Electric lamp and discharge devices – Discharge devices having a thermionic or emissive cathode
Patent
1994-02-14
1997-02-11
Patel, Nimeshkumar
Electric lamp and discharge devices
Discharge devices having a thermionic or emissive cathode
313309, 313336, 313351, H01J 102
Patent
active
056024398
ABSTRACT:
A field emission electron emitter comprising an electrode of diamond and a conductive carbon, e.g., graphite, is provided.
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Cottrell Bruce H.
Patel Nimeshkumar
The Regents of the University of California, Office of Technolog
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