Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Review of Scientific Instruments
64 (1993), S. 581-582
ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
,
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
The emerging field of vacuum microelectronics has many promising applications including flat-panel displays, microwave devices, and ionization sources. The technology is based on arrays of microfabricated micrometer-scaled gated field emitters. Applications are currently limited by unacceptable reliability due primarily to failures of individual field emitters. The failure of an individual emitter produces a characteristic electrical pulse. A circuit is used to monitor and count these pulses. The technique provides a powerful tool for exploration of stable operating regimes for vacuum microelectronic devices and may be useful in other areas in which vacuum discharges must be monitored.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1144181
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