COMPACT FIELD EMISSION ELECTRON GUN AND FOCUS LENS

摘要

A source of a focused electron beam is provided for use in a cathode ray tube (CRT) or vacuum microelectronic device. A carbon-based field emission cathode, extraction gate and focus lens are formed as an integrated structure using fabrication techniques that are used to form integrated circuits. An external focus lens is used to confine the beamlets from a large number of carbon-based surfaces. A convergence cup accelerates the beam toward a drift space and finally to a screen on a CRT or other device. The source may be much more compact than present CRT electron optics apparatus.