Methods and apparatus for oxygen implantation

    公开(公告)号:US06661014B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-12-09

    申请号:US10095678

    申请日:2002-03-12

    申请人: Jaime M. Reyes

    发明人: Jaime M. Reyes

    IPC分类号: H01J2700

    CPC分类号: H01J37/08 H01J37/3171

    摘要: An oxygen ion containing plasma is generated using a hot filament ion source. The oxygen ions in the plasma come from an oxide source (e.g., a metal oxide) which has a lower free energy of formation than that of the filament metal oxide (e.g., WO3) at the operating temperatures of the ion source. Consequently, oxidation of the filament and other metal components of the arc chamber is limited, or even prevented. Thus, the invention can advantageously lead to longer filament lives as compared to certain conventional processes that generate oxygen plasmas using hot filament sources.

    Powder pressed thermoelectric materials and method of making same
    2.
    发明授权
    Powder pressed thermoelectric materials and method of making same 失效
    粉末压制热电材料及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US4588520A

    公开(公告)日:1986-05-13

    申请号:US414917

    申请日:1982-09-03

    CPC分类号: H01L35/16 H01L35/34

    摘要: New and improved compacted or powder pressed materials for thermoelectric applications include a body formed from compacted powder material including at least bismuth and tellurium and at least one highly electrically conductive phase. The materials are made in accordance with the general method of the present invention by forming a particulate mixture containing the constituent elements of a first compound including at least bismuth and tellurium and the constituent elements of a second compound capable of forming at least one highly electrically conductive phase, and thereafter, compressing at least a portion of said particulate mixture to form a compacted body of the material. In accordance with a first preferred embodiment, the first and second compounds are first separately prepared from their respective constituent elements. The first and second compounds are then combined and heated to form a melt. Thereafter, the melt is cooled to solid material form and then crushed to form the particulate mixture. In accordance with a second preferred embodiment, a melt is first formed from the second compound and the constituent elements of the first compound. The melt is then cooled to solid material form and then crushed to form the particulate mixture. In accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention, the first and second compounds are first separately prepared from their respective constituent elements and then separately crushed into particulate form prior to forming the particulate mixture.

    摘要翻译: 用于热电应用的新型和改进的压制或粉末压制材料包括由至少包括铋和碲和至少一个高导电相的压实粉末材料形成的主体。 根据本发明的一般方法,通过形成包含至少包含铋和碲的第一化合物的组成元素和能够形成至少一种高导电性的第二化合物的构成元素的颗粒混合物来制备材料 相,然后压缩至少一部分所述颗粒混合物以形成材料的压实体。 根据第一优选实施方案,第一和第二化合物首先由它们各自的组成元素单独制备。 然后将第一和第二化合物组合并加热以形成熔体。 此后,将熔体冷却至固体物质形式,然后粉碎以形成颗粒状混合物。 根据第二优选实施方案,首先由第二化合物和第一化合物的组成元素形成熔体。 然后将熔体冷却成固体材料形式,然后粉碎以形成颗粒状混合物。 根据本发明的另一个实施方案,第一和第二化合物首先分别由它们各自的构成元素制备,然后在形成颗粒混合物之前分别粉碎成颗粒形式。

    Thermoelectric device and method of making and using same
    3.
    发明授权
    Thermoelectric device and method of making and using same 失效
    热电装置及其制造和使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US4489742A

    公开(公告)日:1984-12-25

    申请号:US516154

    申请日:1983-07-21

    IPC分类号: H01L35/08 H01L35/34 H01L35/28

    CPC分类号: H01L35/08 H01L35/34

    摘要: An invention is disclosed which provides improved thermoelectric devices and methods of making and using the same. The device exhibits enhanced efficiency and operating life through the use of a bonding material comprising at least 75% busmuth together with an adherent metallic layer interposed between the boundary structure and correspondary thermoelectric semiconductor element.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种提供改进的热电装置及其制造和使用方法的发明。 该装置通过使用包含至少75%母线的粘合材料以及插入在边界结构和对应的热电半导体元件之间的粘附金属层,显示出提高的效率和使用寿命。

    Helium ion generation method and apparatus
    4.
    发明授权
    Helium ion generation method and apparatus 有权
    氦离子生成方法及装置

