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Conductor array for a flat panel display

US5633561A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1996
Grant dateMay 27, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2329/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A conductor array (100), for addressing a plurality of field emitters (130), including a plurality of cathode conductors (106, 108, 110) having conductive cathode connectors (126), a plurality of gate conductors (104) having a plurality of conductive gate connectors (116, 118, 120), and a plurality of fusible links (134, 138), which are located at a plurality of overlapping regions (103) of the cathode conductors (106, 108, 110) and the gate conductors (104) and which can be electrically severed to isolate electrical shorts existing at the overlapping regions (103).

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