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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Applicant:
The University of Sussex, Brighton, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The University of Sussex, Brighton, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21H 1/06 (2006.01); G21H 1/02 (2006.01); G21G 4/02 (2006.01); G21G 4/04 (2006.01); G21H 1/10 (2006.01); G21H 1/12 (2006.01); H01L 31/117 (2006.01); G21G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21H 1/06 (2013.01); G21G 4/02 (2013.01); G21G 4/04 (2013.01); G21H 1/02 (2013.01); G21H 1/103 (2013.01); G21H 1/12 (2013.01); H01L 31/117 (2013.01); G21G 2001/0057 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nuclear microbattery is disclosed comprising: a radioactive material that emits photons or particles; and at least one diode comprising a semiconductor material arranged to receive and absorb photons or particles and generate electrical charge-carriers in response thereto, wherein said semiconductor material is a crystalline lattice structure comprising Aluminium, Indium and Phosphorus.