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US 10,163,537 B2Granted
Device for converting radiation energy to electrical energy
OwnerIan Christopher Hamiltoninventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a device for conversion of one type of energy into another type of energy. Specifically, the device converts radiation energy into electrical energy.
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A device for converting radiation energy to electrical energy, including:
- an electrical potential source having a first terminal and a second terminal;
- a first conductive material electrically coupled to the first terminal;
- a second conductive material electrically coupled to the second terminal;
- a third conductive material capacitively coupled to the first conductive material;
- a fourth conductive material capacitively coupled to the second conductive material;
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- a radiation receiving area;
- the third conductive material and fourth conductive material being electrically coupled together to create an electrical current from an electrical potential resulting from radiation received in the radiation receiving area.
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A device for converting potential energy to electrical energy, including:
- an electrical potential source having a first terminal and a second terminal;
- a first conductive material electrically coupled to the first terminal;
- a second conductive material electrically coupled to the second terminal;
- a third conductive material coupled to the first conductive material and positioned between the second conductive material and the first conductive material;
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- a fourth conductive material coupled to the second conductive material and positioned between the first conductive material and the second conductive material;
- the third conductive material and the fourth conductive material being spaced apart to define a space adapted to receive a gas, and
- the third and fourth conductive materials being electrically coupled together to create an electrical flow generated by an electrical potential resulting from a self-ionization of the gas.
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A method of generating electrical current, comprising:
- providing a radiation receiving area for receiving radiation;
- providing a negatively biased conducive material;
- providing a positively biased conductive material;
- causing, by receiving radiation from a radiation source, a plurality of atoms to lose an electron;
- receiving, by the positively biased conductive material, the plurality of electrons;
- receiving, by the negatively biased material, a plurality of positively charged particles;
- the negatively biased conductive material being electrically coupled to the positively biased conductive material to create an electrical current generated by the receiving radiation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.