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US 11,114,633 B2Granted
Solar antenna array fabrication
AssigneeNovaSolix, Inc.
InventorsJyotsna Iyer, Laurence H. Cooke
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Abstract
A method for constructing a solar rectenna array by growing carbon nanotube antennas between lines of metal, and subsequently applying a bias voltage on the carbon nanotube antennas to convert the diodes on the tips of the carbon nanotube antennas from metal oxide carbon diodes to geometric diodes. Techniques for preserving the converted diodes by adding additional oxide are also described.
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A method to construct a plurality of molecular-sized structures to perform a specific function, the method comprising, in order, and without intervening actions:
- a) creating an appropriate environment to create the molecular-sized structures;
- b) creating a plurality of first molecular-sized structures in the appropriate environment;
- c) creating a plurality of second molecular-sized structures, using the first molecular-sized structures;
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- d) combining respective ones of the plurality of first molecular-sized structures and respective ones of the plurality of second molecular-sized structures to form a plurality of final structures;
- wherein the plurality of final structures is enabled to perform the specific function, and
- wherein the appropriate environment includes alternating lines of metal that are set to different respective voltage levels.
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