Title :
The Fowler Nordheim equation revisited
Author_Institution :
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA
Abstract :
Computed solutions of the field emission equations shows that the approximations that lead to the elimination of the Fermi energy are invalid
Keywords :
Fermi level; electron field emission; Fermi energy; Fowler-Nordheim equation; field emission; Atomic measurements; Current density; Electron emission; Elementary particle vacuum; Integral equations; Kinetic energy; Probability; Statistics; Temperature distribution; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Microelectronics Conference, 2001. IVMC 2001. Proceedings of the 14th International
Conference_Location :
Davis, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7197-6
DOI :
10.1109/IVMC.2001.939657
