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Semiconductor cold electron emission device

US5334853A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1993
Grant dateAug 2, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J1/308
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor cold electron emission device comprising a type I heterojunction formed of a P-type semiconductor mixture of AlN and a N-type semiconductor mixture of SiC which junction is forward biased so that electrons are monoenergetically emitted from the P-type semiconductor mixture.

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