US4407934A
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Method of making an assembly of electrodes
Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1981-12-04
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Granted: 1983-10-04
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Expires: 2001-12-04
Abstract
Abstract This invention is directed to the making of an electrode assembly which comprises providing anode electrodes on one surface of a photosensitive glass plate, providing cathode electrodes on the opposite surface of said glass plate oriented transversely to said anode electrodes, and dissolving away the plate material in alignment with said anode electrodes forming slots extending between the surfaces of said plate, thereby placing said anode and cathode electrodes in operative relation with each other.
Inventors
- 👤 Saul Kuchinsky
- 👤 Robert H. Bellman
- 👤 James A. Ogle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 22:02
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J17/00; H01J17/38; H01J17/48; H01J17/49; H01J17/492; H01J9/00; H01J9/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
205 words
A method for making an electrode assembly comprising the steps of (a) exposing a plate of photosensitive, electrically insulating glass to ultraviolet radiation to develop a latent image therein in a pattern of parallel strips across a face of said plate, but not extending to the edges thereof; (b) heat treating said plate at a temperature below the softening point of the glass to develop crystallites in the previously-exposed strip portions which can be selectively chemically removed from said glass plate; (c) applying an array of first elongated electrodes to one surface of said plate in transverse orientation to said strip portions; (d) contacting the obverse surface of said plate in at least said strip portions thereof with a solvent to selectively chemically remove said crystallites in said strip portions fully into said plate to form parallel slots therein; and (e) applying to the obverse surface of said plate having said parallel slots therein a support plate of electrically insulating glass carrying elongated parallel second electrodes, said support plate being oriented in such relation that the second electrodes carried thereby are aligned with and positioned within said slots, said second electrodes being transverse to said first electrodes and in operative relation therewith through said slots.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
205 words
A method for making an electrode assembly comprising the steps of (a) exposing a plate of photosensitive, electrically insulating glass to ultraviolet radiation to develop a latent image therein in a pattern of parallel strips across a face of said plate, but not extending to the edges thereof; (b) heat treating said plate at a temperature below the softening point of the glass to develop crystallites in the previously-exposed strip portions which can be selectively chemically removed from said glass plate; (c) applying an array of first elongated electrodes to one surface of said plate in transverse orientation to said strip portions; (d) contacting the obverse surface of said plate in at least said strip portions thereof with a solvent to selectively chemically remove said crystallites in said strip portions fully into said plate to form parallel slots therein; and (e) applying to the obverse surface of said plate having said parallel slots therein a support plate of electrically insulating glass carrying elongated parallel second electrodes, said support plate being oriented in such relation that the second electrodes carried thereby are aligned with and positioned within said slots, said second electrodes being transverse to said first electrodes and in operative relation therewith through said slots.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said heat treating consists of exposing said glass plate at a temperature above the annealing point of said glass but below the softening point thereof, and thereafter subjecting said plate to a temperature above the softening point of said glass to cause the generation of crystals therein.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
190 words
A method for making an electrode assembly comprising the steps of (a) exposing a plate of photosensitive, electrically insulating glass to ultraviolet radiation to develop a latent image therein in a pattern of parallel strips across a face of said plate, but not extending to the edges thereof; (b) heat treating said plate at a temperature below the softening point of the glass to develop crystallites in the previously-exposed strip portions which can be selectively chemically removed from said glass plate; (c) applying an array of elongated parallel, strip-like first electrodes to one surface of said plate in transverse orientation to said strip portions and applying an array of elongated parallel, strip-like second electrodes to the opposite surface of said plate and oriented transverse to said first electrodes; (d) contacting both surfaces of said plate in at least said strip portions thereof with a solvent to selectively chemically remove said crystallites in said strip portions to form parallel slots therein,with said first and second electrodes in operative relation with each other through said slots; and (e) applying to one surface of said plate, a support plate of electrically insulating glass.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
190 words
A method for making an electrode assembly comprising the steps of (a) exposing a plate of photosensitive, electrically insulating glass to ultraviolet radiation to develop a latent image therein in a pattern of parallel strips across a face of said plate, but not extending to the edges thereof; (b) heat treating said plate at a temperature below the softening point of the glass to develop crystallites in the previously-exposed strip portions which can be selectively chemically removed from said glass plate; (c) applying an array of elongated parallel, strip-like first electrodes to one surface of said plate in transverse orientation to said strip portions and applying an array of elongated parallel, strip-like second electrodes to the opposite surface of said plate and oriented transverse to said first electrodes; (d) contacting both surfaces of said plate in at least said strip portions thereof with a solvent to selectively chemically remove said crystallites in said strip portions to form parallel slots therein,with said first and second electrodes in operative relation with each other through said slots; and (e) applying to one surface of said plate, a support plate of electrically insulating glass.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said first electrodes are disposed transverse to said second electrodes and said second electrodes are disposed in and lie along said slots.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein said slots have essentially a rectilinear, V-shaped, or arc-shaped configuration.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein said electrodes are applied through a technique selected from the group of silk screening, evaporation, RF sputtering, electroless metal plating, and vapor deposition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein leads are attached to said electrodes and said leads are covered with a glass frit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein said first array of electrodes is carried on a support plate which is attached to the surface of said plate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein said electrodes consist of a metal selected from the group of nickel, stainless steel, and other metal alloys having a coefficient of thermal expansion relatively closely matching that of said glass plate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein said crystallites are selected from the group of a lithium silicate and an alkali metal fluoride.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 17 wherein said solvent is a mineral acid.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 18 wherein said acid is dilute hydrofluoric acid.
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