Vacuum microelectronics applications using carbon nanotube cathodes

33rd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and the 16th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2008, IRMMW-THz 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Manohara, H M ^a   Toda, R ^a   Lin, R H ^a   Liao, A ^a   Kowalczyk, R ^a   Kaul, A B ^a   Mojarradi, M M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUBES; FIELD EMISSION; MICROELECTRONICS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON NANOTUBE BUNDLES; CARBON NANOTUBE CATHODES; CATHODE LIVES; FIELD EMISSION ELECTRON SOURCES; INFLUENCING FACTORS; INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES; SOME APPLICATIONS; VACUUM MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES; VACUUM MICROELECTRONICS;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 58049117072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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