Reflective nanostructure field emission display

A reflective edge field emission display (FED) comprising:

• a substrate layer having fabricated thereon a plurality of reflective pixel elements arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, each of said pixel elements, identified by a row and column designation, comprising:
• at least one reflector layer deposited on said substrate;
• and
• an emitter layer, electrically isolated from said reflector layer, and operable to emit electrons, said emitter layer shaped to bound a corresponding one of said at least one reflector layer, said emitter layer comprising a plurality of nanostructures;
• a pixel memory cell;
• and
• a thin-film transistor circuit (TFT) applying a first potential to said at least one reflector layer, said first potential being stored in said pixel memory cell;
• a transparent layer, electrically isolated from said substrate layer, having deposited thereon:
• at least one conductive layer;
• and
• a phosphor layer associated with each of said at least one conductive layer, wherein said phosphor layer is opposed to a corresponding one of said at least one reflector layer;
• at least one non-conductive spacer selectively positioned between said substrate layer and said transparent layer to maintain a substantially desired distance between said substrate layer and said transparent layer;
• and
• a seal between said substrate layer and said transparent layer operative to sustain a vacuum therebetween.