Envelope for a flat panel display and flat panel display employing the envelope

摘要

An envelope for e.g. FED has spacerless structure while increase of the mass due to increase of the thickness of glass is suppressed. Further, the handling of conductors connected to emitters can be easy. ??An envelope for a flat panel display (1) comprising a glass envelope (4) and a support member for preventing deformation, wherein the glass envelope comprises a front glass (2) and a rear glass (3), and the support member comprises a rim (5), bridges (6) and a rear plate (7). The front glass comprises a face portion (9) for displaying an image and a skirt portion (8) is extended to the rear glass so that a hermetical seal is kept by the contact of a seal edge portion at the end of the skirt portion to the rear glass, the rim supports outer peripheries of outer surfaces of the skirt portion and the face portion, the rear plate is fixed to the rear glass to support the rear glass, and the rim and the rear plate are connected via a plurality of bridges. IMAGE