Modeling and Fabricating Micro-Cavity Integrated Vacuum Tubes

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1989, Pages 2651-2658

  Orvis, William J ^a   McConaghy, Charles F ^a   Ciarlo, Dino R ^a   Yee, Jick H ^a   Hee, Ed W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES, FIELD EMISSION; ELECTRON TUBES, TRIODE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

I-V CHARACTERISTICS; SILICON WAFERS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

MICROELECTRONICS;

EID: 0024769819     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.43768     Document Type: Article

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