for controlling the field emission device to selectively apply the electron beam to the cermet back electrode of the display device to augment the negative potential applied to the cermet back electrode;
• and
• a hermetic structure having an upper surface which includes the display device, the upper surface being separated from the field emission device, the hermetic structure being configured to be evacuated to form a vacuum between the display device and said field emission device;
• wherein the augmented potential generated by said field emission device on the cermet back electrode causes selected areas of the display device to emit light.

An electronic display mounting structure comprising:

• a ceramic substrate including a metal core layer positioned between two ceramic layers of the ceramic substrate having a first planar surface;
• a plurality of display terminals on said first planar surface, said display terminals being configured to provide connections to a display device;
• a plurality of driver circuits for applying signals to the plurality of display terminals to drive the display device;
• and
• a plurality of connectors extending through said ceramic substrate which connectors couple the plurality of display terminals to the plurality of driver circuits, each of the plurality of connectors including an insulating wall defining an insulated via through the ceramic substrate, said via being filled with a conductive material.

A field emissive driven display device comprising:

• a display device including an electrically activated display material;
• means for applying a negative potential uniformly across the electrically activated display material;
• a ceramic substrate having a first and second parallel planar surfaces;
• a field emission device, formed on the first planar surface of the ceramic substrate, the field emission device being responsive to said control signal, for selectively emitting electrons;
• control circuitry mounted on the second planar surface of the ceramic substrate and being connected to the field emission device via a connector extending through the ceramic substrate, the control circuitry generating a control signal to control the field emission device;
• and
• a hermetic structure separating the display device from the field emission device, the hermetic structure being configured to be evacuated to form a vacuum between said display device and said field emission device,
• wherein the electrons selectively emitted by field emission device locally augment the negative potential applied to the display device to activate selected areas of the display device.

An electron beam driven display device comprising:

• a display device including an electrically activated display material;
• a ceramic substrate including a metal core layer positioned between two ceramic layers of the ceramic substrate having a first and second parallel planar surfaces;
• an electron beam source, formed on the first planar surface of the ceramic substrate, the electron beam source generating an electron beam;
• control means, coupled to the second planar surface of the ceramic substrate and electrically coupled to the electron beam source via a plurality of connectors extending through the ceramic substrate, the control means generating a control signal for controlling the position of the electron beam;
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• a hermetic structure separating the display device from the electron beam source, the hermetic structure being configured to be evacuated to form a vacuum between said display device and said electron beam source,
• wherein said electron beam generated by said electron beam source contacts the display device causing selected areas of said display material to emit light.

An electronic display comprising:

• a ceramic substrate including a metal core layer positioned between two ceramic layers of the ceramic substrate having a first planar surface;
• a display device including an electrically activated display material;
• a plurality of display terminals on said first planar surface, said display terminals being configured to provide connections to the display device;
• a plurality of driver circuits for applying signals to the plurality of display terminals to drive the display device;
• and
• a plurality of connectors extending through said ceramic substrate which connectors couple the plurality of display terminals to the plurality of driver circuits, each of the plurality of connectors including an insulating wall defining an insulated via through the ceramic substrate, said via being filled with a conductive material.