A monolithic nanodiamond lateral field emission vacuum transistor

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1259-1261

  Subramanian, Karthik ^a   Kang, Weng Poo ^a   Davidson, Jim L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond; Field emission; Lateral emitter; Transistor; Vacuum triode

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; FIELD EMISSION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MODULATION; TRIODES; VACUUM;

ANODE CURRENTS; ANODE ELECTRODES; CURRENT MODULATIONS; DC VOLTAGES; ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; HIGH OUTPUTS; LATERAL EMITTER; NANOCRYSTALLINE; NANODIAMOND; SATURATION REGIONS; TRANSISTOR CHARACTERISTICS;

VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 55149112111     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2008.2005516     Document Type: Article

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