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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth G Vickers, Whitesboro, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
445 24 ; 445 25 ; 445 50 ; 313309 ;
Abstract
A method of fabricating electron emission structures 30 having enhanced emission characteristics. The method comprising the steps of providing a substrate 10 having electron emission structures 5 thereon and having a gate layer 6 over the electron emission structures 5. Then modifying the electron emission structures with a focused beam to create modified electron emission structures 30 with enhanced emission efficiency.