SBIR/STTR Research Award
Cold Cathode for Traveling Wave Tubes
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- POWER TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (PTS), INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2005-04-15
- Contract end date
- 2006-04-28
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2005.1
- Topic code
- AF05-001
Research abstract
A novel method of creating hot electrons via a pn junction will be used to eject electrons from a cold cathode. The accelerated electrons will have suficient energy to surmont the work function and surface dipole. The cold cathode will be used in a new type of minature Traveling Wave Tube or "Twystrode". Advanced semiconductor materials with low work functions will be produced and evaluated as planar field emitters both with and without pn junctions.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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