Electric lamp and discharge devices – Discharge devices having a thermionic or emissive cathode
Patent
1996-12-18
1998-07-14
O'Shea, Sandra L.
Electric lamp and discharge devices
Discharge devices having a thermionic or emissive cathode
313351, H01J 130
Patent
active
057809607
ABSTRACT:
An electron emission apparatus comprising a gate emitter 6 formed as a conductive plate having an aperture 22 and an electron emitter structure 30 formed adjacent the aperture, the electron emission structure 30 having a void defining an emission surface.
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Day Michael
Donaldson Richard L.
Keagy Rose A.
O'Shea Sandra L.
Texas Instruments Incorporated
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