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Patent No.:

US 9557480 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2015

Graphene coupled mim rectifier especially for use in monolithic broadband infrared energy collector

Applicant:

R.a. Miller Industries, Inc., Grand Haven, MI (US);

Inventors:

John T. Apostolos, Lyndeborough, NH (US);

Patricia Bodan, Amherst, NH (US);

William Mouyos, Windham, NH (US);

Milton Feng, Champaign, IL (US);

Benjamin McMahon, Nottingham, NH (US);

Paul Gili, Mason, NH (US);

Assignee:

R.A. Miller Industries, Inc., Grand Haven, MI (US);

Attorney:

McGarry Bair PC

Primary Examiner:

Eric R Smith

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02S 40/22 (2014.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/34 (2006.01); G02B 6/136 (2006.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H01L 31/108 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12004 (2013.01); G02B 6/136 (2013.01); G02B 6/34 (2013.01); H01L 31/0543 (2014.12); H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); H01L 31/0549 (2014.12); H01L 31/1085 (2013.01); H02S 40/22 (2014.12); G02B 2006/12104 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12114 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rectifier comprising a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure. The insulator may be a native oxide with an adjacent layer of graphene. In one implementation, the rectifier is used in an electromagnetic energy collector consisting of a planar waveguide formed of multiple material layers having at least two different dielectric constants. MIM rectifiers are aligned with mirrors are formed within the waveguide core. In some arrangements, a plurality of MIM rectifiers are disposed in a column or 3D array beneath each mirror.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Apostolos, John. (2017). Graphene coupled mim rectifier especially for use in monolithic broadband infrared energy collector (U.S. Patent No. 9557480). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9557480

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