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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nazir P Kherani, Etobicoke, CA;
Walter T Shmayda, King City, CA;
Stefan Zukotynski, Richmond Hill, CA;
Assignee:
Ontario Hydro, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; G21H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310303 ; 136258 ;
Abstract
A nuclear battery is provided by the incorporation through chemical bonding of radioactive tritium in a body of amorphous semiconductor material having a p-type conductivity region, an n-type conductivity region and a semiconductor junction therebetween, with means for electrically connecting the n-type and p-type regions to a load circuit. A preferred such nuclear battery comprises tritium chemically bonded within an amorphous silicon semiconductor including a p-i-n junction.