Reliability tests of gated silicon field emitters for use in space

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2009-2017

  Aplin, K L ^a   Collingwood, C M ^a,b   Kent, B J ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; GATES (TRANSISTOR); ION BOMBARDMENT; RELIABILITY; SATELLITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

SATELLITE PROPULSION; SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EMITTERS (FE);

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 3242663664     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/14/018     Document Type: Article

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