• DocumentCode
    1835029
  • Title

    Instability of field electron emission from FEA

  • Author

    Song, Haibo ; Li, Qiong ; Xu, Jingfang ; Liu, Xinfu

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., East China Normal Univ., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    24-28 Oct 1995
  • Firstpage
    495
  • Lastpage
    497
  • Abstract
    The instability of silicon field emitter arrays (FEA) has been studied by measuring their current-voltage features. The morphology at the tip of emitter is decided by the equilibrium between the surface tension and electrostatic stress. The contaminant at the emitter surface plays a significant role in breaking the equilibrium between these two stresses, hence makes the micro-emitters grow quickly and initiates a catastrophic cathode vacuum arc
  • Keywords
    electron field emission; elemental semiconductors; silicon; stability; vacuum arcs; vacuum microelectronics; FEA instability; Si; Si field emitter arrays; cathode vacuum arc; current-voltage characteristics; electrostatic stress; emitter surface; field electron emission; microemitters; surface tension; Current measurement; Electron emission; Electrostatic measurements; Field emitter arrays; Morphology; Pollution measurement; Silicon; Stress; Surface contamination; Surface tension;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 1995 4th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3062-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSICT.1995.503329
  • Filename
    503329