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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Ketek Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Felix Düsberg, Munich, DE;
Michael Bachmann, Munich, DE;
KETEK GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A device for generating a source current of charge carriers by a field emission and a method stabilizing a source current of charge carriers emitted by a field emission element are disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes at least one field emission element from which the charge carriers emerge during operation, which lead to an emission current in the field emission element, at least one extraction electrode in order to extract the charge carriers from the field emission element, wherein a first part of the extracted charge carriers contributes to the source current, and a second part of the extracted charge carriers impinges on the extraction electrode and leads to an extraction current in the extraction electrode, an additional electrode on which the source current of charge carriers impinges at least in part and which contributes to an electrode current in the additional electrode.