Operation and optimization of gated field emission arrays in inductive output amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 970-981

  Kodis, Mary Anne ^a   Jensen, K L ^a   Zaidman, Ernest G ^a   Goplen, Bruce ^a   Smithe, David N ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); EFFICIENCY; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HEAT CONVECTION; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

COMPACTNESS; CONVECTION CURRENT; DISPLACEMENT CURRENT; FIELD EMISSION ARRAY; GATED FIELD EMISSION ARRAYS; INDUCTIVE OUTPUT AMPLIFIERS; LOW ELECTRON TRANSIT TIME;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 0030164057     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.533103     Document Type: Article

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