Method for achieving anode stripe delineation from an interlevel dielectric etch in a field emission device

A method of fabricating an anode plate for use in a field emission device, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a transparent substrate having an active region and a bus region on a surface thereof;
• providing spaced-apart, electrically conductive regions on said surface thereof, said conductive regions spanning said active region and said bus region;
• coating said surface with an electrically insulating material;
• removing said electrically insulating material from selected portions of said bus region and from said active region, and also removing portions of said transparent substrate in said active region in spaces between said electrically conductive regions;
• depositing a conductive layer and forming therefrom a first bus in said bus region electrically connected to a first series of said conductive regions, a second bus in said bus region electrically connected to a second series of said conductive regions, and a third bus in said bus region electrically connected to a third series of said conductive regions;
• applying luminescent material of a first color on said first series of conductive regions in said active region;
• applying luminescent material of a second color on said second series of conductive regions in said active region;
• and
• applying luminescent material of a third color on said third series of conductive regions in said active region.