Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic discharge hot-cathode with a prolonged product life.SOLUTION: A hot-cathode includes: a crystal emitter or a sinter emitter having an emitter upper part 20 and an emitter main part 30; and a carbon coating part having a lower side coating part 42 and an upper side coating part 41. The lower side coating part 42 is coated with a carbon material on the outer circumference of the emitter main body side surface. The upper side coating part 41, formed continuously from the lower side coating part, surrounds the emitter upper part with a clearance.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cathode capable of suppressing an electric field at a cathode tip from being formed ununiformly, and a method for manufacturing a cathode.SOLUTION: A cathode of the present embodiment includes: a body having an electron emission surface at the upper end thereof; and a coating layer covering the body while the electron emission surface is exposed and having a groove between the electron emission surface and the coating layer. The width of the groove is 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less, and the difference between the maximum and the minimum of the width of the groove around the electron emission surface is 1 μm or less.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture a lanthanum boride film having good crystallinity by improving variation of film quality in a sputtering method, to form a lanthanum boride film having uniform film quality (crystallinity) on a substrate having a large area, and to provide a method of manufacturing an electron emitting element excellent in electron emitting characteristics (stability of electron emission in particular). SOLUTION: In a process to deposit the lanthanum boride film on the substrate by means of the sputtering method while relatively moving the substrate and a target of lanthanum boride with the substrate and the target of lanthanum boride disposed face to face, when the mean free path of sputtering gas molecules during deposition is λ(mm), and a distance between the substrate and the target is L(mm), L/λ is set to be not less than 20, and a value obtained by dividing a discharge power value by the area of the target is set to be 1-5 W/cm 2 . COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To elongate life of and improve electrooptic performance of a thermionic cathode for a device using electron beams such as a lithography device, a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and a transmission electron microscope (TEM). SOLUTION: The thermionic cathode of an improved type is provided with a conical part with its outside face covered with a carbon film having a comparatively small conical angle of not more than 60°, and has large angular intensity and brightness of emitted electron beams and a long life. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI