Method of making glass structures for flat panel displays
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsJean-Pierre Themont, Jean-Jacques B. Theron
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Abstract
An assembly of rib structures sandwiched between a dielectric glass layer and a glass substrate for use in a flat panel display, such as plasma addressed liquid crystal (PALC) displays, is formed by a number of methods. One method includes molding thermoplastic glass frit containing paste into rib structures, transferring the rib structures to a thin transparent layer of a thermoplastic dielectric glass frit containing composition on a drum, and transferring the rib structures with the thin transparent dielectric glass layer to a glass substrate having metallic electrodes already formed thereon.
Claims13
A method of manufacturing an assembly of rib structures sandwiched between a thin dielectric glass layer and a glass substrate for use in a plasma addressed liquid crystal display, the method comprising:
- introducing a curable glass frit containing paste into cavities in a mold to form the rib structures;
- forming a thin layer of a dielectric glass frit containing composition on a collector drum;
- transferring the rib structures from the mold to the dielectric glass frit containing layer on the collector drum;
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- transferring the rib structures and thin dielectric glass frit containing layer from the collector drum to the glass substrate.
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