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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martinho R. Pais, North Barrington, IL (US);
Petr Kacena, Chicago, IL (US);
Vinh Dinh Dino Trinh, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
John M. Smith, Elgin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 7/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 7/24 ;
Abstract
Embedded electronics (,) are operated under normal operating conditions, with power being supplied to embedded electronics via a power source (,). Heat is generated via the normal operation of the embedded electronics (,), and a voltage (,) is generated via thermionic emission from the heat. The voltage (,) that is generated is supplied to the power source (,) to help power the embedded electronics (,).