Progress in field-emitter array development for high-frequency operation

Author

Spindt, C.A. ; Holland, C.E. ; Rosengreen, A. ; Brodie, I.

Author_Institution

SRI Int., Menlo Park, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

5-8 Dec. 1993

Firstpage

749

Lastpage

752

Abstract

A low-capacitance configuration of the Spindt-type field-emitter array has been integrated with a microstrip line for experiments on high-frequency operation. Emission modulation has been shown in a triode configuration up to 1.3 GHz with the emitters at ground and the microwave signal coupled into the gate. The total emission current at this frequency was 10 mA with a total transconductance of 660 /spl mu/S. S parameter measurements show a 3.5-dB gain in the forward transmission coefficient at 1 GHz and 5 mA. Other measurements show that devices in the tens-of-GHz range should be possible.<>

Keywords

S-parameters; microstrip components; microwave tubes; triodes; vacuum microelectronics; 1 to 1.3 GHz; 3.5 dB; 5 to 10 mA; 660 muS; S parameter; Spindt-type field-emitter array; emission current; emission modulation; forward transmission coefficient; high-frequency operation; integrated device; low-capacitance configuration; microstrip line; microwave signal; transconductance; triode; Capacitance; Cathodes; Dielectric substrates; Electrodes; Frequency; Geometry; Microwave antenna arrays; Microwave devices; Phased arrays; Transconductance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices Meeting, 1993. IEDM '93. Technical Digest., International

Conference_Location

Washington, DC, USA

ISSN

0163-1918

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1450-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEDM.1993.347205

Filename

347205