Patent ID: 6963165

Claim:
A field emission display (FED) comprising: a front plate and a back plate spaced from one another by a gap, providing an active display region in an internal vacuum space formed therebetween; an electron-emitting portion being provided in the active display region on the back plate and including a cathode, an electron emission source being formed on the cathode, and a gate electrode for controlling electron emission; a light emission-displaying portion corresponding to the electron-emitting portion, being provided in the active display region on the front plate and including an anode corresponding to the cathode, and a phosphor layer from which light is emitted by electrons emitted from the electron-emitting portion; and a getter portion including a getter anode that is provided inside of the front plate or the back plate, a getter layer that is formed on the getter anode and absorbs gas through activation, a getter cathode that is positioned on the back plate or the front plate to face the getter anode, and a getter electron emission source that is formed on the getter cathode and emits electrons for activating the getter layer wherein a supporter is provided under the getter anode for positioning the getter anode from the front plate or back plate at a predetermined height.