公开(公告)号：US09865789B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-09

申请号：US14418917

申请日：2012-07-30

申请人： Theodore Geballe ,  Stefan Meir ,  Cyril Stephanos ,  Andreas Schmehl ,  Jochen Mannhart

发明人： Theodore Geballe ,  Stefan Meir ,  Cyril Stephanos ,  Andreas Schmehl ,  Jochen Mannhart

IPC分类号： H01L35/04 ,  H01L35/32 ,  H01J45/00

CPC分类号： H01L35/04 ,  H01J45/00 ,  H01L35/32

摘要： A thermoelectronic energy converter device (100) comprises an electron emitter (11) being adapted for a temperature-dependent release of electrons (1), an electron collector (21) being adapted for collecting the electrons (1), wherein the electron collector (21) is spaced from the electron emitter (11) by an evacuated gap (2), a gate electrode (31) being arranged between the electron emitter (11) and the electron collector (21) for subjecting the electrons (1) in the gap (2) to an accelerating electric potential, wherein the gate electrode (31) has a plurality of electrode openings (34) being arranged for transmitting electrons (1) miming from the electron emitter (11) to the electron collector (21), and a magnetic field device (50) being arranged for creating a magnetic field with magnetic field lines extending between the electron emitter and the electron collector (11, 21), wherein the magnetic field device (50) is arranged such that at least a portion of the magnetic field lines pass through the electrode openings (34). Furthermore, a method of converting energy using the thermoelectronic energy converter device (100) is described.

公开(公告)号：US20150243867A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-27

申请号：US14418917

申请日：2012-07-30

申请人： Theodore Geballe ,  Stefan Meir ,  Cyril Stephanos ,  Andreas Schmehl ,  Jochen Mannhart

发明人： Theodore Geballe ,  Stefan Meir ,  Cyril Stephanos ,  Andreas Schmehl ,  Jochen Mannhart

IPC分类号： H01L35/04 ,  H01L35/32

CPC分类号： H01L35/04 ,  H01J45/00 ,  H01L35/32

摘要： A thermoelectronic energy converter device (100) comprises an electron emitter (11) being adapted for a temperature-dependent release of electrons (1), an electron collector (21) being adapted for collecting the electrons (1), wherein the electron collector (21) is spaced from the electron emitter (11) by an evacuated gap (2), a gate electrode (31) being arranged between the electron emitter (11) and the electron collector (21) for subjecting the electrons (1) in the gap (2) to an accelerating electric potential, wherein the gate electrode (31) has a plurality of electrode openings (34) being arranged for transmitting electrons (1) miming from the electron emitter (11) to the electron collector (21), and a magnetic field device (50) being arranged for creating a magnetic field with magnetic field lines extending between the electron emitter and the electron collector (11, 21), wherein the magnetic field device (50) is arranged such that at least a portion of the magnetic field lines pass through the electrode openings (34). Furthermore, a method of converting energy using the thermoelectronic energy converter device (100) is described.

摘要翻译： 热电子能量转换器装置（100）包括适于电子（1）的温度依赖性释放的电子发射器（11），适于收集电子（1）的电子收集器（21），其中电子收集器 21）通过抽空间隙（2）与电子发射器（11）间隔开，栅电极（31）布置在电子发射体（11）和电子收集器（21）之间，用于使电子（1）在 间隙（2）到加速电位，其中栅电极（31）具有多个电极开口（34），用于将从电子发射器（11）模拟的电子（1）传输到电子收集器（21）， 和磁场装置（50），其布置成用于产生具有在所述电子发射器和所述电子收集器（11,21）之间延伸的磁场线的磁场，其中所述磁场装置（50）被布置成使得至少一部分 的磁场线 ss通过电极开口（34）。 此外，描述了使用热电子能量转换器装置（100）转换能量的方法。