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Nov 1998
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Proceedings of the 6th Spacecraft Charging Conference. November 2-6, 1998. AFRL Science Center, Hanscom AFB, MA, USA., p.347-352
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We present an introduction to Spindt cathode field emission technology developed at SRI with a focus on possible space applications. The low power and light weight of Spindt cathodes makes them ideally suited to space applications requiring electron emission, while the robustness and efficiency of the devices provides the ability to emit currents from nanoamps to tens of milliamps per device tip. Grouped in arrays from a single tip to millions of tips per square centimeter, Spindt cathodes provide a mechanism for emitting controlled currents well above the 1 amp level from a low power, cold cathode device limited only by thermal and space charge effects. Spindt cathodes represent an alternative to traditional electron emission technologies in applications such as spacecraft charging measurement and control, gas ionization, plasma contact, electric propulsion, and electron beam emission.
Anguero V. M.
`Adamo R. C.
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