A field emission device is configured as a heat engine.
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1. An apparatus comprising: a cathode, an anode, a gate, and a suppressor;wherein the anode and cathode are receptive to a first power source to produce an anode electric potential higher than a cathode electric potential; andwherein the gate is receptive to a second power source and the suppressor
1. An apparatus comprising: a cathode, an anode, a gate, and a suppressor;wherein the anode and cathode are receptive to a first power source to produce an anode electric potential higher than a cathode electric potential; andwherein the gate is receptive to a second power source and the suppressor is receptive to a third power source, and wherein the gate and the suppressor are positioned relative to the cathode and anode to produce an electric potential distribution responsive to the second and third power sources that allows a net current of electrons to flow from the cathode to the anode. 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cathode and anode are separated by a distance that is 10-1000 nm. 3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cathode and the gate are separated by a distance that is 1-100 nm. 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the anode and the suppressor are separated by a distance that is 1-100 nm. 5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the net current of electrons forms a current at the anode, and wherein the anode is operably connected to a device to provide the current to the device. 6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cathode and anode are separated by a distance that is 10-10,000,000 nm. 7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cathode and the gate are separated by a distance that is 1-1,000,000 nm. 8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the anode and the suppressor are separated by a distance that is 1-1,000,000 nm. 9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the suppressor is receptive to the third power source to produce a suppressor electric potential, and wherein the suppressor electric potential is non-oscillatory. 10. An apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to receive a first signal corresponding to a heat engine, the heat engine including an anode, cathode, gas-filled region, gate and suppressor;circuitry configured to process the first signal to determine a first relative power output of the heat engine as a function of a first set of outputs from a set of power sources applied to each of the anode, gate, and suppressor;circuitry configured to determine a second set of outputs from the set of power sources corresponding to a second relative power output of the heat engine different from the first relative power output of the heat engine; andcircuitry configured to output a second signal to produce the determined second set of outputs from the set of power sources. 11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the circuitry configured to determine the second set of outputs includes: circuitry configured to determine a change in at least one of an anode electric potential, a gate electric potential, and a suppressor electric potential. 12. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising: circuitry configured to output a third signal to vary at least one of the anode, gate, and suppressor electric potentials in response to the determined change. 13. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the circuitry configured to determine the second set of outputs includes: circuitry configured to determine a change in at least one of a cathode and an anode temperature. 14. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising: circuitry configured to output a third signal to vary at least one of the cathode and anode temperatures in response to the determined change. 15. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the anode, cathode, gate, and suppressor are separated by cathode-gate, gate-suppressor, cathode-anode, and suppressor-anode separations, and wherein the circuitry configured to determine the second set of outputs includes: circuitry configured to determine a change in at least one of the cathode-gate, gate-suppressor, cathode-anode, and suppressor-anode separations. 16. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising: circuitry configured to output a third signal to vary at least one of the cathode-gate, gate-suppressor, cathode-anode, and suppressor-anode separations in response to the determined change. 17. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the circuitry configured to receive a first signal corresponding to a heat engine includes: circuitry configured to receive input from a user. 18. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the received first signal corresponds to an anode current, and wherein the circuitry configured to process the first signal to determine a first relative power output of the heat engine as a function of a first set of outputs from a set of power sources applied to each of the anode, gate, and suppressor includes: circuitry configured to determine the first relative power output based on the anode current. 19. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the received first signal corresponds to an anode temperature, and wherein the circuitry configured to process the first signal to determine a first relative power output of the heat engine as a function of a first set of outputs from a set of power sources applied to each of the anode, gate, and suppressor includes: circuitry configured to determine the first relative power output based on the anode temperature. 20. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the received first signal corresponds to a cathode temperature, and wherein the circuitry configured to process the first signal to determine a first relative power output of the heat engine as a function of a first set of outputs from a set of power sources applied to each of the anode, gate, and suppressor includes: circuitry configured to determine the first relative power output based on the cathode temperature. 21. An apparatus comprising: a cathode, an anode, and a suppressor;wherein each of the anode and suppressor is responsive to an input to produce a suppressor-anode potential barrier between the suppressor and anode; andwherein the inputs to the anode and suppressor are configured to produce an electric field such that a set of electrons from the cathode can tunnel through the suppressor-anode potential barrier to produce a net current at the anode.
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