Accession Number:

ADD014823

Title:

An Electron Beam Source Formed with Biologically Derived Tubule Materials.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application, Filed 28 Sep 90,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Kirkpatrick, Douglas A.
• Schnur, J. M.
• Schoen, P.
• Price, R.
• Manheimer, W. M.

Report Date:

1990-09-28

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

The generation of macroscopic electron beam currents through vacuum field emission from a large number of emission sites requires a surface with a complex microstructure. To date, the fabrication of surfaces suitable to this task has been dominated by microlithographic techniques. In these process, masks are used in conjunction with etching or deposition techniques to produce arrays of micron-scale cones or wedges. Patent applications.

Descriptors:

• DEPOSITION
• ELECTRON BEAMS
• ELECTRONS
• EMISSION
• ETCHING
• FABRICATION
• FIELD EMISSION
• MATERIALS
• MICROSTRUCTURE
• PATENT APPLICATIONS
• SITES
• SOURCES
• SURFACES
• TUBULAR STRUCTURES
• VACUUM
• WEDGES

Subject Categories:

• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE