| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090009063 | Seal for light emitting device and method - A glass package is disclosed comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, where the substrates are attached in at least two locations, both attachments comprising frits, and wherein the frits comprise a glass portion comprising: a base component comprising and at least one absorbing component. Also disclosed is a method of sealing a light emitting display device comprising providing a light emitting layer, a first substrate and a second substrate, where a frits are deposited between the substrates, and where the frits are sealed with a radiation source. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090044496 | Method and apparatus for sealing a glass package - An apparatus for sealing a glass package by applying a force to a glass assembly while simultaneously irradiating a sealing material disposed between the two glass substrates with a beam of radiation. The applied force is translated in unison with the radiation beam. The radiation cures and/or melts the sealing material, depending upon the sealing material. The applied force beneficially improves contact between the glass substrates and the sealing material during the sealing process, therefore assisting in achieving a hermetic seal between the substrates. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090086325 | Method and apparatus for frit sealing with a variable laser beam - A beam shaper is implemented to seal an OLED. The beam shaper comprises a first and second lens and a beam shaper. Changing the relative position of the first, second lens and beam shaper relative to each other enables the beam shaper to generate laser beams with different shapes and intensity profiles. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090133807 | Method And Apparatus For Sealing A Glass Package - An apparatus for sealing a substrate assembly by applying a force to the assembly while simultaneously exposing the substrate assembly, and in particular a sealing material disposed between two substrates of the substrate assembly, to an irradiating beam of electromagnetic energy. The beam heats, cures and/or melts the sealing material, depending upon the sealing material to form the seal. The force is applied by directing a flow of fluid against the substrate assembly, and beneficially improves contact between the substrates of the substrate assembly and the sealing material during the sealing process, therefore assisting in achieving a hermetic seal between the substrates. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090155555 | Frit-containing pastes for producing sintered frit patterns on glass sheets - Pastes for use in producing sintered frit patterns ( | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090218253 | Hermetically-sealed packages for electronic components having reduced unused areas - Hermetically-sealed packages for electronic components, e.g., OLEDs, are provided. The packages have a first glass substrate ( | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090221207 | METHOD OF SEALING A GLASS ENVELOPE - A method of hermetically sealing a glass assembly comprising glass plates or substrates with a glass-based frit when there is a large difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTEs) of the frit and the CTEs of the glass plates. The method comprises a rapid increase of an irradiating heat source, used to heat and soften the frit, from a non-sealing power to a sealing power over a very short distance along the frit to form an initial stabilizing seal between the substrates. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100154476 | System and Method for Frit Sealing Glass Packages - A sealing device and method are described herein that can be used to manufacture a hermetically sealed glass package. In one embodiment, the hermetically sealed glass package is suitable to protect thin film devices which are sensitive to the ambient environment (e.g., oxygen, moisture). Some examples of such glass packages are organic emitting light diode (OLED) displays, sensors, and other optical devices. The present invention is demonstrated using an OLED display as an example. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100246016 | GLASS HAVING ANTI-GLARE SURFACE AND METHOD OF MAKING - A glass article having an anti-glare surface. The anti-glare surface has a distinctness-of-reflected image of less than 95, and a haze of less than or equal to 50%. In one embodiment, the glass article further includes a smudge-resistant surface disposed on the anti-glare surface. Methods of making the glass article and anti-glare surface are also described. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100304513 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DEVICE - A method for sealing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device is disclosed wherein the OLED device comprises a color filter. A color filter is deposited on a first glass plate or substrate and a glass-based frit is then deposited in a loop around the color filter, The deposited fit loop is then heated by electromagnetic energy to evaporate organic constituents and to sinter the fit in a pre-sintering step. An OLED device may then be assembled by positioning a second glass plate comprising an organic light emitting material deposited thereon in overlying registration with the first glass plate, with the color filer and the organic light emitting material positioned between the plates. The fit is then heated with a laser to form a hermetic seal between the first and second glass plates. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110008593 | METHODS FOR FORMING FRITTED COVER SHEETS WITH MASKS AND GLASS PACKAGES COMPRISING THE SAME - A method for forming a fritted cover sheet for sealing a glass package includes providing a transparent substrate having a sealing surface and a backing surface and forming at least one mask on one of the sealing surface of the substrate or the backing surface of the substrate. A sealing frit may be formed on the sealing surface of the substrate such that the at least one mask is positioned adjacent a perimeter defined by the sealing frit. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110014731 | METHOD FOR SEALING A PHOTONIC DEVICE - Methods for sealing a photonic device are disclosed. The photonic device may, for example, comprise a display device, a lighting device or a photovoltaic device. The device is sealed with a glass frit that is heated with a laser from both sides of the device (through both glass substrate plates), either sequentially or simultaneously. The methods can facilitate wider seal widths, and wider overall frit wall widths for increased device strength. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110062849 | GLASS AND DISPLAY HAVING ANTI-GLARE PROPERTIES - A glass article that is ion-exchangeable and has at least one roughened surface. The roughened surface has a distinctness-of-reflected image DOI of less than 90 when measured at an incidence angle of 20°. A pixelated display system that includes such a glass article is also provided. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110073259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEALING A GLASS PACKAGE - An apparatus for sealing a substrate assembly by applying a force to the assembly while simultaneously exposing the substrate assembly, and in particular a sealing material disposed between two substrates of the substrate assembly, to an irradiating beam of electromagnetic energy. The beam heats, cures and/or melts the sealing material, depending upon the sealing material to form the seal. The force is applied by directing a flow of fluid against the substrate assembly, and beneficially improves contact between the substrates of the substrate assembly and the sealing material during the sealing process, therefore assisting in achieving a hermetic seal between the substrates. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110129665 | GLASS ARTICLE WITH AN ANTI-SMUDGE SURFACE AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method of making a glass article with an anti-smudge surface includes providing a glass article with a target surface. The method includes providing a coating solution consisting essentially of a fluorosilane compound and a solvent that is miscible with the fluorosilane compound. The method includes spray-coating the target surface with the coating solution while controlling the spray-coating to form a coating layer having a thickness in a range from 1 to 20 nm on the target surface. | 06-02-2011 |