公开(公告)号：US20160013009A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-14

申请号：US14863098

申请日：2015-09-23

Applicant: ELWHA LLC

Inventor： JESSE R. CHEATHAM, III ,  PHILIP ANDREW ECKHOFF ,  WILLIAM GATES ,  MURIEL Y. ISHIKAWA ,  JORDIN T. KARE ,  NATHAN P. MYHRVOLD ,  TONY S. PAN ,  ROBERT C. PETROSKI ,  CLARENCE T. TEGREENE ,  DAVID B. TUCKERMAN ,  CHARLES WHITMER ,  LOWELL L. WOOD, JR. ,  VICTORIA Y.H. WOOD ,  RODERICK A. HYDE

IPC: H01J19/38 ,  H01J45/00 ,  H01J21/06

CPC classification number: H01J19/38 ,  H01J19/78 ,  H01J19/80 ,  H01J21/06 ,  H01J29/02 ,  H01J29/481 ,  H01J45/00

Abstract: A field emission device is configured as a heat engine, wherein the configuration of the heat engine is variable.