Emission stability of DLC coated metal-tips FEA

Author

Jung, Jae Hoon ; Ju, Byeong Kwon ; Lee, Yun Hi ; Park, Kyu Chang ; Jang, Jin ; Jung, Yu Ho ; Kim, Chul Ju ; Oh, Myung Hwan

Author_Institution

Div. of Electron. & Inf. Technol., Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

1996

fDate

7-12 Jul 1996

Firstpage

231

Lastpage

234

Abstract

We have improved an emission stability of Mo tips FEA (field emitter array). The effect of DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) films coated by layer-by-layer technique using PECVD on the electron emission characteristics of Mo tips FEA is examined. Turn-on voltage was lowered from 80 V for Mo tips to 65 V for DLC coated Mo tips FEA and maximum emission current was increased from 140 μA for Mo tips to 320 μA for DLC coated Mo tips FEA. An anode current for DLC coated Mo tips and Mo tips FEA of 0.1 μA per emitter are measured at the gate voltage of about 87 V and 107 V, respectively. Add the emission current of DLC coated Mo tips FEA was more stable than that of Mo tips FEA

Keywords

carbon; electron field emission; molybdenum; plasma CVD coatings; vacuum microelectronics; 140 to 320 muA; 65 to 80 V; DLC coating; FEA; Mo-C; PECVD; diamond like carbon film; electron emission stability; field emitter array; layer-by-layer growth; metal tip; turn-on voltage; Anodes; Electron emission; Electron guns; Field emitter arrays; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Stability; Thermal conductivity; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Microelectronics Conference, 1996. IVMC'96., 9th International

Conference_Location

St. Petersburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3594-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVMC.1996.601814

Filename

601814