Abstract:
Vacuum diode-based devices, including Vacuum Diode Heat Pumps and Vacuum Thermionic Generators, are described in which the electrodes are coated with an electride. These materials have low work functions, which means that contact potential difference between cathode and anode may be set against the effects of space charge, resulting in an improved device whereby anode and cathode may be set at a greater distance from each other than has been previously envisaged.
Abstract:
A lead wire arrangement used in the pinch seal of a tungsten halogen incandescent or air burning discharge lamp. The outer lead wires are made of an oxidation resistant material having a melting point significantly lower than the temperature surrounding the foil and lead wire arrangement during the pinch sealing process. Because the temperature reached during pinch sealing is of the order 2,000.degree. C. conventionally outer lead wires have been made of a highly refractory material, for example, molybdenum which has to be coated with platinum to prevent oxidation. The invention uses materials having significantly lower melting points than 2,000.degree. C. which are also oxidation resistant thus avoiding the use of the expensive platinum. Suitable materials for the outer lead wires include titanium wire, titanium coated wire, nickel/iron alloys and titanium/molybdenum alloys.
Abstract:
A liquid metal ion source and alloy for the simultaneous ion evaporation of arsenic and boron, arsenic and phosphorus, or arsenic, boron and phosphorus. The ionic species to be evaporated are contained in palladium-arsenic-boron and palladium-arsenic-boron-phosphorus alloys. The ion source, including an emitter means such as a needle emitter and a source means such as U-shaped heater element, is preferably constructed of rhenium and tungsten, both of which are readily fabricated. The ion sources emit continuous beams of ions having sufficiently high currents of the desired species to be useful in ion implantation of semiconductor wafers for preparing integrated circuit devices. The sources are stable in operation, experience little corrosion during operation, and have long operating lifetimes.