Patent ID: 6936958

Claim:
A display device comprising: a rear panel having a rear substrate, a plurality of cathode wires having electron emitting sources formed on an inner surface of the rear substrate, and a plurality of control electrodes which cross the cathode wires and control an emission quantity of electrons from the electron emitting sources in response to the potential difference between the cathode wires and the control electrodes, a face panel having anodes and fluorescent materials, wherein the control electrodes are formed of plate members, the control electrodes have holes which allow the electrons emitted from the electron emitting sources to pass therethrough toward the face panel side in pixel regions where the control electrodes cross the cathode wires, the control electrodes include contact portions which are projected toward the rear panel side between the neighboring cathode wires and support the control electrodes, gap holding members hold a gap formed between the face panel and the rear panel to a predetermined value right above the contact portions of the control electrodes and at the face panel side, and wherein recessed portions are formed in the cathode wire sides of the control electrodes including hole forming regions.