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- a multiple needle electron emitting source comprising a conductive layer having spaced thereover a plurality of sharp raised points, and successively placed thereover, with holes therethrough to permit exposure of these needle points, an insulating surface and a conductive surface on top thereof, said conductive surface comprising an accelerator electrode.
- This invention relates to cold electron emitting structures and more particularly to improvements therein.
- each needle, of a multiple needle cathode experiences partial electrostatic shielding by its neighbors, from the common, relatively distant positive electrode producing the field, to an extent dependent on the separation between the needles. Therefore, the field required to produce a given emission current from each needle is higher than that needed for an isolated needle of the same sharpness. Conversely, for a given applied voltage, this effect limits the possible packing density of multiple needle cathodes.
- An object of this invention is the provision of a multiple needle cathode which permits the forming of narrow electron beams.
- Another object of the present invention is the provision of a high packing density multiple needle cathode.
- Still another object of the present invention is the provision of a novel, useful, multiple needle cathode assembly operable at relatively low voltages.
- Yet another object of the present invention is the provision of a field emission cathode structure in which the ICC positive electrode can be used to control the emission, in the manner of a grid.
- the second surface is the electrode used to produce the field. It consists of a very thin foil or film of metal of the same contour as the surface with the emitter site, and is suitably supported and electrically insulated therefrom at spacings ranging from a fraction of a micron to several microns.
- the accelerator has holes therethrough the number and distribution of which correspond substantially to the number and distribution of the emitting sites. Because of the minimal separation range between the emitter surface and the accelerator surface, the voltage needed to produce field emission ranges from only a few volts to about one hundred volts, and the emitted electrons emerge from the holes in the accelerator with correspondingly low energies.
- FIGURE 1 is an enlarged isometric view of a portion of an electron emitter in accordance with this invention.
- FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the lines 22 of FIGURE 1 showing the structure of a field emitting site, in accordance with this invention.
- the structure of a cathode in accordance with this invention comprises an insulating substrate 10 which may be made of a ceramic material, upon which a metal film 12 is deposited.
- the film 12 is made of a material which has desired characteristics for emitting electrons in response to a voltage.
- a film made of a refractory metal such as molybdenum or tungsten is suitable.
- a support structure for the accelerator can be a dielectric film 14, such as aluminum oxide, which is deposited over the emitter surface 12 in the form of a cellular grid having a desired mesh size. This mesh is produced by the use of a suitable mask over the film 12 at the time of the insulating film in accordance with well known techniques.
- the dielectric can be deposited as a continuous film and subsequently micromachined to yield the desired mesh structure. Techniques for doing this are also quite well known.
- the needles 16, at the emission sites, are then formed on the exposed areas of the emitter surface by promoting metal migration under proper surface tension whereby small sharp surfaced protuberances 16 are formed.
- the accelerator film 18 can then be formed by depositing a metal layer onto the dielectric film, at almost grazing incidence while rotating the substrate around an axis normal to its surface.
- a potential source 20 has its positive terminal connected to the accelerator 18 and its negative terminal connected to the emitter film 12.
- the potential source may be made variable for the purpose of controlling the electron emission current.
- FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectional view of an emitter site along the lines 22. They illustrate a plurality of protuberances or needles on the field emitting site. Electrons are emitted therefrom under the influence of the field es- '3 tablished by the potential applied between the accelerator film and the emitter film.
- the substrate can be given any desired shape such as a parabola, or a curve whereby the electrons which are emitted from the field sites will be converged at the focus of the curve.
- a typical method of manufacturing a cathode in accordance with this invention would comprise the step of depositing on a ceramic substrate a refractory or emitting metal film of molybdenum or tungsten. Thereafter, a dielectric film is deposited over the emitting film.
- the dielectric film has a thickness on the order of a few microns and may be made of a material such as aluminum oxide.
- electron beam technology may be employed to micromachine holes through the dielectric film at a plurality of desired locations to uncover the emitter film surface.
- the accelerator film which may also be made of molybdenum or tungsten, may be deposited over the dielectric film and then electron beam techniques may be employed to micromachine holes therethrough until the emitting surface film is reached.
- a film of a relatively low melting point material such as aluminum is deposited over the entire surface of the cathode, namely, over the accelerator surface as well as over those portions of the emitting surface as are exposed through the holes. Then, under vacuum conditions, the entire substrate is heated to about 1150 C. This temperature is above the vaporization temperature of the aluminum but not of the molybdenum or tungsten, whichever metal is used for the emitter surface and accelerator surface. Neither is this temperature above the melting point temperature of the substrate or insulating layer materials.
- the initial emitter film of molybdenum or tungsten may be deposited to a thickness of from one-quarter to one micron on a substrate which may be a ceramic material or may be sapphire.
- the insulating film of aluminum oxide may also be any where from one-quarter to one micron.
- the accelerating film may be on the order of 30 to 500 angstroms.
