Patent ID: 6716080
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A process for fabricating a flat panel display having a laminar silicate glass substrate and having a plurality of spacers, each spacer having a surface, the process comprising:covering the substrate with an anti-reflective layer; covering the anti-reflective layer with a light-absorbing layer; patterning the light-absorbing layer to form 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 underlying transparent conductive layer; patterning the oxidizable material layer forming oxidizable material for spacer attachment sites in exposed portions of the underlying transparent conductive layer; positioning the surface of each spacer in contact with an exposed portion of the transparent conductive layer; and anodically bonding the surface of each spacer to a portion of the conductive layer.