DocumentCode
1874587
Title
Influence of ion effects on field-emission-limited diodes
Author
Lin, Ming-Chieh
fYear
2004
fDate
11-16 July 2004
Firstpage
130
Lastpage
131
Abstract
The influence of the anode plasma effects on field-emission-limiting current of a field-emission-limited diode (FELD) was investigated via the self-consistent approach. The field emission process is described quantum-mechanically by the Fowler-Nordheim equation and the space charge effects are described by Poisson´s equation with the ion current as tuning parameter. The emergence of upstream ion current enhance the field-emission limiting current, and the surface electric fields of the FELD saturated at higher voltage regime due to space charge effects and it was not affected much by the ion effects.
Keywords
Poisson equation; diodes; electron field emission; space-charge limited devices; Fowler-Nordheim equation; Poisson equation; field-emission limiting current; field-emission-limited diodes; ionization effects; self-consistent approach; space charge effects; surface electric fields; Anodes; Cathodes; Diodes; Electrons; Ionization; Plasma properties; Poisson equations; Space charge; Steady-state; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, 2004. IVNC 2004. Technical Digest of the 17th International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8397-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IVNC.2004.1354934
Filename
1354934
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