Patent ID: 8434328

Claim:
A method of forming a glass package comprising: depositing a frit on a first glass substrate plate; joining the first glass plate to a second glass substrate plate; irradiating the frit with an irradiation source to form a hermetic seal between the first and second glass substrate plates; and wherein the fit includes an antimony-free glass comprising: V 2 O 5 (40-50 mole %) P 2 O 5 (≧20 mole % and <25 mole %) ZnO (0-10 mole %) Fe 2 O 3 (>0 mole % and <25 mole %) TiO 2 (>0 mole % and <25 mole %); and wherein TiO 2 +Fe 2 O 3 is in the range from 20 mole % to 35 mole %.