• DocumentCode
    1955660
  • Title

    Fabrication and operation of MOS tunneling cathode

  • Author

    Yokoo, K. ; Sato, S. ; Tanaka, H. ; Murota, J. ; Ono, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    13-16 Dec. 1992
  • Firstpage
    965
  • Lastpage
    968
  • Abstract
    We have fabricated a MOS electron tunneling cathode with ultrathin SiO/sub 2/ and examined the emission characteristics. We found that the emission occurred from an entire gate area by electron tunneling through the potential barrier in the MOS diode and the emission current was 0.7% of the total current flowing through the diode. Additionally, the emission was found to be nearly independent of pressure and to be stable in an amorphous Si gate MOS cathode.<>
  • Keywords
    cathodes; electron emission; metal-insulator-semiconductor devices; tunnelling; MOS diode; MOS tunneling cathode; Si-SiO/sub 2/-Al; amorphous Si gate; electron tunneling; fabrication; potential barrier; ultrathin SiO/sub 2/; Cathodes; Electron emission; MIS devices; Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1992. IEDM '92. Technical Digest., International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0163-1918
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0817-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1992.307517
  • Filename
    307517