Silicon Field Emitter Capable of Low Voltage Emission
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 32 (12S)
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.32.6293
Abstract
A silicon field emitter of a very low voltage emission type has been obtained. In this emitter, a thermal SiO2 film was used as an insulator which separates the gate electrode from the cathode substrate. It is easy to decrease the distance between the gate electrode and the emitter by thermal oxidation and oblique deposition process. In this field emitter, in spite of 3 µm diameter of initial mask size, we were able to obtain a 400 nm gap which is the distance between the gate electrode and the emitter tip. Therefore, the onset of emission was established at gate voltages as low as 10 V with Fowler-Nordheim-like emission characteristics. Then anode current was 2.5 µA at 25 V in one emitter and transconductance (g m =ΔIA/ΔVG) was 0.5 µS.Keywords
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