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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Applicant:
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Inventors:
Jae Wan Kwon, Columbia, MO (US);
John Michel Gahl, Columbia, MO (US);
Bradley Ryan Nullmeyer, Columbia, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21G 1/04 (2006.01); G21H 1/04 (2006.01); G21H 1/06 (2006.01); H01L 31/115 (2006.01); H01L 27/14 (2006.01); G21G 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21H 1/04 (2013.01); G21G 1/04 (2013.01); G21H 1/06 (2013.01); H01L 27/14 (2013.01); H01L 31/115 (2013.01); G21G 4/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of producing an integrated circuit-type active radioisotope battery, the method comprising exposing at least a portion of an electronically functional, unactivated integrated circuit-type battery to radiation to convert transmutable material in the unactivated battery to a radioisotope thereby producing an active cell and thus the integrated circuit-type active radioisotope battery.