- the aluminum film may be on the order of 30 to 300 angstroms.
- the holes exposing the emit- .ter sites may been the order of one-tenth to several microns.
- the method of manufacturing a field emitting cathode comprising depositing a first refractory metal film on an insulating substrate, depositing a dielectric film of refractory material over said first metal film, depositing a second metal film of a refractory metal over said dielectric film, micromachining a plurality of holes through said second metal film and said dielectric film to expose said first metal film through said holes, depositing a third metal film over the exposed first metal film through said holes, the melting point of said third metal film being low relative to the melting point of said first and second metal films, and heating said substrate in a vacuum to a predetermined temperature above the vaporization temperature of said third metal film but below the melting temperature of said first metal film until a plurality of protuberances form in said first metal film as may be seen through the holes in said dielectric film.
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March 3, 1970' K. R. SHQL LDERS EI'AL 3,497,929
9 METHOD OF MAKING A NEEDLE TYPE ELECTRON SOURCE v Original Filed May 31. 1966 VAR\ABLE POTENTAL SOU RCE INVENTORS kswsm sh'ouwms Lou/5 N. HEYN/CK United States Patent 3,497,929 METHOD OF MAKING A NEEDLE-TYPE ELECTRON SOURCE Kenneth R. Shoulders, Woodside, and Louis N. Heynick,
Palo Alto, Calif., assignors to Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, Calif., a corporation of California Original application May 31, 1966, Ser. No. 553,832, now Patent No. 3,453,478, dated July 1, 1969. Divided and this application Nov. 22, 1968, Ser. No. 778,278
Int. Cl. P01j 17/00; H011 7/00 US. Cl. 2925.17 3 Claims ABSTRACT THE DISCLOSURE A multiple needle electron emitting source is provided comprising a conductive layer having spaced thereover a plurality of sharp raised points, and successively placed thereover, with holes therethrough to permit exposure of these needle points, an insulating surface and a conductive surface on top thereof, said conductive surface comprising an accelerator electrode.
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 553,832, filed May 31, 1966, now US. Patent 3,453,478, issued July 1, 1969, for Needle-Type Electron Source, by these inventors.
This invention relates to cold electron emitting structures and more particularly to improvements therein.
It is well known that electric fields on the order of several megavolts per centimeter can be used to produce electron emission from metals. In order to reduce the voltage required for producing such electron emission to a level more reasonable, such as on the order of kilovolts, sharp needles or points are used as emitters, a positive electrode is spaced from the emitter and a voltage is applied therebetween. Despite the high emission currentdensity capability of such field emission (on the order of a million amperes per centimeter squared), the total emission current from a needle emitter is low, because of the smallness of its emitting area. Furthermore, the electrons are emitted over a large solid angle, and they obtain almost the total energy of the applied voltage within a short distance from the emitter surface. Therefore, the formation of narrow electron beams that are suitable, for example, for use in high power beam type of electron tubes, requires elaborate and expensive focusing apparatus.
The operation of many needle emitters in parallel to increase the total current is feasible, but the problem of forming narrow beams of electrons from a plurality of needle emitters is extremely diflicult. Also, each needle, of a multiple needle cathode experiences partial electrostatic shielding by its neighbors, from the common, relatively distant positive electrode producing the field, to an extent dependent on the separation between the needles. Therefore, the field required to produce a given emission current from each needle is higher than that needed for an isolated needle of the same sharpness. Conversely, for a given applied voltage, this effect limits the possible packing density of multiple needle cathodes.
An object of this invention is the provision of a multiple needle cathode which permits the forming of narrow electron beams.
Another object of the present invention is the provision of a high packing density multiple needle cathode.
Still another object of the present invention is the provision of a novel, useful, multiple needle cathode assembly operable at relatively low voltages.
Yet another object of the present invention is the provision of a field emission cathode structure in which the ICC positive electrode can be used to control the emission, in the manner of a grid.
These and other objects of the invention are achieved by providing a construction for a multiple needle cathode which effectively comprises two closely spaced surfaces. On the first or emitter surface, a large number of sharp field emitting sites are distributed with a packing density limited only by the fabrication technology used. This surface can be planar or curved and of a size to suit the intended application. The second surface, also called the accelerator surface, is the electrode used to produce the field. It consists of a very thin foil or film of metal of the same contour as the surface with the emitter site, and is suitably supported and electrically insulated therefrom at spacings ranging from a fraction of a micron to several microns. The accelerator has holes therethrough the number and distribution of which correspond substantially to the number and distribution of the emitting sites. Because of the minimal separation range between the emitter surface and the accelerator surface, the voltage needed to produce field emission ranges from only a few volts to about one hundred volts, and the emitted electrons emerge from the holes in the accelerator with correspondingly low energies.
The novel features that are considered characteristic of this invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself both as to its organization and method of operation, as well as additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is an enlarged isometric view of a portion of an electron emitter in accordance with this invention; and
FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the lines 22 of FIGURE 1 showing the structure of a field emitting site, in accordance with this invention.
