Space charge effects on the I-V characteristics of field emission arrays

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 493-496

  Lin, Ming Chieh ^a,b,c  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR THEORETICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FIELD EMISSION; POISSON EQUATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

FIELD EMISSION ARRAYS (FEA); KNOWN FOWLER-NORDHEIM (FN) EQUATION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL TUNNELING;

ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE;

EID: 34047102468     PISSN: 10711023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.2717198     Document Type: Article

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