| 发明名称 |
Time-varying field emission device |
| 摘要 |
A field emission device is configured as a heat engine, wherein the configuration of the heat engine is variable as a function of time. A method corresponding to a field emission device comprises applying an anode electric potential to an anode region that is greater than a cathode electric potential of a cathode region, applying a gate electric potential to a gate region to release a set of electrons from the cathode region, passing the set of electrons from the gate region to a suppressor region, applying a suppressor electric potential to decelerate the set of electrons between the suppressor region and the anode region, binding the set of electrons in the anode region, and varying at least one of the anode electric potential, gate electric potential, and suppressor electric potential as a function of time. |
| 申请公布号 |
US8970113(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.03.03 |
| 申请号 |
US201313790613 |
申请日期 |
2013.03.08 |
| 申请人 |
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发明人 |
Cheatham, III Jesse R.;Eckhoff Philip Andrew;Gates William;Hyde Roderick A.;Ishikawa Muriel Y.;Kare Jordin T.;Myhrvold Nathan P.;Pan Tony S.;Petroski Robert C.;Tegreene Clarence T.;Tuckerman David B.;Whitmer Charles;Wood, Jr. Lowell L.;Wood Victoria Y. H. |
| 分类号 |
H01J13/28;H01J29/02;H01J29/48 |
主分类号 |
H01J13/28 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A method corresponding to an apparatus including a cathode region, a gate region, a suppressor region, and an anode region, the method comprising:
applying an anode electric potential to the anode region that is greater than a cathode electric potential of the cathode region; applying a gate electric potential to the gate region to release a set of electrons from the cathode region; passing the set of electrons from the gate region to the suppressor region; applying a suppressor electric potential to decelerate the set of electrons between the suppressor region and the anode region; binding the set of electrons in the anode region; and varying at least one of the anode electric potential, gate electric potential, and suppressor electric potential as a function of time. |
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