Method for affixing spacers in a flat panel display

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EP 0 827 181 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	14.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	04.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/10

(21)	Application number: 97113467.1

(22)	Date of filing: 05.08.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: H01J 31/12, H01J 9/18

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

29.08.1996 US 705363

(71)	Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
	Schaumburg, IL 60196 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Amrine, Craig Tempe, Arizona 85258 (US) Dean, Kenneth Phoenix, Arizona 85045 (US)

(74)	Representative: Gibson, Sarah Jane et al
	Motorola European Intellectual Property Operations Midpoint Alencon Link Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7PL Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7PL (GB)

(54)	Method for affixing spacers in a flat panel display

(57) A method for affixing a plurality of spacers (240) in a flat panel display (700) includes the steps of: (i) patterning a bonding agent (130) on the inner surface of a display plate (110) of the flat panel display (700), (ii) forming spacer bundles (245, 246) within a spacer jig (210) (iii) contacting the contact planes of the spacer bundles (245, 246) with the bonding agent (130), (iv) selectively bonding a portion of the spacers (240) to bonding regions (140) of the bonding agent (130), and (v) thereafter removing the spacer bundles (245, 246) from the display plate (110) so that the selectively bonded spacers (240) are removed from the spacer bundles (245, 246) and remain affixed to the display plate (110).

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