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New approach to manufacturing field emitter arrays with sub‐half‐micron gate apertures

Lee et al., 1996

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15861588399777974135
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Lee C
Ahn H
Park B
Lee J
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena

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As an attempt to develop a field emitter array with sub‐half‐micron gate openings for low voltage operation, a new fabrication method has been proposed and demonstrated. The key element of the new process is forming the gate insulator by local oxidation of silicon …
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