• DocumentCode
    227274
  • Title

    Conceptual error in the international definition of voltage, and implications for theories of patch fields and electron emission

  • Author

    Forbes, Richard G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    June 30 2014-July 4 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    This work demonstrates error in the definition of voltage given in International Standards. This definition does not coincide with the quantity "practical voltage" measured by national standards laboratories. The physical arguments that show this also have implications for the theoretical understanding of patch fields and of electron emission from semiconductors.
  • Keywords
    electron emission; semiconductor materials; standards; conceptual error; electron emission; international standards; international voltage definition; patch fields; semiconductors; Electric potential; Electrostatics; IEC; Metals; Voltage measurement; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electron Sources Conference (IVESC), 2014 Tenth International
  • Conference_Location
    St. Petersburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5770-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVESC.2014.6891978
  • Filename
    6891978