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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1973
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan Sussman, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2957 / ; 29592 ; 3501 / ; 427124 ; 427126 ; 427166 ; 427109 ; 428-1 ;
Abstract
A layer of unoxidized metal is provided on surfaces of the device in such manner as to possess an oriented microstructure capable of causing sympathetic alignment of the liquid crystal molecules. The metal layer is thereafter heated in the presence of oxygen, preferably in a device envelope sealing process, to oxidize the metal layer. The metal oxide layer is stable, in that it retains the molecular aligning characteristic, and is more transparent than the metal layer.