Operation of Tunnel‐Emission Devices
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Mead, C. A.
Abstract
The operation of a new class of devices employing the principle of tunnel emission is discussed. It is shown that a controlled electron source may be obtained with the use of a metal-insulator-metal diode structure where the second metal layer is very thin. A triode geometry may be secured by the addition of an additional insulator and a metal collector layer. Limitations on the operating frequency, current density, and current transfer ratio of such devices are discussed. Experimental results on diode and triode are discussed. Experimental results on diode and triode structures which employ several materials are presented. Successful triodes and vacuum emitters have been realized with the use of Al_2O_3, insulating films. Experiments using Ta2_O_5 are described, and the results are discussed.
Additional Information
© 1961 The American Institute of Physics. Received February 15, 1960. The author would like to thank his colleagues throughout the industry for their many helpful comments and suggestions. A great deal of apparatus and many of the experimental units were constructed by H. M. Simpson. The work was supported in part by a generous grant from the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.Attached Files
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