Vacuum microelectronics and miniature instruments based on application specific electrode-integrated nanotube cathodes (ASINCs)

JPL has developed high performance cold
cathodes using arrays of carbon nanotube bundles thay routinely produce > 15 A/cm2 at 5 to 8 V/μm applied fields for extreme environment vacuum electronics and miniature
instrumentation. These cathodes have been monolithically integrated with additional electrodes using double siliconon-insulator process.