Patent ID: 6422906
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A process for fabricating a flat-panel display, the process comprising the steps of:providing a laminar silicate glass substrate; covering the substrate with an anti-reflective layer; covering the anti-reflective layer with a light-absorbing layer; patterning the light-absorbing layer forming a generally opaque matrix serving as a contrast mask, the matrix exposing portions of the anti-reflective layer; covering the matrix and the exposed portions of the anti-reflective layer with a transparent conductive layer; depositing an oxidizable material layer over the transparent conductive layer; patterning the oxidizable material layer forming oxidizable material for spacer attachment sites in exposed portions of the underlying transparent conductive layer; providing a plurality of spacers, each spacer having a bondable surface; positioning the bondable surface of each spacer in contact with the exposed portion of the underlying transparent conductive layer; and anodically bonding the bondable surface of each spacer to the exposed portion of the underlying transparent conductive layer.