A flat panel display includes a back plate, gate electrode and cathode electrodes
disposed on the back plate and insulated from each other by an insulating layer,
a planar field emission source formed of carbonaceous material disposed on the
cathode electrode, a grid plate provided with a plurality of apertures corresponding
to a pixel area and spaced from the back plate, first and second grid electrodes
formed on each surface of the grid plate, respectively, and a faceplate spaced
from the grid plate and a screen formed on one surface thereof facing the grid plate.