US3259782A - Electron-emissive structure - Google Patents
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- H01J9/02—Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- the present invention relates to a method for producing electron-emissive structures, and more particularly relates to a process for making point cathodes of the cold emission type as well as to the cold emission type cathode structures resulting from such method.
- the most widely used form of a cold emission type electron emitter by extraction by means of a very intense electric field is the shape of a point having an extremely small radius of curvature. To obtain such a point, it is therefore necessary to have recourse to a pointing operation.
- the present invention essentially consists in a process for fabricating cold-emission-type electron emitters of zirconium carbide, which makes it possible to produce, in a simple manner, points of desired fineness, while avoiding at the same time the difliculties of the known methods and additionally permitting the simultaneous production of a large quantity of these points.
- Still a further object of the present invention resides in the provision of a method for producing point-like cold cathode structures of zirconium carbide which assure, in operation, a very high current density.
- Another object of the present invention resides in the provision of a method for producing cathode structures of the type mentioned hereinabove that lends itself readily to mass-production techniques.
- Still another object of the present invention resides in the provision of a cold cathode structure made of zirconium carbide having a very small radius of curvature which is obtained with the method of manufacture in accordance with the present invention.
- a point of zirconium carbide by starting with a point made of base metal, such as tungsten, that is pointed to the desired degree by any known method or process, thereupon evaporating on this base metal zirconium, and thereafter carburizing the zirconium by any known method, in the presence, for example of a heavy organic product, such as naphthalene or benzene.
- base metal such as tungsten
- the present invention is also applicable to cathodes made of the carbide of refractory metals other than zirconium, if it proves of advantage to utilize such carbide by reason of its relatively small working potential or other characteristics which may be found advantageous.
- the accompanying drawing shows a cold emission cathode comprising a plurality of metal points, each having a tungsten core 1 carrying a very thin coating 2 of zirconium carbide.
- a point-like cathode emitter comprising a pointshaped tungsten support, and a thin layer of a zirconium carbide coating on said point-shaped support.
- a point-like cathode emitter comprising a pointshaped metallic support, and a thin layer of a zirconium carbide coating on said point-shaped support.
- a process for making point cathodes having a high degree of field emission comprising the steps of making a point-shaped support of tungsten, evaporating zirconium on said point-shaped tungsten support, and carburizing said zirconium in the presence of an organic atmosphere.
- a process for mass-producing simultaneously a plurality of point cathodes having a high degree of field emission and utilizing a plurality of point-shaped tungsten supports comprising the steps of simultaneously evaporating zirconium on said point-shaped supports, and thereafter simultaneously carburizing said zirconium in the presence of an organic atmosphere.
- a process for making point cathodes having a high degree of field emission comprising the steps of making a point-shaped support of a metal that can be easily pointed and selected from the group consisting of tungsten, platinum, molybdenum and rheniurn, evaporating zirconium on said point-shaped support, and carburizing said zirconium.
- a process for making point cathodes having a high degree of field emission comprising the steps of making a point-shaped support of a metal that can be easily pointed and selected from the group consisting of tungsten, platinum, molybdenum and rhenium, evaporating zirconium on said point-shaped support, and carburizing zirconium in the presence of an organic atmosphere.
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Cited By (25)
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US3374386A (en) * | 1964-11-02 | 1968-03-19 | Field Emission Corp | Field emission cathode having tungsten miller indices 100 plane coated with zirconium, hafnium or magnesium on oxygen binder |
US3413510A (en) * | 1966-01-24 | 1968-11-26 | Nasa Usa | Electronic cathode having a brush-like structure and a relatively thick oxide emissive coating |
US3484643A (en) * | 1966-12-01 | 1969-12-16 | Physics Int Co | Boron carbide cathode for cold emission type cathode of the field emission type |
US3500104A (en) * | 1967-06-23 | 1970-03-10 | Battelle Development Corp | Electron emitter tips and method |
US3678325A (en) * | 1969-03-14 | 1972-07-18 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | High-field emission cathodes and methods for preparing the cathodes |
US3720856A (en) * | 1970-07-29 | 1973-03-13 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Binary material field emitter structure |
US3723793A (en) * | 1967-01-27 | 1973-03-27 | Xerox Corp | Coated corona generating electrode |
US3814975A (en) * | 1969-08-06 | 1974-06-04 | Gen Electric | Electron emission system |
FR2301918A1 (fr) * | 1975-02-19 | 1976-09-17 | Philips Nv | Tube cathodique muni d'une source emettant des electrons sous l'action d'un champ electrique |
WO1989004087A1 (fr) * | 1987-10-22 | 1989-05-05 | Hughes Aircraft Company | Amplificateur distribue integre a micro-ondes avec triodes a effet de champ |
US5176557A (en) * | 1987-02-06 | 1993-01-05 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Electron emission element and method of manufacturing the same |
US5202602A (en) * | 1990-11-01 | 1993-04-13 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy | Metal-glass composite field-emitting arrays |
US5201681A (en) * | 1987-02-06 | 1993-04-13 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Method of emitting electrons |
US5290610A (en) * | 1992-02-13 | 1994-03-01 | Motorola, Inc. | Forming a diamond material layer on an electron emitter using hydrocarbon reactant gases ionized by emitted electrons |
US5536193A (en) * | 1991-11-07 | 1996-07-16 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Method of making wide band gap field emitter |
US5543684A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1996-08-06 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Flat panel display based on diamond thin films |
WO1996038853A1 (fr) * | 1995-06-01 | 1996-12-05 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Dispositif d'affichage a emission de champ |
US5600200A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-02-04 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Wire-mesh cathode |
