Patent ID: 7101586

Claim:
A method of treating at least one flat panel display current emitter, said method comprising: a) exposing a native oxide-containing tip of said at least one current emitter to a hydrogenation process comprising plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition conducted in the presence of a silane gas in a reaction chamber, wherein said plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process is conducted with a silane gas flow rate of about 1000 sccm, an RF power of about 200–300 watts, a chamber pressure of about 1200 mtorr, and a deposition period of about 5 to 10 minutes; and b) exposing said hydrogenation process-treated tip of the at least one current emitter to a nitrogen infusion process, wherein said hydrogenation process-treated and nitrogen-infused tip has a reduced atomic concentration of silicon and oxygen relative to the atomic concentration of said native oxide-containing tip.