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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Peter Cabauy, Miami, FL (US);
Larry C. Olsen, Kennewick, WA (US);
Noren Pan, Wilmette, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21H 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multilayer device for producing electricity. The device comprising a betavoltaic source layer for generating beta particles, and at least three semiconductor layers each having a bandgap substantially similar to a band gap of the other layers, the at least three layers comprising a doped top layer, an undoped intermediate layer and a doped bottom layer, wherein the top and the bottom layers are doped with opposite-type dopants, and wherein the top layer is closer to the betavoltaic source layer than the bottom layer.