Claims
- 1. A method for making a gaseous discharge display device having an electrode substrate, a viewing plate substrate, a frame sealing said electrode substrate and viewing plate substrate to form a sealed volume, a gaseous medium within said sealed volume; and cathode and anode electrodes within said sealed volume arranged to selectively excite the gas adjacent thereto to form a visual display; said process comprising the steps of:
- (a) printing at least some of said electrodes in situ on said electrode substrate using conductive inks capable of being fired at a temperature below the melting point of the substrate,
- (b) applying a dielectric layer over at least a portion of said electrode substrate and the electrodes printed thereon,
- (c) printing on one of said substrates a seal frame composed of a fusible glass frit and dimensionally uniform spacer beads,
- (d) assembling said electrode substrate and viewing plate substrate in spaced relation with said seal frame in contact therewith to form an assemblage, said seal frame having spaced apart ends providing an opening for vacuumization and gas insertion,
- (e) heating said assemblage to fuse said frame and thereby join said substrates in spaced apart relation to form said sealed volume,
- (f) inserting said gas in said volume and confining same therein at a selected discharge pressure.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 500,225, filed Aug. 26, 1974 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,001,629 issued Jan. 4, 1977 entitled SEGMENTED GAS DISCHARGE DISPLAY PANEL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME.
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3041127 |
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3778127 |
Langston, Jr. et al. |
Dec 1973 |
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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"Gas Panel Sealant" by Beckerman et al., vol. 15, No. 8, Jan. 1973, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin. |
Divisions (1)
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Aug 1974 |
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