Abstract:
A cathode device includes an emitter tip for generating electrons. An elongate heater is included having proximal and distal ends. The emitter tip can be located at the distal end of the heater. Two spaced apart legs can extend away from the distal end of the heater, terminating at the proximal end and forming an elongate slot therebetween. Two electrical contacts can compressively engage respective opposite outer surfaces of the two legs at the proximal end of the heater to mechanically secure and electrically connect the two legs of the heater to respective electrical contacts at a junction that is at a location spaced away from the emitter tip to keep the junction cooler.
Abstract:
A cathode device includes an emitter tip for generating electrons. An elongate heater is included having proximal and distal ends. The emitter tip can be located at the distal end of the heater. Two spaced apart legs can extend away from the distal end of the heater, terminating at the proximal end and forming an elongate slot therebetween. Two electrical contacts can compressively engage respective opposite outer surfaces of the two legs at the proximal end of the heater to mechanically secure and electrically connect the two legs of the heater to respective electrical contacts at a junction that is at a location spaced away from the emitter tip to keep the junction cooler.
Abstract:
An electron source is made from mixed-metal carbide materials of high refractory nature. Producing field-enhanced thermionic emission, i.e., thermal-field or extended Schottky emission, from these materials entails the use of a certain low work function crystallographic direction, such as, for example, (100), (210), and (310). These materials do not naturally facet because of their refractory nature. The disclosed electron source made from transition metal carbide material is especially useful when installed in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) performing advanced imaging applications that require a high brightness, high beam current source.
Abstract:
To provide an electron source which is suitable for an electron beam lithography machine, an Auger electron spectroscope or the like and provides a small total emission current even in a high angular intensity operation. An electron gun provided with a cathode which comprises a single crystal needle of tungsten or molybdenum and a coating layer consisting of oxygen and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Group 2A, Group 3A and Group 4A, formed on its surface, characterized in that an apex of the cathode as a truncated cone shape, and the truncated cone shape portion has a cone angle of from 25° to 95° and a diameter of the top surface of from 5 μm to 200 μm.
Abstract:
Provided are an electron emission material having a reduced work function, and an electron emission element that has lower power consumption and/or high current density and exhibits excellent electron emission performance. An electron emission material includes a semiconductor substrate having atomic steps on a surface thereof and a flat region between two of the atomic steps adjacent to each other, and an adsorbed layer arranged in the flat region. The adsorbed layer contains at least one element selected from an alkali metal element, an alkaline-earth metal element, and Sc.
Abstract:
An electron emissive composition comprises a barium tantalate composition of the formula (Ba1-x, Cax, Srp, Dq)6(Ta1-y, Wy, Et, Fu, Gv, Caw)2O(11nullnull) where null is an amount of about 0 to about null3; and wherein D is either an alkali earth metal ion or an alkaline earth ion; E, F, and G, are alkaline earth ions and/or transition metal ion; x is an amount of up to about 0.7; y is an amount of up to about 1; p and q are amounts of up to about 0.3; and t is an amount of about 0.05 to about 0.10, u is an amount of up to about 0.5, v is an amount of up to about 0.5 and w is an amount of up to about 0.25. A method for manufacturing an electron emissive composition comprises blending a barium tantalate composition with a binder; and sintering the barium tantalate composition with the binder at a temperature of about 1000null C. to about 1700null C.
Abstract:
A cathode material of an electron beam device comprising 0.5 to 9.0% by weight of a rare-earth metal of the cerium group, 0.5 to 15.0% by weight of tungsten and/or rhenium, 0.5 to 10% by weight of hafnium and the balance of iridium is provided. Since the cathode material has excellent plasticity, it is easy to manufacture small-size emitters. Also, since the density of the electron emission of the cathode material is high and the working temperature is low, a long lifetime can be ensured. Also, the cathode material is useful as a cathode material of an electron beam device.