Referring now to FIGURE 1, the structure of a cathode in accordance with this invention comprises an insulating substrate 10 which may be made of a ceramic material, upon which a metal film 12 is deposited. The film 12 is made of a material which has desired characteristics for emitting electrons in response to a voltage. A film made of a refractory metal such as molybdenum or tungsten is suitable. A support structure for the accelerator can be a dielectric film 14, such as aluminum oxide, which is deposited over the emitter surface 12 in the form of a cellular grid having a desired mesh size. This mesh is produced by the use of a suitable mask over the film 12 at the time of the insulating film in accordance with well known techniques. Alternatively, the dielectric can be deposited as a continuous film and subsequently micromachined to yield the desired mesh structure. Techniques for doing this are also quite well known.
The needles 16, at the emission sites, are then formed on the exposed areas of the emitter surface by promoting metal migration under proper surface tension whereby small sharp surfaced protuberances 16 are formed.
The accelerator film 18 can then be formed by depositing a metal layer onto the dielectric film, at almost grazing incidence while rotating the substrate around an axis normal to its surface. For producing the desired field emission, a potential source 20 has its positive terminal connected to the accelerator 18 and its negative terminal connected to the emitter film 12. The potential source may be made variable for the purpose of controlling the electron emission current.
FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectional view of an emitter site along the lines 22. They illustrate a plurality of protuberances or needles on the field emitting site. Electrons are emitted therefrom under the influence of the field es- '3 tablished by the potential applied between the accelerator film and the emitter film.
The substrate can be given any desired shape such as a parabola, or a curve whereby the electrons which are emitted from the field sites will be converged at the focus of the curve. By way of illustration, but not to be considered as a limitation on the invention, a typical method of manufacturing a cathode in accordance with this invention would comprise the step of depositing on a ceramic substrate a refractory or emitting metal film of molybdenum or tungsten. Thereafter, a dielectric film is deposited over the emitting film. The dielectric film has a thickness on the order of a few microns and may be made of a material such as aluminum oxide.
If desired, at this point electron beam technology may be employed to micromachine holes through the dielectric film at a plurality of desired locations to uncover the emitter film surface. Alternatively, the accelerator film, which may also be made of molybdenum or tungsten, may be deposited over the dielectric film and then electron beam techniques may be employed to micromachine holes therethrough until the emitting surface film is reached.
At this point, a film of a relatively low melting point material, such as aluminum, is deposited over the entire surface of the cathode, namely, over the accelerator surface as well as over those portions of the emitting surface as are exposed through the holes. Then, under vacuum conditions, the entire substrate is heated to about 1150 C. This temperature is above the vaporization temperature of the aluminum but not of the molybdenum or tungsten, whichever metal is used for the emitter surface and accelerator surface. Neither is this temperature above the melting point temperature of the substrate or insulating layer materials. The phenomenon which occurs at this temperature, and precisely why is not really understood, is that either some kind of surface migration or surface tension forces cause protuberances of the metal of the emitter surface to be formed at the location of the holes, which protuberances resemble the protuberance 16 represented by the drawing. In order to give some indication of the sizes or dimensions of the various films and holes, the initial emitter film of molybdenum or tungsten may be deposited to a thickness of from one-quarter to one micron on a substrate which may be a ceramic material or may be sapphire. The insulating film of aluminum oxide may also be any where from one-quarter to one micron. The accelerating film may be on the order of 30 to 500 angstroms. The aluminum film may be on the order of 30 to 300 angstroms. The holes exposing the emit- .ter sites may been the order of one-tenth to several microns.
There has accordingly been described and shown herein a novel, useful and improved source of electrons.
Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described and illusrated herein, it is recognized that modifications and variations may readily occur to those skilled in the art and consequently it is intended that the claims be interpreted to cover such modifications and equivalents.
What is claimed is:
1. The method of manufacturing a field emitting cathode comprising depositing a first refractory metal film on an insulating substrate, depositing a dielectric film of refractory material over said first metal film, depositing a second metal film of a refractory metal over said dielectric film, micromachining a plurality of holes through said second metal film and said dielectric film to expose said first metal film through said holes, depositing a third metal film over the exposed first metal film through said holes, the melting point of said third metal film being low relative to the melting point of said first and second metal films, and heating said substrate in a vacuum to a predetermined temperature above the vaporization temperature of said third metal film but below the melting temperature of said first metal film until a plurality of protuberances form in said first metal film as may be seen through the holes in said dielectric film.
2. The method of manufacturing a field emitting cathode as recited in claim 1 wherein said third metal film is made of aluminum and said first and second metal films are one of the group consisting of tungsten and molybdenum.
3. The method of manufacturing a field emitting cath ode as recited in claim 1 wherein said dielectric film is made of aluminum oxide.
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