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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Christopher J Spindt, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David L Morris, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony P Schmid, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Yu Nan Sun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Candescent Technologies Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A flat panel display (500 or 700) contains a faceplate structure (510 or720), a backplate structure (511 or 730) coupled to the faceplate structure, and a plurality of spacers (501-503, 601, or 701-707) situated between the faceplate and backplate structures. The faceplate structure is formed with a faceplate )721) and a light emitting structure (722). The backplate structure is formed with a backplate (731) and an electron emitting structure (732). The core of each spacer is a spacer body (602 or 757). A face electrode (501a-503a, 203, 604, or 771-778) overlies the spacer body of each spacer. A common bus structure (504 or 723) electrically connects the face electrodes, thereby enabling charge built up on any particular spacer to be distributed among all the spacers.