Characterization of CVD diamond film and diamond-tip field emitter array for FED applications

Diamond-tip field emitter arrays and a flat diamond films were fabricated and characterized. The tip radius of 300 A was obtained by using a silicon mold formed by orientation dependent etching (ODE). The fabricated diamond-tip array was identified as diamond from Raman spectroscopy. Emission current of 200 /spl mu/A and threshold voltage of 600 V were obtained for the diamond-tip field emitter arrays from the current-voltage measurement. Emission current of 6 /spl mu/A and threshold voltage of 800 V were obtained from the flat diamond film deposited under the same condition as diamond-tip field emitter arrays. The diamond-tip field emitter arrays were shown to have better electrical characteristics than the flat diamond films.