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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger Carroll, Willimantic, CT (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
445 24 ; 445 58 ; 427 68 ;
Abstract
An improved electroluminescent display of the type having a substrate on which are applied ITO electrodes having dielectric, phosphor and dielectric stacks positioned thereon is formed with cavities between the stacks which expose a portion of each ITO electrode. The structure is annealed before or after the cavities are cut. Then a metal assist structure applied over the exposed portion of each ITO electrode. A planarization layer is applied over each metal assist structure and metal electrodes are placed to complete the display.