Thermionic vacuum diode device with adjustable electrodes

Tavkhelidze A., Taliashvili Z. (2007) Thermionic vacuum diode device with adjustable electrodes. US patent 7,169,006.

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Abstract

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a Gap Diode is disclosed in which a tubular actuating element serves as both a housing for a pair of electrodes (92) and as a means for controlling the separation between the electrode pair. In a preferred embodiment, the tubular actuating element (90) is a quartz piezo-electric tube. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a Gap Diode is disclosed which is fabricated by micromachining techniques in which the separation of the electrodes (202, 206) is controlled by piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive actuators. Preferred embodiments of Gap Diodes include Cool Chips, Power Chips, and photoelectric converters.

Item Type:	Patent
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:	Faculties/Schools > School of Natural Sciences and Engineering
Depositing User:	Professor Avtandil Tavkhelidze
Date Deposited:	08 May 2014 09:27
Last Modified:	02 Apr 2015 07:43
URI:	http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/id/eprint/1442

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