    公开(公告)号:US07223984B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-29

    申请号:US10115466

    申请日:2002-04-03

    IPC分类号: H01J27/08

    摘要: The invention provides methods and apparatus for generating helium ions. The methods involve providing a mixture of helium gas with a second gas in an ion source. The second gas has a lower ionization potential and larger molecules than that of helium. The helium gas is ionized by generating an arc discharge within the ion source. The presence of the second gas enhances the ionization of the helium gas. The increased helium ionization enables formation of helium ion beams having a high beam currents suitable for implantation.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了用于产生氦离子的方法和装置。 该方法包括在离子源中提供氦气与第二气体的混合物。 第二气体具有比氦气更低的电离电位和更大的分子。 通过在离子源内产生电弧放电来使氦气离子化。 第二气体的存在增强了氦气的电离。 增加的氦离子化能够形成具有适合于植入的高束流的氦离子束。

    Substrateless thermoelectric device and method of making same
    5.
    发明授权
    Substrateless thermoelectric device and method of making same 失效
    无层热电装置及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US4465894A

    公开(公告)日:1984-08-14

    申请号:US482826

    申请日:1983-04-07

    申请人: Jaime M. Reyes

    发明人: Jaime M. Reyes

    IPC分类号: H01L35/32 H02N11/00 H01L35/28

    CPC分类号: H01L35/32

    摘要: A new and improved thermoelectric device of the type which provides electrical energy in response to a temperature gradient applied across the device exhibits both structural integrity and improved efficiency. The new thermoelectric device includes a plurality of thermoelectric elements, coupling means on opposite respective sides of the thermoelectric elements for interconnecting the elements electrically in accordance with a predetermined pattern, and encapsulant means including an encapsulant material covering the exposed surfaces of the thermoelectric elements. The encapsulant forms void spaces between the elements for providing effective thermal insulation between the elements and confining substantially all of the heat flow from the temperature gradient to through the elements. The coupling means includes electrically conductive plate segments for electrically interconnecting the thermoelectric elements. The plate segments are joined to the elements on respective opposite sides thereof and are contacted and held in fixed relative relation by the encapsulant material. The plate segments further define an outer periphery of the device and the encapsulant material bridge across the plate segments at the periphery of the device. As a result, structural device integrity is obtained while more efficient use of the temperature gradient is made.

    摘要翻译: 一种新的和改进的热电装置,其提供响应于跨设备施加的温度梯度的电能,这表现出结构完整性和提高的效率。 新的热电装置包括多个热电元件,在热电元件的相对侧面上的耦合装置,用于根据预定图案电连接元件,以及包括覆盖热电元件暴露表面的密封剂材料的密封剂装置。 密封剂在元件之间形成空隙,用于在元件之间提供有效的热绝缘,并将基本上所有的温度梯度的热流限制到通过元件。 耦合装置包括用于电互连热电元件的导电板段。 板段在其相对的相对侧上与元件接合,并且通过密封材料接触并保持固定的相对关系。 板段进一步限定了装置的外围,并且密封剂材料在装置的周边穿过板段。 结果,获得了更有效地使用温度梯度的结构装置完整性。

    Photovoltaic device having incident radiation directing means for total
internal reflection
    6.
    发明授权
    Photovoltaic device having incident radiation directing means for total internal reflection 失效
    具有用于全内反射的入射辐射导向装置的光伏装置

    公开(公告)号:US4419533A

    公开(公告)日:1983-12-06

    申请号:US354285

    申请日:1982-03-03

    摘要: There is disclosed new and improved photovoltaic devices which provide increased short circuit currents and efficiencies over that previously obtainable from prior devices. The disclosed devices include incident radiation directing means for directing at least a portion of the incident light through the active region or regions thereof at angles sufficient to substantially confine the directed radiation in the devices. This allows substantially total utilization of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Further, because the light is directed through the active region or regions at such angles, the active regions can be made thinner to also increase collection efficiencies.The incident radiation directors can be random surface or bulk reflectors to provide random scattering of the light, or periodic surface or bulk reflector to provide selective scattering of the light.While the present invention is applicable to photovoltaic devices formed from any type of semiconductor material, as for example, crystalline, polycrystalline, or amorphous semiconductor alloys or any combination thereof, disclosure herein is primarily directed to photovoltaic devices formed from amorphous silicon alloys preferably incorporating fluorine as a density of states reducing element. The disclosure is also directed to, without limitation, photovoltaic devices of the p-i-n configuration, both as single cells and multiple cells arranged in tandem.

