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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2007
Yann P M Nedelec, Avon, FR;
Yann P M Nedelec, Avon, FR;
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A unitary structure () is comprised of two or more planar substrates () fused together by a glass or glass-ceramic sintered frit structure () disposed therebetween. The pattern of the sintered patterned frit material defines passages () therein, and the sintered frit structure () has a characteristic minimum feature size () in a direction parallel to the substrates. Particles of the frit material have a poly-dispersed size distribution up to a maximum frit particle size, in a maximum length dimension, and the minimum feature size or dimension () of the sintered patterned frit material is greater than 2 times the maximum frit particle size, desirably about 3 times or more, and less than 6.25 times the maximum frit particle size, desirably about 5 times or less, most desirably about 4 times or less. A method for making the structure () is also disclosed.