Method of manufacturing a flat panel field emission display having auto gettering

A method for fabricating an anode plate for a field emission display (FED) having phosphor and gettering material thereon, comprising the steps of:

• providing an optically transparent insulating plate;
• depositing an electrically conducting layer being optically transparent on a principle surface of said insulating plate;
• patterning by masking and etching said conducting layer forming an array of parallel conducting stripes on said insulating plate;
• selectively coating a mixture composed of a first phosphor and a gettering material on every third a conducting strip in said array of conducting stripes, and thereby forming a first array of pixels composed of said mixture on said electrically conducting stripes;
• selectively coating a mixture composed of a second phosphor and said gettering material on an array of conducting stripes adjacent to said first array of pixels, and thereby forming a second array of pixels;
• selectively coating a mixture composed of a third phosphor and said gettering material on the remaining array of conducting stripes, and thereby forming a third array of pixels;
• baking said insulating plate having said array of pixels formed from alternating stripes of said first, second and third phosphors containing said gettering material, and thereby completing said anode plate.