Abstract: A plasma treatment apparatus for a workpiece includes a metal electrode, a capillary dielectric having first and second sides and coupled to the metal electrode through the first side, wherein the capillary dielectric has at least one capillary, a shield body surrounding the metal electrode and the first side of the capillary dielectric, wherein the shield body has first and second end portions, and a gas supplier providing gas to the metal electrode.

Abstract: Implantable connector devices which are useable to maintain fluidic connection between, or approximation of, openings formed in adjacent natural or prosthetic anatomical conduits (or adjacent openings formed in a single anatomical conduits). These connector devices generally comprise a plurality of radially expandable annular members having one or more elongate strut members extending therebetween. Initially, the device is mountable on or within a delivery catheter while in a radially compact configuration. After the delivery catheter has been inserted into the body, the device is caused to transition to a radially expanded configuration whereby it becomes implanted within the body so as to maintain the desired fluidic connection between, or the desired approximation of, the anatomical conduit(s).

Abstract: The specification and drawings describe and show embodiments of the present invention in the form of a slim cathode ray tube and a method of fabricating the same. More specifically, a slim cathode ray tube includes a vacuum tight envelope having front and back panels, the front panel including a fluorescent screen and a shadow mask thereon, at least one emitter plate on the back panel and having a plurality of planar electron emitters each generating an electron beam onto the fluorescent screen through the shadow mask, wherein the planar electron emitters have an electron emission surface that has a form of a conical shape, and an acceleration grid over the planar electron emitters and accelerating the electron beam and directing the accelerated electron beam onto the fluorescent screen. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rule requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for treating a workpiece using a plasma are disclosed in the present invention. In treating a workpiece using a plasma, the apparatus includes at least one pin electrode for receiving a power source, a dielectric body having first and second sides, wherein the first side is coupled to the pin electrode and the second side has at least one capillary extending to a direction of the first side of the dielectric body, and each capillary is substantially aligned with each pin electrode, and a counter electrode electrically coupled to the pin electrode for generating the plasma from each capillary.

Abstract: A negative ion source is disclosed which includes an electrode, a target having a more negative electrical potential than the electrode, a supply of electrical energy for generating a discharge between the electrode and the target, and at least one magnet positioned so as to confine electrons, generated as a result of said discharge, in close proximity to a first surface of the target. The negative ion source further includes a delivery system for delivering cesium to a second surface of the target, and a distribution chamber interposed between the delivery system and the target for uniformly distributing cesium on the second surface of said target. The cesium diffuses through openings in the target from the first surface to the second surface. The negative ion source may comprise a conventional magnetron sputter source that has been retrofitted to include a cesium distribution system.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a PDP is disclosed. The method for fabricating a PDP comprising the steps of preparing first and second panels for connecting with each other, forming at least one electrode on the first panel, forming a dielectric layer of PbO on the first panel, sequentially forming Cr and Ni on the PbO layer as a mask material of the PbO layer, performing photolithography and lift-off processes on the Ni/Cr layers to form a mask pattern of Ni/Cr, and etching the PbO layer using the mask pattern of Ni/Cr to form at least one capillary tube within the PbO layer to expose the electrode.

Abstract: A method for forming an indium tin oxide thin film on a substrate in the present invention includes the steps of introducing a mixture of an inert gas and a low electron affinity element in close proximity to a target as a primary sputter ion beam source, providing an oxygen gas between the target and the substrate, applying an electrical energy to the target to ionize the mixture, confining electrons generated in the ionization in close proximity to a surface of the target facing towards the substrate, disintegrating negatively charged ions from the target, and forming the indium tin oxide thin film on the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a plasma display panel device and a method of fabricating the same including first and second substrates, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second electrode on the second substrate, a tape material on the second substrate including the second electrode, a plurality of third electrodes completely buried in the tape material, a plurality of barrier ribs connecting the first and second substrates formed on the second substrate, a UV-visible conversion layer on the second substrate including the second substrate between the barrier ribs, and a discharge chamber where discharge occurs between the first and second substrates, wherein the discharge chamber faces toward the second electrode through a single row of one or more capillaries formed in the tape material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma display panel and more particularly to a method of fabricating plasma display panels using a laser process. The method of fabricating a plasma display panel includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate, forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, and forming at least one capillary in the second dielectric layer and a protection layer on a portion of the second dielectric layer where the capillary is formed.

Abstract: Implantable connector devices which are useable to maintain fluidic connection between, or approximation of, openings formed in adjacent natural or prosthetic anatomical conduits (or adjacent openings formed in a single anatomical conduits). These connector devices generally comprise a plurality of radially expandable annular members having one or more elongate strut members extending therebetween. Initially, the device is mountable on or within a delivery catheter while in a radially compact configuration. After the delivery catheter has been inserted into the body, the device is caused to transition to a radially expanded configuration whereby it becomed implanted within the body so as to maintain the desired fluidic connection between, or the desired approximation of, the anatomical conduit(s).

Abstract: High throughput and low capital equipment costs can be achieved by increasing process rates was well as increasing the number of deposition clusters in a current cluster system. Increases in throughput can be achieved by multi-wafer entry mode wherein a stack of multiple wafers is introduced to a processing chamber via a transfer chamber. Thus, no gate valves are required for each deposition stage and a conveyor transports the individual wafer from deposition stage to deposition stage thereby increasing throughput. The elimination of gate valves, pumps, control electronics and other miscellaneous parts will also reduce the cost of the equipment.

Abstract: A field emission display and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. The field emission display includes a glass substrate, an electron emitter on the glass substrate, a first electrode on the electron emitter having a first hollow substantially on the center thereon, an insulating layer on the first electrode having a second hollow in the vicinity of the first hollow, and a second electrode on the insulating layer having a third hollow located over the first and second hollows.