GB1433944A - Method and apparatus for producing electron emission from a field emission cathode - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for producing electron emission from a field emission cathode

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GB1433944A
GB1433944A GB3818173A GB3818173A GB1433944A GB 1433944 A GB1433944 A GB 1433944A GB 3818173 A GB3818173 A GB 3818173A GB 3818173 A GB3818173 A GB 3818173A GB 1433944 A GB1433944 A GB 1433944A
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cathode
tip
chosen
plane
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Tektronix Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/02—Details
    • H01J37/04—Arrangements of electrodes and associated parts for generating or controlling the discharge, e.g. electron-optical arrangement, ion-optical arrangement
    • H01J37/06—Electron sources; Electron guns
    • H01J37/073—Electron guns using field emission, photo emission, or secondary emission electron sources
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/02—Details
    • H01J37/04—Arrangements of electrodes and associated parts for generating or controlling the discharge, e.g. electron-optical arrangement, ion-optical arrangement
    • H01J37/09—Diaphragms; Shields associated with electron or ion-optical arrangements; Compensation of disturbing fields
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2237/00—Discharge tubes exposing object to beam, e.g. for analysis treatment, etching, imaging
    • H01J2237/06—Sources
    • H01J2237/063—Electron sources
    • H01J2237/06308—Thermionic sources
    • H01J2237/06316—Schottky emission

Abstract

1433944 Cathode constructions; electron microscopes TEKTRONIX Inc 13 Aug 1973 [17 Aug 1972] 38181/73 Heading H1D Stable and continuous electron emission from a chosen crystallographic plane of a field emission cathode-as shown, the (100) plane-is produced by the steps of heating the cathode to a temperature slightly less than the temperature at which substantial thermionic emission occurs, and producing an electrostatic field gradient at the emitter tip sufficient to alter the shape of the tip, as shown, such that emission is switched from a plurality of faces with different axes, Fig. 3 a and b to the chosen plane, Fig. 3 c. The tip radius is of order 1000 to 3000 Šngstr÷ms, and the vacuum need be no better than 10<SP>-6</SP> torr. The tip is first cleared by flashing with A.C. heater current at a temperature of 2300‹ K. and is then held at about 1900‹ K. while the D.C. field is applied. For pulsed operation, the A.C. heating current and the D.C. voltage are gated such that the heating current is turned off before, but turned on after, the D.C. voltage. The use of the (100) and (310) planes of tungsten and molybdenum as the chosen planes, and use in a scanning electron microscope, are referred to.
GB3818173A 1972-08-17 1973-08-13 Method and apparatus for producing electron emission from a field emission cathode Expired GB1433944A (en)

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US00281375A US3809899A (en) 1972-08-17 1972-08-17 Electron-beam tube including a thermionic-field emission cathode for a scanning electron microscope

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GB3159874A Expired GB1433945A (en) 1972-08-17 1973-08-13 Electronbeam tubes for scanning electron microscopes

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US (1) US3809899A (en)
JP (3) JPS557661B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1031080A (en)
DE (2) DE2366144C2 (en)
FR (2) FR2199613B1 (en)
GB (2) GB1433944A (en)
NL (2) NL7311344A (en)

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JPS49132975A (en) 1974-12-20
DE2366144C2 (en) 1982-12-30
US3809899A (en) 1974-05-07
CA1031080A (en) 1978-05-09
NL7311344A (en) 1974-02-19
GB1433945A (en) 1976-04-28
JPS5661960U (en) 1981-05-26
FR2199613A1 (en) 1974-04-12
JPS54161263A (en) 1979-12-20
NL7908479A (en) 1980-03-31
FR2199613B1 (en) 1977-02-25
DE2341377A1 (en) 1974-03-07
FR2214962B1 (en) 1978-07-07
JPS557661B2 (en) 1980-02-27
FR2214962A1 (en) 1974-08-19

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
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