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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas C Andreadakis, White House Station, NJ (US);
Robert B Marcus, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Livingston, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; B44C / ; C03C / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156643 ; 156651 ; 156654 ; 1566591 ; 156662 ; 445 24 ; 313366 ;
Abstract
Tapered silicon structures, of interest for use, e.g., in atomic force microscopes, in field-emission devices, and in solid state devices are made using silicon processing technology. Resulting tapered structures have, at their tip, a radius of curvature of 10 nanometers or less. Such preferred silicon structures are particularly suited as electron emitters in display devices.