Low voltage field emission electron gun

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H01J 37/073 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1197928

LOW VOLTAGE FIELD EMISSION ELECTRON GUN ABSTRACT A field emission electron gun (10) is disclosed which has an extraction electrode, composed of one or more sharply pointed electrode tips (17) in close proximity to a field emission cathode tip (11), such that a relatively low voltage between the cathode tip (11) and the extraction electrode tips (17), in the range of 100 to 2000 volts, will cause field emission of electrons from the cathode tip due to the extremely high localized electric field at the cathode tip. The electrons in the beam extracted from tile cathode (11) are at a relatively low kinetic energy, particularly adapting the beam for use in such applications as low energy electron microscopy and low energy electron diffraction. For such applications, the extracted beam is generally passed through a limiting aperture member (21), electrostatic lenses (24, 25), and a deflection coil (26) when scanning of the target (27) is desired.

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