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Nuclear voltaic power-source

30323436FIG. 1
  • 30Radiation source layer
  • 32Semiconductor that absorbs the radiation
  • 34Junction that separates the charges
  • 36Contacts that carry the current out
Illustrative drawing of the subject, not a figure from the patent document.
A power source that turns the energy given off by radioactive material into a small, steady electric current, with no fuel to burn and no moving parts.
19 May 2020Priority date
Nima Golsharifi, Suguru Frederick AmakuboInventors
NDB Inc. (US patent now assigned to Atomiq Inc.)Owner of record

Filings

NumberKindPublishedStatus
US 12,394,534 B2US patent19 Aug 2025Granted
US20230187094A1US application (published before grant)15 Jun 2023Granted as US 12,394,534
WO2021236067A1International application (PCT)25 Nov 2021Published

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