Vacuum Microelectronics

       
 
             
 

Microelectromechanical Field Emission Devices

 
 

Ultra-dense lateral FEA

  • Atomically sharp tips by DRIE and oxidation sharpening
  • Vertical tip separation <300 nm by DRIE
  • Tip Density ~ 1.5x108/cm2
  • Self-aligned sub-micron spaced electrodes by sacrificial oxide spacing
  • Applications in ion gauges, microion-pumps, RF sources
 

 
 

V. Milanovic, L. Doherty, D. Teasdale, S. Parsa, C. Zhang, and K. Pister, ``Micromachining Technology for Lateral Field Emission Devices,'' IEEE Tran. Electron Devices, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 166-173, Jan. 2001. 

 

V. Milanovic, L. Doherty, D. Teasdale, C. Zhang, V. Nguyen, M. Last, and K. Pister, ``Deep Reactive Ion Etching for Lateral Field Emission Devices,'' IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 21, no. 5, May. 2000.

 

V. Milanovic, L. Doherty, D. Teasdale, S. Parsa, C. Zhang, and K. Pister, ``Application of Micromachining Technologies to Lateral Field Emission Devices,'‘ Digest of Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head Isl., Jun. 2000. 

                 

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