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US 2010/0147371 A1Published application
Energy harvesting devices
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung Nae Cho
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Abstract
Energy harvesting devices including first nano-helixes amplifying incident electromagnetic waves, second nano-helixes inducing currents from the electromagnetic waves amplified by the first nano-helixes, and a diode rectifying induced currents generated by the second nano-helixes.
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An energy harvesting device, comprising:
- a plurality of first nano-helixes amplifying incident electromagnetic waves;
- a plurality of second nano-helixes inducing currents from the electromagnetic waves amplified by the first nano-helixes;
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- a diode rectifying induced currents generated by the second nano-helixes.
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An energy harvesting device comprising:
- a nano-helix layer having a plurality of vertically-arranged nano-helixes;
- an electrode connected to a first end of each of the nano-helixes;
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- a diode layer connected to a second end of each of the nano-helixes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.