Patent ID: 8217858

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: a rear plate including: a plurality of electron emitting devices each including a pair of electrodes and an electron emitting unit located between the pair of electrodes, the plurality of electron emitting devices being arrayed in a matrix; a plurality of first wirings each configured to interconnect electrodes in one of the pair of electrodes of the electron emitting devices arrayed at the same row among the plurality of electron emitting devices; a plurality of second wirings each configured to interconnect electrodes in another of the pair of electrodes of the electron emitting devices arrayed at the same column among the plurality of electron emitting devices and higher in resistance than the first wirings; an insulating layer configured to cover the second wirings; and resistive films connected to the first wirings and partially overlapping with the second wirings to cover the insulating layer, and having surface resistance set to 10 8 Ω/□ or more; a potential supply unit configured to supply a first potential V 1 and a second potential V 2 different from the first potential V 1 respectively to the first wirings and the second wirings; and a face plate including an anode set at a potential higher than the first potential and the second potential, and light emitting members to be irradiated with electrons emitted from the electron emitting devices to emit light, wherein the resistive films are connected to the first wirings at portions not overlapping with the second wirings, and a length L of the resistive film between a portion of the resistive film connected to the first wiring and a portion overlapping with the second wiring satisfies the following relationship: L ≧(μ(| V 1 −V 2|) t ) 1/2 where μ is an electron mobility of the resistive film, and t is a period of time of supplying the potential V 1 and the potential V 2 .