Automatically collimating electron beam producing arrangement

Electric lamp and discharge devices – With luminescent solid or liquid material – Vacuum-type tube

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

313308, 313309, 313336, H01J 1924, H01J 2970, H01J 2918

Patent

active

052352447

ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for and method of automatically collimating an expanding electron beam emitted from a field emission cathode is disclosed herein. This is accomplished without an externally powered colimating or focusing electrode. Rather, a dielectric member is positioned around the path taken by the beam so that when the beam is initially turned on, it bombards the dielectric member with free electrons and thereby places a negative electrostatic charge, ultimately reaching the potential of the cathode electrode itself, on the dielectric member. This electrostatic charge, in turn, causes the cross-sectional configuration of the beam to contract.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3665241 (1972-05-01), Spindt et al.
patent: 3755704 (1973-08-01), Spindt et al.
patent: 3789471 (1974-02-01), Spindt et al.
patent: 3812559 (1974-05-01), Spindt et al.
patent: 3921022 (1975-11-01), Levine
patent: 4020381 (1977-04-01), Oess et al.
patent: 4163949 (1979-08-01), Shelton
patent: 4498952 (1985-02-01), Christensen
patent: 4721885 (1988-01-01), Brodie
patent: 4983878 (1991-01-01), Lee et al.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Automatically collimating electron beam producing arrangement does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Automatically collimating electron beam producing arrangement, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Automatically collimating electron beam producing arrangement will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1727932

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.