• DocumentCode
    2807076
  • Title

    Quantum correction factor for thermionic emission

  • Author

    Lin, Ming-Chieh ; Chuu, Der-San

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Center for High-Performance Comput., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    28-30 May 2003
  • Firstpage
    128
  • Lastpage
    129
  • Abstract
    Thermionic emission cathodes are widely used in microwave tubes. In this paper, we study theoretically about the quantum correction factor for thermionic emission. The calculated quantum correction factor nearly ranges from 0.2 to 0.5 depending on the work function and the operating temperature of cathode materials.
  • Keywords
    microwave tubes; thermionic cathodes; thermionic emission; work function; cathode materials; microwave tubes; quantum correction factor; thermionic emission cathodes; work function; Cathodes; Diodes; Electrons; Elementary particle vacuum; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; Research and development; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Thermionic emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics, 2003 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7699-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVEC.2003.1286116
  • Filename
    1286116