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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2020
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andreas Fenner, Chandler, AZ (US);
David A. Ruben, Mesa, AZ (US);
Anna J. Malin, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Paul F. Gerrish, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Bruce C. Fleischhauer, Chandler, AZ (US);
Larry E. Tyler, Mesa, AZ (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a nuclear radiation particle power converter and method of forming such power converter are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the power converter can include first and second electrodes, a three-dimensional current collector disposed between the first and second electrodes and electrically coupled to the first electrode, and a charge carrier separator disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the three-dimensional current collector. The power converter can also include a hole conductor layer disposed on at least a portion of the charge carrier separator and electrically coupled to the second electrode, and nuclear radiation-emitting material disposed such that at least one nuclear radiation particle emitted by the nuclear radiation-emitting material is incident upon the charge carrier separator.