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Flat panel displays and process
Assignee: METHODE MASSACHUSETTES (NOW KNOWN AS) LLC
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Filing: 1993-08-11
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Granted: 1995-10-10
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Expires: 2013-08-11
Abstract
Abstract A flat panel display, such as a head mounted display, and a process for its manufacture are disclosed. Essentially, the flat panel display comprises separately manufactured flat panels including a display material and driver chips that are bump-bonded to the flat panels preferably by using flip chip technology. The flat panel display is particularly applicable to miniature display applications and is characterized by being rugged yet reliable, in color but with good luminescence across the spectrum of the primary colors of red, blue and green. Pixels preferably are addressed by passive matrix activation. Preferably, the display material of the flat panels is a thin film electroluminescent material, a passive matrix liquid crystal material, a plasma display material or a field emission display material.
Inventors
- 👤 Themis Parodos
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 23:58
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1345; G02F1/13454; H; H01; H01J; H01J11/00; H01J2329/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
A miniature flat panel display comprising: (a) a substrate and a display material; (b) a plurality of electrodes arranged in intersecting rows and columns in operative association with said display material; (c) said rows and columns of electrodes having portions peripherally extending beyond said display material; (d) a plurality of bumps formed on said peripherally extending portions of said electrodes; (e) at least one driver chip formed on a wafer and including a plurality of bumps formed thereon in opposed operative alignment with said plurality of bumps formed on said electrodes and being bump bonded thereto in a passive matrix addressed configuration; and (f) an epoxy wicked-in adjacent said plurality of bumps.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
112 words
A miniature flat panel display comprising: (a) a substrate and a display material; (b) a plurality of electrodes arranged in intersecting rows and columns in operative association with said display material; (c) said rows and columns of electrodes having portions peripherally extending beyond said display material; (d) a plurality of bumps formed on said peripherally extending portions of said electrodes; (e) at least one driver chip formed on a wafer and including a plurality of bumps formed thereon in opposed operative alignment with said plurality of bumps formed on said electrodes and being bump bonded thereto in a passive matrix addressed configuration; and (f) an epoxy wicked-in adjacent said plurality of bumps.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The miniature flat display of claim 1 wherein said flat panel display is one of the group consisting of: head mounted displays, thin film electroluminescent displays, passive matrix liquid crystal displays, plasma displays and field emission displays.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The miniature flat panel display of claim 1 wherein said miniature flat panel display is one of the group consisting of being monochromatic, multi-color and full color, wherein said multi-color panel is one capable of displaying a finite number of colors which cannot be combined to form white.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
The miniature flat panel display of claim 1 wherein said display material of said miniature flat panel is one of the group consisting of thin film electroluminescent display material, passive matrix liquid crystal display material, and plasma display and field emission display materials, and wherein said thin film electroluminescent display material is one of the group comprised of: MS or MGa 2 S 4 , where M equals Cd, Zn, Mg, Ca, Sr or mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The miniature flat panel display of claim 1 wherein said rows of electrodes are transparent electrodes formed as one of the group consisting of tin oxide and indium tin oxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The miniature flat panel display of claim 1 wherein said columns of electrodes are formed as one of the group consisting of aluminum, gold, silver and chrome, or of transparent electrodes such as tin oxide and indium tin oxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The miniature flat panel display of claim 1 wherein said plurality of bumps are formed as one of the group consisting of gold, indium, gold eutectics and solders.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
The miniature flat panel display of claim 1 wherein said substrate is formed as one of the group consisting of glass, plastic, quartz, sapphire, and said wafer is one of the group consisting of a single crystal wafer, a bonded silicon-on-insulator wafer, a SIMOX wafer, and a bonded silicon-on-sapphire wafer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The miniature flat panel display of claim 1 wherein said driver chip has a hold-off voltage of at least about 240 V.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
141 words
A process of making a miniature flat panel display device comprising: (a) forming a substrate, including a display material; (b) forming a plurality of electrodes in intersecting rows and columns on said substrate in operative association with said display material, said rows and columns including portions peripherally extending beyond said display material; (c) forming a plurality of bumps on said peripherally extending portions of said electrodes; (d) forming a driver chip on a wafer; (e) forming a plurality of bumps on said driver chip in opposed operative alignment with said plurality of bumps formed on said electrodes; (f) coupling said driver chip to said miniature flat panel by bump-bonding their said respective opposed plurality of bumps to each other to form said miniature flat panel display; and (g) wicking-in epoxy about said respective opposed plurality of bumps bump-bonded to each other.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
141 words
A process of making a miniature flat panel display device comprising: (a) forming a substrate, including a display material; (b) forming a plurality of electrodes in intersecting rows and columns on said substrate in operative association with said display material, said rows and columns including portions peripherally extending beyond said display material; (c) forming a plurality of bumps on said peripherally extending portions of said electrodes; (d) forming a driver chip on a wafer; (e) forming a plurality of bumps on said driver chip in opposed operative alignment with said plurality of bumps formed on said electrodes; (f) coupling said driver chip to said miniature flat panel by bump-bonding their said respective opposed plurality of bumps to each other to form said miniature flat panel display; and (g) wicking-in epoxy about said respective opposed plurality of bumps bump-bonded to each other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
74 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said display material of said miniature flat panel is formed by growing a layer of host phosphor material on said substrate and introducing color therein by adding one or more activators by one of the processes consisting of: ion implantation, thermal diffusion, vacuum deposition, simultaneous thin film deposition of the host phosphor and activator materials by resistance evaporation, E-beam evaporation and RF sputtering, MOCVD deposition and ALE deposition.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said rows and columns of said electrodes are formed by one of the processes consisting of: sputtering, vacuum deposition and evaporation through a mask.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said plurality of bumps are formed by one of the processes consisting of: electroplating through a mask and thin film deposition and lift-off.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said driver chip is formed by an integrated circuit fabrication technology, said driver chip capable of providing appropriate drive signals to said miniature flat panel display.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said bump-bonding said respective opposed plurality of bumps to each other is effected by one of the processes consisting of: applying pressure only, applying heat and pressure, and applying ultrasonic power.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 10 further including a step of separately testing said panel and said driver chip before their said coupling to one another by said bump-bonding said plurality of bumps.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said display material of said miniature flat panel is one of the group consisting of thin film electroluminescent display material, passive matrix liquid crystal display material, plasma display material and field emission display material.
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