Patent ID: 7682211

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a flat panel display having first and second substrates comprising: (a) forming light emitting regions on the second substrate by depositing a plurality of phosphor layers on the second substrate, the location of the phosphor layers being light-emitting regions and the areas between the phosphor layers being non-light emitting regions; (b) forming a plurality of black layers on the second substrate, the black layers being formed in the non-light emitting regions between the phosphor layers; (c) forming a substantially flat intermediate layer on the second substrate covering the phosphor layers without covering the non-light emitting regions between the phosphor layers; (d) forming an anode on the entire surface of the second substrate, covering the intermediate layer and the non-light emitting regions between the phosphor layers, wherein the anode contacts the non-light emitting regions without leaving a gap between the anode and the second substrate; (e) firing the second substrate to remove the intermediate layer; and (f) forming an electron emission unit on the first substrate, wherein the black layers are formed after the phosphor layers are formed on the second substrate and before the intermediate layer is formed on the second substrate, and a thickness of the phosphor layers is greater than a thickness of the black layers.