Patent ID: 8272911

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an image display element, the image display element comprising: a front panel; a back panel opposite to the front panel; a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix between both the panels, and to be selected to be in a display or non-display state; and a plurality of electrodes for controlling the pixels, both the panels being bonded together with the pixels and the electrodes interposed therebetween, and the electrodes being connected to a driving control circuit via metal wires, the method, comprising: a first step of performing dicing from the back side (back surface side) of the opposing surface from the front panel, and forming a groove part such that electrode terminals connected to the electrodes are exposed between adjacent plural pixel lines, with the back panel bonded thereto, and a second step of forming the metal wires so as to be connected to the electrode terminals exposed at the groove part.