Motorola Corporation

Yumiko Kato

James E Jaskie

Ronald O Petersen

Ralph Cisneros

David A Wiemann

Solomon Pena

Harry W Ritter

A method for fabricating a field emission display (200) includes the steps of affixing a first tab (122) of an alignment member (120) to a protruding portion (118) of an anode plate (113), affixing a second tab (122) of the alignment member (120) to a protruding portion (121) of a cathode plate (112), aligning the anode plate (113) with the cathode plate (112), affixing the anode plate (113) to the cathode plate (112), and, thereafter, removing the alignment member (120) by removing both the protruding portion (118) of the anode plate (113) and the protruding portion (121) of the cathode plate (112). The tabs (122) are connected to a spacer (124). The thermal expansion coefficients of the cathode plate (112), the anode plate (113), and the alignment member (120) are substantially equal to one another.

Method for fabricating a flat panel device

A ultra-high vacuum field emission display (100, 200) is disclosed including an anode (102, 202), a cathode (106, 206), side members (112, 212), a first non-evaporable getter material (120, 220) which is activated during the sealing and evacuation of the package, and a second getter material (122, 222) which is activated during the normal operation of the ultra-high vacuum field emission display (100, 200). The second getter material (122, 222) is activated by subsequent heating provided by radio-frequency radiation, resistive heating, or a laser.

Method of making an ultra-high vacuum field emission display

Emitters (14, 16, 17, 18) of a field emission display (10) are conditioned to improve electron emission. The emitters (14, 16, 17, 18) and the rows (21, 22) are operated at voltages that stimulate electron emission from the emitters (14, 16, 17, 18). An anode (23) is operated at a voltage that does not attract electrons so that the electrons are attracted to the rows (21, 22).

Method of conditioning emitters of a field emission display

An image display faceplate having a plurality of recesses (dimples) formed therein for receiving discrete phosphor droplets and having a conformal metallization layer disposed thereon is provided. The phosphor system so described may be dispensed onto the faceplate without the need for multiple sequential depositions, maskings, and material removals and provides for a single step deposition of dis-similar phosphor materials of which the phosphor system is comprised.

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Mesa, AZ, United States of America

Yumiko Kato