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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Selex ES S.p.a., Rome, IT;
Giacomo Ulisse, Rome, IT;
Francesca Brunetti, Rome, IT;
Aldo di Carlo, Rome, IT;
Ferdinando Ricci, Rome, IT;
Filippo Gemma, Rome, IT;
Anna Maria Fiorello, Rome, IT;
Massimiliano Dispenza, Rome, IT;
Roberta Buttiglione, Rome, IT;
SELEX ES S.P.A., Rome, IT;
Abstract
One or more embodiments of the invention concern a device comprising: a cathode that lies on a cathode plane and includes, in an active region, one or more cathode straight-finger-shaped terminals with a main extension direction parallel to a first reference direction; for each cathode terminal, one or more electron emitters formed on, and in ohmic contact with, said cathode terminal; and a gate electrode that lies on a gate plane parallel to, and spaced apart from, said cathode plane, does not overlap the cathode and includes, in the active region, two or more gate straight-finger-shaped terminals with a main extension direction parallel to the first reference direction; wherein the gate terminals are interlaced with said cathode terminal(s).