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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:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert T Smith, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313309 ; 313336 ; 313351 ;
Abstract
A field emission device (10) utilizes a resistive layer (13) between an extraction grid (14) and a conductive layer (12) to form a resistor (23). The resistor controls the amount of current flowing through an emission tip (16) of the field emission device (10).