Computer simulation of field emission microtriodes with new volcano-shaped emitters

Author

Hu, Ya ; Lan, Y.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Nucl. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

1997

fDate

19-22 May 1997

Firstpage

284

Abstract

Summary form only given. A modified volcano-shaped field emitter has been proposed and is being studied using MAGIC particle-in-cell simulation code. This new structure consists of a volcano-shaped field emitter tip, a volcano-shaped gate, and a planar anode. In this paper, the dependence of the emission current density distribution upon geometrical factors, for example, rim sharpness of the emitter, rim radii of the gate and the emitter, and the distance between the gate and the rim of the emitter, will be presented. The emission characteristics of this modified volcano-shaped field emitter will be compared with the conventional volcano-shaped field emission microtriodes with con-shaped emitters.

Keywords

electron tubes; field emission; simulation; triodes; vacuum microelectronics; vacuum tubes; MAGIC particle-in-cell simulation code; computer simulation; con-shaped emitters; emission characteristics; emission current density distribution; field emission microtriodes; geometrical factors; planar anode; rim sharpness; volcano-shaped emitters; volcano-shaped field emission microtriodes; volcano-shaped gate; Anodes; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; Computer simulation; Electrons; Energy consumption; Laser beams; Physics; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma sources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1997. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3990-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1997.605078

Filename

605078