Patent ID: 9711287
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G05F,H01G,H01J,H02H

Claim:
1. 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; and 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.