Field-emission matrix display based on lateral electron reflections

A reflective field edge emission display system comprising:

• a FED display comprising:
• a plurality of reflective edge emission pixel elements arranged in a matrix of N rows of emitters and M columns of reflectors and associated collector elements, wherein said pixel element comprises an edge emitter operable to emit electrons, at least one reflector operable to reflect electrons, at least one collector layer operable to attract said reflected electrons and a phosphor layer deposited on each of said at least one collector layer;
• a transparent layer oppositely positioned to said plurality of pixel elements, said transparent layer operable to selectively attract said reflected electrons;
• a row selector operable to apply a known potential to selected ones of said N rows through an associated emitter;
• a column selector operable to apply a second known potential to selected ones of said M columns through an associated one of said reflector layers and a third known potential to a corresponding one of said collector layers;
• a transparent layer controller operable to selectively apply a fourth known potential to selected regions of said transparent layer;
• means to select at least one of said N rows, at least one of said M columns and at least one selectable region of said transparent layer.