Patent ID: 6307150
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:a vacuum enclosure having an external air side and an internal vacuum side;a field emission array, contained within the vacuum enclosure, having a front plate and a rear plate, separated by spacers, the front plate, the rear plate, and the spacers each having a front surface and a rear surface;a first layer of fused glass frit between said front plate's rear surface and the spacers' front surfaces;a second layer of fused glass frit between said rear plate's front surface and the spacers' rear surfaces;an electrical lead having beginning and end sections connected to one another through a center section, said center section is of different conductive material than said beginning and end sections, said beginning section being entirely within the vacuum side and said end section being entirely within the air side; andsaid center section being partly within the vacuum side, partly inside the layer of fused glass frit and partly within the air side.