• DocumentCode
    996960
  • Title

    Comment on "Investigation of scandate cathodes: emission, fabrication, and activation processes" by J.W. Gibson et al

  • Author

    Hasker, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1594
  • Lastpage
    1595
  • Abstract
    Critical comments are made on the experimental results for zero field current density j/sub 0/ and work function obtained by J.W. Gibson et al. (ibid., vol.36, no.1, p.209-14, 1989) on top-layer scandate cathodes and on an emission model proposed for them. It is shown, for example, that the determination of j/sub 0/ gives rise to erroneous results.<>
  • Keywords
    scandium compounds; thermionic cathodes; thermionic emission; work function; Sc/sub 2/O/sub 3/ cathodes; activation processes; comments; emission model; erroneous results; experimental results; work function; zero field current density; Cathodes; Current-voltage characteristics; Diodes; Electrons; Extrapolation; Fabrication; Space charge; Temperature dependence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.106263
  • Filename
    106263