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A new manufacturing method for the formation of gated field emission structures

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10167908

Functioning, matrixed, field emission devices have been fabricated using a modification of standard integrated circuit fabrication techniques. The emitter-to-gate spacing is fixed by the thickness of a deposited oxide and not by photolithographic techniques. Modeling of the emitted electron trajectories using a two dimensional, Poisson solver, finite difference code indicates that much of the current runs perpendicular to plane of the part. Functioning triode structures have been fabricated using this approach. Emission current, to a collector electrically and physically separated from the matrixed array follows Fowler-Nordheim behavior.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
10167908
Report Number(s):
SAND--94-1825C; CONF-9407101--1; ON: DE94015287; BR: GB0103012
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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