Microtip flat panel display with a switched anode

Claim 1

A flat panel display including: a cathode with microtips for emitting electrons arranged in columns, a gate arranged in rows including odd rows and even rows which are sequential addressed, an anode provided with phosphor elements arranged in groups of juxtaposed strips electrically insulated one from the other, the intersection of a gate row and of a cathode column defining a pixel of the display, wherein the groups of phosphor elements include odd rank groups and even rank groups which are sequentially addressed, the odd rank groups are connected together forming a first network, while the even rank groups are connected together forming a second network separate from the first network, an electronic control system adapted to sequentially address the groups of odd rank elements and even rank elements, respectively, and wherein the groups of phosphor strips are parallel with the cathode columns and have a width substantially identical to the width of the columns.