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Multi-compartment getter-containing flat-panel device

  • US 6,194,830 B1
  • Filed: 02/25/1999
  • Issued: 02/27/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A flat-panel device comprising:

  • a main compartment formed with a first plate structure and a second plate structure situated opposite to, and coupled to, the first plate structure;

    a plurality of spacer walls extending generally parallel to one another between the plate structures;

    an auxiliary compartment (a) formed with an auxiliary wall coupled to the first plate structure and (b) connected pressure-wise to the main compartment through a plurality of openings in the first plate structure so that the two compartments reach largely equal steady-state compartment pressures; and

    a getter situated in the auxiliary compartment, the getter comprising a getter strip extending generally perpendicular to the spacer walls.

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