Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Nuclear reaction
Patent
1991-03-18
1993-11-09
Moskowitz, Nelson
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Nuclear reaction
425 5, 136202, 136253, G21H 100, H01L 3106, H01L 2120
Patent
active
052606210
ABSTRACT:
An electric battery comprises a semiconductor junction incorporating an inorganic crystalline compound of Group III and Group V elements of the Periodic Table characterized by a predetermined annealing temperature for defects therein; a nuclear source of relatively high energy radiation and concomitant heat, which radiation causes generation of such defects in the semiconductor junction; and a thermal impedance enclosure for the nuclear source and the semiconductor-junction for retaining therewithin a sufficient quantity of heat to maintain a functional relationship between the generation of defects and the predetermined annealing temperature during operation.
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Burke Edward A.
Little Roger G.
Moskowitz Nelson
Spire Corporation
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