Appeal No. 1999-2070
Application 08/611,899
Spec ification,
page 5, lines 4-
10. The field
emit ter limiter
of the
inve ntion is
implemented as illustrated below in Figure 3.
The field emitter limiter 30 includes a vacuum envelope
32 housing a cathode 34 comprising a field emitter array
having a
plurality of emitters(field effect tips, 36, 36a), spaced from
an anode 38 serving as a conducting ground plane. The cathode
also comprises a microstrip transmission line 40, coupled to a
selected group of the emitters 36 distributed about the
surface of an insulating layer 46. Lead wires 42 and 44
3
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