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Lifetime and Breakdown Mechanisms in Double-Gated Si FEAs

Rughoobur et al., 2021

Document ID
11261069850553413244
Author
Rughoobur G
Akinwande A
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Publication venue
2021 34th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC)

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We demonstrate the lifetime and breakdown mechanisms in dense (10 12 m− 2) self-aligned double-gated Si field emitter arrays. We perform measurements at relatively low currents of 10 nA for over 300 hrs but found that increasing the current to 50 nA causes catastrophic …
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