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Boron Nitride Emitters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

R. W. Pryor,
Lihua Li,
G. Minina and
H. H. Busta
R. W. Pryor
Affiliation:
Institute for Manufacturing Research, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, R.W.Pryor@wayne.edu
Lihua Li
Affiliation:
Institute for Manufacturing Research, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
G. Minina
Affiliation:
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton NJ, 08543
H. H. Busta
Affiliation:
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton NJ, 08543
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Abstract

New observations are presented on the emission of electrons from n-type boron nitride (BN) cold cathode films. These carbon-doped BN films demonstrate a significant improvement in the electron emission current, on the order of 1 to 3 orders of magnitude, as a function of the extraction field for many different materials and morphologies.

These BN cold cathodes have yielded stable DC currents in excess of 4 mA at an extraction field of approximately 30 V/μm.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 509: Symposium C – Materials Issues in Vacuum Microelectronics , 1998, 113
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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