Patent ID: 6984933

Claim:
An image display device comprising: a first substrate provided with an image display surface having a plurality of phosphor layers of different colors corresponding to pixels, individually, the phosphor layers of individual colors being arranged alternately in a first direction and the phosphor layers of a same color being arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate with a gap and provided with a plurality of electron sources which excite the phosphor layers, individually; and a plurality of independent spacers which are arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and maintain the gap between the first and second substrates, each of the spacers being located so that a center thereof is situated off a centerline which passes through respective pixel centers of two phosphor layers adjoining in the first direction and two straight lines which pass through the respective pixel centers of the two adjacent phosphor layers and extend in the second direction.