Patent ID: 6902658

Claim:
A method of fabricating a cathode using electrophoretic deposition comprising the steps of: providing a substrate; providing a solvent, having a solute comprised of dissolved metal ions disposed therein, the solvent and solute forming a binder solution; immersing the substrate into the binder solution; applying a voltage to the immersed substrate, the application of the voltage providing for in situ formation of a binder material as a product of the reaction of the binder solution to the applied voltage and electrophoretic deposition of the binder material to the immersed substrate, thereby forming a layer of binder material on the immersed substrate; removing the substrate having the layer of binder material formed thereon from the binder solution; providing a suspension bath consisting of a colloidal solution of an alcohol and a plurality of emitting structures; immersing the substrate having the layer of binder material formed thereon, into the suspension bath; removing the substrate from the suspension bath; and thermal processing of the removed substrate to form adhesion properties.