Modern Electron, Inc.

Modern Hydrogen, Inc.

Peter J Scherpelz

Andrew T Koch

Arvind Kannan

Stephen E Clark

Hsin-I Lu

Tony S Pan

Max Nathan Mankin

Andrew R Lingley

Chloe A M Fabien

Yong Sun

Jason M Parker

Gary D Foley

Roelof E Groenewald

Chuteng Zhou

Alexander J Pearse

Various disclosed embodiments include thermionic energy converters and electronic circuitry for generating pulses for igniting plasma in a hermetic package of a thermionic energy converter. In various embodiments, an illustrative thermionic energy converter includes a hermetic package charged with a non-cesium gas additive. The hermetic package is configured to route into the hermetic package pulses for igniting plasma in the hermetic package. A cesium reservoir is disposed in the hermetic package. A cathode is disposed in the hermetic package and an anode is disposed in the hermetic package.

Time-dependent plasma systems and methods for thermionic conversion

Disclosed embodiments include vacuum electronics devices and methods of fabricating a vacuum electronics device. In a non-limiting embodiment, a vacuum electronics device includes: an electrode; a plurality of grid supports disposed on the electrode, each of the plurality of grid supports having a first width; and a plurality of grid lines, each of the plurality of grid lines being supported on an associated one of the plurality of grid supports, each of the plurality of grid lines having a second width that is wider than the first width.

Shadowed grid structures for electrodes in vacuum electronics

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Peter J Scherpelz