Patent ID: 6976897

Claim:
A method for fabricating a field emission array, comprising: forming a rear substrate assembly including: a rear substrate; a plurality of cathodes formed as stripes over the rear substrate; and a plurality of carbon nanotubes formed on the plurality of cathodes at a predetermined distance; forming a front substrate assembly including: a front substrate; a plurality of anodes formed as stripes over the front substrate; a plurality of phosphors deposited on the plurality of anodes; at least one nonconductive plate having a plurality of openings separated by a predetermined distance corresponding to the distance between each of the plurality of anodes; a plurality of gates formed as stripes perpendicular to the stripes of the plurality of anodes on the at least one nonconductive plate with a plurality of emitter openings corresponding to the plurality of openings in the at least one nonconductive plate; and combining the rear substrate assembly and the front substrate assembly so that the plurality of carbon nanotubes on the plurality of cathodes project through the emitter openings at a predetermined distance from the plurality of gates.