摘要:
Flat panel displays, such as field emission displays (FEDs) and plasma displays are provided having reduced through-vacuum interconnects by incorporating driver circuitry on the same substrate as the active display region of the display device. In one implementation, vacuum-sealed image display device comprises a substrate; an active display region on the substrate and including addressable rows and columns defining pixels; and driver ICs on the substrate, outputs of each driver IC coupled to the rows and columns, the drivers ICs adapted to drive the active display region to display an image. The device also comprises a vacuum envelope forming a sealed volume containing at least a portion of the substrate, the active display region and the driver ICs, the sealed volume maintained in a vacuum, the vacuum envelope defining a vacuum border. As the resolution of flat panel displays increases, reducing interconnects becomes increasingly important.