公开(公告)号：DE2412021A1

公开(公告)日：1974-11-14

申请号：DE2412021

申请日：1974-03-13

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BEKCERMAN MARTIN ,  MURPHY JOHN ALOYSIUS ,  ORLANDI JOHN VICTOR ,  SMITH GEORGE WILLIAM

IPC: H01J9/40 ,  H01J9/26 ,  H01J61/92 ,  G09F9/32

Abstract: During the course of fabricating a gas panel, a partially completed gas panel is placed in a vacuum oven for a bake-out, back fill and sealing operation. During the bake-out, the oven is evacuated to remove gaseous and vapors contaminants from the gas panel. Thereafter, during the back fill operation, a display gas atmosphere is admitted to the oven which fills the gas panel. Thereafter, the panel is sealed to lock in the desired display gas. The sealing is accomplished by providing a hole in the back panel in which is placed a plug so shaped as to allow the gas panel to be initially evacuated and thereafter back filled with gas. Once the panel is back filled, the plug is selectively melted to fill the hole and then allowed to solidify to complete the seal.