Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electron emission element for efficiently supplying electrons from a cathode electrode film to an electron emission part. SOLUTION: This element is equipped with a substrate 21 and a plurality of projection parts 24 containing diamond that project from the substrate 21. Each of the projection parts 24 includes a columnar part 22 whose side face makes an inclination angle of about 90° to the surface of the substrate 21 and an acute part 23 positioned on the columnar part 22 and is equipped with an acicular body at its end. The columnar part 22 includes a conductive layer 22c in its upper part and the cathode electrode film 15 electrically connected to the conductive layer 22c is formed on the side face of the columnar part 22. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
A cold-cathode electron source of both high frequency and high output, a microwave tube using the same, and its manufacturing method are disclosed. An emitter (24) of the cold-cathode electron source has a sharp point so that the aspect ratio R may be 4 or more. As a result, the capacitance between the emitter (24) and a gate electrode (16) is small correspondingly to the distance from the gate electrode (16). Therefore, the cold-cathode electrons can behave in response to a high frequency. The material of the cathode of this cold-cathode electron source is diamond having a high melting point and a high thermal conductivity, not a conventional material such as tungsten or silicon. Even if the density of the current flowing through the emitter (24) is high, the emitter (24) hardly melts, and consequently the cold-cathode electron source can be adapted to high output.
Abstract:
An object is to provide an electron emitting cathode achieving high luminance, low energy dispersion, and long life. It is therefore an object to provide a diamond electron emitting cathode graspable on a sufficiently stable basis, sharpened at the tip, and improved in electric field intensity. A diamond electron emitting cathode 110 according to the present invention is partitioned into at least three regions, i.e., a front end region 203 intended for electron emission at a tip of columnar shape, a rear end region 201 intended for grasping opposite in the longitudinal direction, and a thinned intermediate region 202, a cross-sectional area of the rear end region is not less than 0.2 mm 2 , the tip of the front end region is sharpened, and a maximum cross-sectional area of the thinned intermediate region is not more than 0.1 mm 2 .
Abstract:
An electron emission film having a pattern of diamond in X-ray diffraction and formed of a plurality of diamond fine grains having a grain diameter of 5nm to 10nm is formed on a substrate. The electron emission film can restrict the field intensity to a low level when it causes an emission current to flow, and has a uniform electron emission characteristic.
Abstract:
A method for production includes a step for forming concaved molds on a surface of a substrate and a step for growing a diamond heteroepitaxially on the substrate in an atmosphere containing a doping material. It is preferable that the crystal structure of the slope of the concaved molds of the substrate has the cubic system crystal orientation (111), and the doping material is phosphorous. Further, it is preferable that the substrate is Si, and the slope of the molds is the Si(111) face. The diamond electron emission device of the present invention contains projection parts on the surface thereof, wherein a slope of the projection parts 1 contains a diamond (111) face, and flat parts 2, which are not the projection parts, contain face orientations other than (100) face or (110) face and grain boundaries.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a cold-cathode electron source successfully achieving a high frequency and a high output, a microwave tube using it, and a production method thereof. In a cold-cathode electron source 10 according to the present invention, emitters 24 have a tip portion tapered at an aspect ratio R of not less than 4, and thus the capacitance between the emitters and a gate electrode is decreased by a degree of declination from the gate electrode. For this reason, the cold-cathode electron source 10 is able to support an operation at a high frequency. A cathode material of the cold-cathode electron source 10 is none of the conventional cathode materials such as tungsten and silicon, but is a diamond with a high melting point and a high thermal conductivity. For this reason, the emitters 24 are unlikely to melt even at a high current density of an electric current flowing in the emitters 24, and thus the cold-cathode electron source 10 is able to support an operation at a high output.
Abstract:
An electron emission element of the present invention comprises a substrate (11), and a protrusion protruding (14) from the substrate and including boron-doped diamond. The protrusion comprises a columnar body (12). And a tip portion (13) of the protrusion comprises an acicular body sticking out therefrom. The distance r [cm] between a center axis and a side face in the columnar body and the boron concentration Nb [cm -3 ] in the diamond satisfy the relationship represented by the following formula (1): r > 10 4 Nb