Patent ID: 7791264

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a first substrate carrying electron-emitting devices; a second substrate being opposed to the first substrate and carrying a plurality of anode segments, wherein the plurality of anode segments include a plurality of anode segments arrayed in a first direction sandwiching a resistor between each pair of anode segments placed next to each other arrayed in the first direction and a plurality of anode segments arrayed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction sandwiching a resistor between each pair of anode segments placed next to each other arrayed in the second direction; light emitting bodies, for emitting light, in response to being irradiated with electrons emitted from said electron-emitting devices; and a power source generating a voltage, wherein the power source is connected to the plurality of anode segments, such that the same voltage is supplied simultaneously through the resistor to each of the anode segments arrayed in the first direction and to the anode segments arrayed in the second direction.