Fabrication and characterization of field emission devices.

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 電子研究所 === 83 === In this thesis, high aspect-ratio microtips with sharp curvature have been formed employing the semi-anisotropic plasma etching and the oxidation sharpening.To improve the emission efficiency and stability...

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Main Authors: Biing-Bang Hsieh, 謝炳邦
Other Authors: Huang-Chung Cheng
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 1995
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01258150805064776153
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Summary:碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 電子研究所 === 83 === In this thesis, high aspect-ratio microtips with sharp curvature have been formed employing the semi-anisotropic plasma etching and the oxidation sharpening.To improve the emission efficiency and stability,the surface of silicon microtips coated with various materials including metal, SiC and diamond films were investigated.Both the electrical and material properties were characterized and analyzed in details to survey the efficiency of different surface coatings. At the anode bias of 1100V and constant anode-to-cathode spacing of 30 um, the emission currents of Cr-clad microtips are twenty times higher than those of un-coated ones.Furthermore, the emission currents of diamond-clad microtips are superior to both Cr-clad and pure Si ones.Such significant improvement of the I-V property could provide to the fabrication and application of the field emission triodes. In addition to the fabrication of the microtips, the gated field emitter arrays with deep- submicron gate aperture have been successfully fabricated using a new-aligned process.Various device structures with volcano- shaped gate were fabricated by method.