Field emission device having spherically curved electron emission layer and spherically recessed substrate

摘要

There is provided a field emission thin film cold cathode including a substrate, an electron-emission layer formed on the substrate and having a spherical surface or a curved surface approximated to a spherical surface recessed into the substrate, a first electrode disposed about the electron-emission layer and having a greater height from the substrate than the electron-emission layer, an electrically insulating layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the electrically insulating layer. The electron-emission layer may be made of monocrystalline diamond, polycrystalline diamond or amorphous diamond. The above-mentioned field emission thin film cold cathode provides an electron source which makes it no longer necessary to fabricate a micro-structured device, can be fabricated without a lithography apparatus having a high accuracy, and has a small current modulating voltage.