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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2023
Applicants:

Antora Energy, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);

Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Brendan M. Kayes, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Leah Y. Kuritzky, Berkeley, CA (US);

Emmett E. Perl, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Tarun C. Narayan, Riverside, CA (US);

Justin A. Briggs, Woodside, CA (US);

Myles Aaron Steiner, Denver, CO (US);

Eric James Tervo, Lakewood, CO (US);

Madhan Kumar Arulanandam, Tempe, AZ (US);

Richard R. King, Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 10/30 (2014.01); H10F 77/124 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 10/30 (2014.12); H10F 77/1248 (2025.01);
Abstract

A layered window in thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices is disclosed herein. The device may include two or more front window layers, including an outer front window layer nearest the light source that is thin and highly doped and a lower doped inner front window layer nearest a TPV absorber layer. In some embodiments, there may be additional front window layers between the outer front window layer and the inner front window layer. In some embodiments, the TPV device also may include a front contact, a back contact, and other components.


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