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Semiconductor device for the vacuum-emission of electrons

US4518980A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1982
Grant dateMay 21, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2201/3423
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electron emitting device including an active semiconductor layer having a surface from which electrons are emitted. The layer is doped with impurity atoms at a density which decreases with distance from the surface.

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