High voltage high current vacuum integrated circuit
AssigneeAdvanced Fusion Systems LLC
InventorCurtis A Birnbach
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Abstract
A high voltage, high current vacuum integrated circuit includes a common vacuum enclosure that includes at least two cold-cathode field emission electron tubes, and contains at least one internal vacuum pumping means, at least one exhaust tubulation, vacuum-sealed electrically-insulated feedthroughs, and internal electrical insulation. The cold-cathode field emission electron tubes are configured to operate at high voltage and high current and interconnected with each other to implement a circuit function.
Claims10
A high voltage high current vacuum integrated circuit, comprising a common vacuum enclosure for containing a common vacuum environment, the common vacuum environment containing:
- a) at least one internal vacuum pumping means;
- b) at least one exhaust tubulation for evacuating said vacuum enclosure and subsequently sealing and separating said vacuum enclosure from at least one external vacuum pump;
- c) vacuum-sealed electrically-insulated feedthroughs passing electrical conductors from outside the vacuum enclosure to inside the enclosure while electrically insulating the electrical conductors from the vacuum enclosure and maintaining the vacuum seal;
- d) internal electrical insulation for preventing internal electrical short circuits;
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- e) at least two cold-cathode field emission electron tubes, whose respective vacuum environments are part of said common vacuum environment;
- said electron tubes being configured to operate at high voltage and high current and being interconnected with each other to implement a circuit function.
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