Low-voltage electron emission from “tipless” field emitter arrays
- 28 May 2001
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 78 (22), 3418-3420
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1376153
Abstract
Electron emission is obtained from “tipless” gated n-silicon arrays (6460 gate holes) by depositing about 10 nm of nanocrystalline graphite (NCG) on top of the gates and into the gate holes by a glow-discharge technique at 900 °C. The polycrystalline silicon gate diameter is 1.8 μm and the gate-to-substrate distance is 0.85 μm. The interdielectric layer is SiO2. Turn-on voltages are about 40–60 V. The gate currents are about 50% of the total emission currents. From the emission site density of the NCG films and current fluctuation measurements, it is concluded that several emission sites are generated inside the gate holes at the NCG–Si interface that exhibit gate voltage (Vg) -induced field enhancement. The field at these emission sites is expressed by E=βVg.Keywords
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