WO2000065629A3 - Fiber-based displays and methods for making same - Google Patents

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WO2000065629A3
WO2000065629A3 PCT/US2000/011103 US0011103W WO0065629A3 WO 2000065629 A3 WO2000065629 A3 WO 2000065629A3 US 0011103 W US0011103 W US 0011103W WO 0065629 A3 WO0065629 A3 WO 0065629A3
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Priority claimed from US09/299,394 external-priority patent/US6431935B1/en
Priority claimed from US09/299,350 external-priority patent/US6247987B1/en
Priority claimed from US09/299,370 external-priority patent/US6414433B1/en
Priority claimed from US09/299,372 external-priority patent/US6452332B1/en
Priority claimed from US09/517,353 external-priority patent/US7082236B1/en
Priority claimed from US09/517,759 external-priority patent/US6459200B1/en
Priority to AU43708/00A priority Critical patent/AU4370800A/en
Priority to EP00923616A priority patent/EP1173875A2/en
Priority to JP2000614480A priority patent/JP2003510758A/en
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Abstract

A fiber-based display includes orthogonal arrays of fiber with co-drawn wire electrodes placed between two plates to form an information display. One of the key concepts of the invention is that all structure of each row and column of a display panel is contained within each fiber of both arrays. Therefore, the entire functionality of the display is contained within each fiber of the display. Containing the structure of the display within the fibers not only eliminates multi-level alignment process steps, but allows for the fabrication of very large flat panel displays. The fiber arrays (17 or 27) are formed by drawing fiber from a preform onto a cylindrical drum (70) and then removing them from the drum as a sheet of fibers. The fiber arrays are assembled between the plates before a seal is applied. Tight control of the fiber shape and cross-section is obtained using a lost glass or polymer process. The cross-sectional shape of the fibers in the fiber arrays are suitable for use in a flat panel display, such as plasma emissive displays, plasma addressed liquid crystal displays, field emission displays, three-dimensional and multiple view displays.
PCT/US2000/011103 1999-04-26 2000-04-25 Fiber-based displays and methods for making same WO2000065629A2 (en)

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AU43708/00A AU4370800A (en) 1999-04-26 2000-04-25 Fiber-based displays and methods for making same
EP00923616A EP1173875A2 (en) 1999-04-26 2000-04-25 Fiber-based displays and methods for making same
JP2000614480A JP2003510758A (en) 1999-04-26 2000-04-25 Fiber based display and method of making the same

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US09/299,394 US6431935B1 (en) 1999-04-26 1999-04-26 Lost glass process used in making display
US09/299,350 1999-04-26
US09/299,350 US6247987B1 (en) 1999-04-26 1999-04-26 Process for making array of fibers used in fiber-based displays
US09/299,370 US6414433B1 (en) 1999-04-26 1999-04-26 Plasma displays containing fibers
US09/299,370 1999-04-26
US09/299,372 1999-04-26
US09/299,371 US6354899B1 (en) 1999-04-26 1999-04-26 Frit-sealing process used in making displays
US09/299,371 1999-04-26
US09/299,372 US6452332B1 (en) 1999-04-26 1999-04-26 Fiber-based plasma addressed liquid crystal display
US09/299,394 1999-04-26
US18602500P 2000-03-01 2000-03-01
US18602400P 2000-03-01 2000-03-01
US60/186,025 2000-03-01
US60/186,024 2000-03-01
US09/517,353 US7082236B1 (en) 1997-02-27 2000-03-02 Fiber-based displays containing lenses and methods of making same
US09/517,759 US6459200B1 (en) 1997-02-27 2000-03-02 Reflective electro-optic fiber-based displays
US09/517,759 2000-03-02
US09/517,353 2000-03-02

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