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Developments in Ceramic Materials Research

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Li Chen<br />

Figure 9. Life time test of a micro field emitter array at a gate voltage of 150 V over a period of 17.5<br />

hours.<br />

In order to statistically identify the emission current uniformity, electron current maps<br />

from different samples have to be acquired <strong>in</strong> the electrical characteristic study. This was<br />

achieved by fir<strong>in</strong>g the whole micro electron emitter guns on substrate pixel by pixel at a fixed<br />

gate potential voltage, while monitor<strong>in</strong>g the emission current collected by the anode screen<br />

and read out via the Keithley source meter 2410. For comparison, Figure 10 illustrates two<br />

graphs represent<strong>in</strong>g electron current distributions from a ceramic sample and a silicon sample.<br />

Each tested sample has 20×20 pixels. Pixels are evenly spread over three-quarters of a 2×2<br />

<strong>in</strong>ches area <strong>in</strong> the centre. The statistic evaluation of emission current uniformity shows<br />

equivalent performance for the ceramic sample and silicon sample.<br />

Figure 10 (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued).<br />

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