Patent ID: 9263558
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H01J,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A flexible hybrid plasma semiconductor device, comprising: a thin and flexible semiconductor base layer; an emitter region diffused into said thin and flexible base layer forming a pn-junction; an insulator layer upon one side of said thin and flexible semiconductor base layer and said emitter region; base and emitter electrodes isolated from each other by said insulator layer and electrically contacting said thin and flexible semiconductor base layer and said emitter region through said insulator layer; a thin and flexible collector layer upon an opposite side of said thin and flexible semiconductor base layer; a microcavity formed in said thin and flexible collector layer aligned with said emitter region; collector electrodes arranged to sustain a microplasma within said microcavity with application of voltage to said collector electrodes, wherein a depth of said emitter region and a thickness of said thin and flexible semiconductor base layer are set to define a predetermined thin portion of said base layer as a base region between said emitter region and said microcavity and microplasma generated in said microcavity serves as a collector.