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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Peter A. Smith, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joyce K. Yamamoto, Chandler, AZ (US);
Craig Amrine, Tempe, AZ (US);
Thomas Nilsson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Steven M. Smith, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for fabricating a field emission display ( ) includes the steps of providing a cathode plate ( ), providing an anode plate ( ), providing a spacer substrate ( ) made from a bulk spacer material ( ), cutting the spacer substrate ( ) to define a spacer ( ) having a surface ( ), passivating the surface ( ) of the spacer ( ) using the bulk spacer material ( ) to form a passivation layer, and disposing the spacer ( ) between the cathode plate ( ) and the anode plate ( ). A field emission display ( ) which includes a cathode plate ( ) having a plurality of electron emitters ( ), an anode plate ( ) opposing the cathode plate ( ), and a spacer ( ) extending between the cathode plate ( ) and anode plate ( ). The spacer ( ) has a passivation layer made from bulk spacer material ( ).