US5601966A (en) * | 1993-11-04 | 1997-02-11 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Methods for fabricating flat panel display systems and components |
US5612712A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-03-18 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Diode structure flat panel display |
US5628659A (en) * | 1995-04-24 | 1997-05-13 | Microelectronics And Computer Corporation | Method of making a field emission electron source with random micro-tip structures |
US5675216A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-10-07 | Microelectronics And Computer Technololgy Corp. | Amorphic diamond film flat field emission cathode |
US5679043A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-10-21 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Method of making a field emitter |
US6127773A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 2000-10-03 | Si Diamond Technology, Inc. | Amorphic diamond film flat field emission cathode |
US6296740B1 (en) | 1995-04-24 | 2001-10-02 | Si Diamond Technology, Inc. | Pretreatment process for a surface texturing process |
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US2159791A (en) * | 1937-04-20 | 1939-05-23 | Mallory & Co Inc P R | Spark plug |
US2282097A (en) * | 1940-03-29 | 1942-05-05 | Warren G Taylor | Nonemitting electrode structure |
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US2156752A (en) * | 1931-08-20 | 1939-05-02 | Aeg | Hot cathode discharge tube |
US2159791A (en) * | 1937-04-20 | 1939-05-23 | Mallory & Co Inc P R | Spark plug |
US2282097A (en) * | 1940-03-29 | 1942-05-05 | Warren G Taylor | Nonemitting electrode structure |
US2786955A (en) * | 1954-02-02 | 1957-03-26 | Research Corp | Transducer tube |
Cited By (35)
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US3374386A (en) * | 1964-11-02 | 1968-03-19 | Field Emission Corp | Field emission cathode having tungsten miller indices 100 plane coated with zirconium, hafnium or magnesium on oxygen binder |
US3413510A (en) * | 1966-01-24 | 1968-11-26 | Nasa Usa | Electronic cathode having a brush-like structure and a relatively thick oxide emissive coating |
US3484643A (en) * | 1966-12-01 | 1969-12-16 | Physics Int Co | Boron carbide cathode for cold emission type cathode of the field emission type |
US3723793A (en) * | 1967-01-27 | 1973-03-27 | Xerox Corp | Coated corona generating electrode |
US3500104A (en) * | 1967-06-23 | 1970-03-10 | Battelle Development Corp | Electron emitter tips and method |
US3678325A (en) * | 1969-03-14 | 1972-07-18 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | High-field emission cathodes and methods for preparing the cathodes |
US3814975A (en) * | 1969-08-06 | 1974-06-04 | Gen Electric | Electron emission system |
US3720856A (en) * | 1970-07-29 | 1973-03-13 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Binary material field emitter structure |
FR2301918A1 (fr) * | 1975-02-19 | 1976-09-17 | Philips Nv | Tube cathodique muni d'une source emettant des electrons sous l'action d'un champ electrique |
JPS51107756A (fr) * | 1975-02-19 | 1976-09-24 | Philips Nv | |
JPS5616942B2 (fr) * | 1975-02-19 | 1981-04-20 | ||
US5176557A (en) * | 1987-02-06 | 1993-01-05 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Electron emission element and method of manufacturing the same |
US5201681A (en) * | 1987-02-06 | 1993-04-13 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Method of emitting electrons |
WO1989004087A1 (fr) * | 1987-10-22 | 1989-05-05 | Hughes Aircraft Company | Amplificateur distribue integre a micro-ondes avec triodes a effet de champ |
US5202602A (en) * | 1990-11-01 | 1993-04-13 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy | Metal-glass composite field-emitting arrays |
US5536193A (en) * | 1991-11-07 | 1996-07-16 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Method of making wide band gap field emitter |
US5861707A (en) * | 1991-11-07 | 1999-01-19 | Si Diamond Technology, Inc. | Field emitter with wide band gap emission areas and method of using |
US5290610A (en) * | 1992-02-13 | 1994-03-01 | Motorola, Inc. | Forming a diamond material layer on an electron emitter using hydrocarbon reactant gases ionized by emitted electrons |
US5686791A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-11-11 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corp. | Amorphic diamond film flat field emission cathode |
US5543684A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1996-08-06 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Flat panel display based on diamond thin films |
US5600200A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-02-04 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Wire-mesh cathode |
US6629869B1 (en) | 1992-03-16 | 2003-10-07 | Si Diamond Technology, Inc. | Method of making flat panel displays having diamond thin film cathode |
US5612712A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-03-18 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Diode structure flat panel display |
US6127773A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 2000-10-03 | Si Diamond Technology, Inc. | Amorphic diamond film flat field emission cathode |
US5763997A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1998-06-09 | Si Diamond Technology, Inc. | Field emission display device |
US5703435A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-12-30 | Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corp. | Diamond film flat field emission cathode |
US5675216A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-10-07 | Microelectronics And Computer Technololgy Corp. | Amorphic diamond film flat field emission cathode |
US5679043A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1997-10-21 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Method of making a field emitter |
US5551903A (en) * | 1992-03-16 | 1996-09-03 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology | Flat panel display based on diamond thin films |
US5652083A (en) * | 1993-11-04 | 1997-07-29 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Methods for fabricating flat panel display systems and components |
US5614353A (en) * | 1993-11-04 | 1997-03-25 | Si Diamond Technology, Inc. | Methods for fabricating flat panel display systems and components |
US5601966A (en) * | 1993-11-04 | 1997-02-11 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Methods for fabricating flat panel display systems and components |
US5628659A (en) * | 1995-04-24 | 1997-05-13 | Microelectronics And Computer Corporation | Method of making a field emission electron source with random micro-tip structures |
US6296740B1 (en) | 1995-04-24 | 2001-10-02 | Si Diamond Technology, Inc. | Pretreatment process for a surface texturing process |
WO1996038853A1 (fr) * | 1995-06-01 | 1996-12-05 | Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corporation | Dispositif d'affichage a emission de champ |
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