    摘要翻译: 公开了新的和改进的光伏器件,其提供比以前从现有器件获得的更高的短路电流和效率。 所公开的装置包括入射辐射导向装置,用于将入射光的至少一部分引导通过其有效区域或其区域,其角度足以基本上限制装置中的定向辐射。 这样可以大幅度地利用光生电子 - 空穴对。 此外,由于光以这样的角度被引导通过有源区域或者区域,所以可以使有源区域更薄以增加收集效率。 入射辐射导向器可以是随机表面或体反射器,以提供光的随机散射,或周期性表面或体反射器以提供光的选择性散射。 尽管本发明可应用于由任何类型的半导体材料形成的光电器件,例如晶体,多晶或非晶半导体合金或其任何组合,但是本文的公开内容主要涉及由非晶硅合金形成的光伏器件,优选掺入氟 作为减少元素的状态密度。 本公开还涉及但不限于p-i-n配置的光伏器件,既作为串联排列的单个单元和多个单元。

    Method and apparatus for the production of purified liquids and vapors
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for the production of purified liquids and vapors 有权
    用于生产纯化液体和蒸气的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US07413596B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-19

    申请号:US10982561

    申请日:2004-11-05

    IPC分类号: C02F1/22 B01D19/00

    摘要: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for the production of liquids and vapors that are free of, or substantially free of, dissolved or trapped gases. In one embodiment, a liquid is placed in a sealed vessel and subjected to a temperature below the freezing point of the liquid for sufficient time to substantially, if not completely, turn the liquid into a solid. Concurrent with or subsequent to the cooling of the liquid, the interior of the vessel is subjected to a vacuum so as to evacuate all or substantially all of the gaseous atmosphere. Thereafter, the vessel is heated to a temperature above the melting point of the liquid, allowing the frozen material to return to its liquid form or sublimate to form a vapor.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了用于生产不含或基本上不含溶解或捕获的气体的液体和蒸汽的方法和装置。 在一个实施方案中,将液体置于密封容器中并经受低于液体凝固点的温度足够的时间以基本上(如果不是完全)将液体转化为固体。 与液体冷却同时或之后,容器的内部经受真空,以排出所有或基本上全部的气体气氛。 此后,将容器加热到高于液体熔点的温度,使冷冻的材料返回其液体形式或升华以形成蒸气。

    Photo-assisted CVD
    8.
    发明授权
    Photo-assisted CVD 失效
    照相辅助CVD

    公开(公告)号:US4435445A

    公开(公告)日:1984-03-06

    申请号:US377738

    申请日:1982-05-13

    摘要: A process and apparatus for depositing a film from a gas involves introducing the gas to a deposition environment containing a substrate, heating the substrate, and irradiating the gas with radiation having a preselected energy spectrum, such that a film is deposited onto the substrate. In a preferred embodiment, the energy spectrum of the radiation is below or approximately equal to that required to photochemically decompose the gas. In another embodiment, the gas is irradiated through a transparent member exposed at a first surface thereof to the deposition environment, and a flow of substantially inert gaseous material is passed along the first surface to minimize deposition thereon.

    摘要翻译: 用于从气体沉积膜的方法和装置包括将气体引入到包含基底的沉积环境中,加热基底,并用具有预选能谱的辐射照射气体,使得膜沉积到基底上。 在优选实施例中,辐射的能谱低于或近似等于光化学分解气体所需的能谱。 在另一个实施方案中,通过在其第一表面暴露于沉积环境的透明构件照射气体,并且沿着第一表面通过基本惰性的气态物质的流动,以使其上的沉积最小化。

    Stirling radioisotope generator and thermal management system
    9.
    发明授权
    Stirling radioisotope generator and thermal management system 有权
    斯特林放射性同位素发生器和热管理系统

    公开(公告)号:US08908820B1

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-09

    申请号:US13291058

    申请日:2011-11-07

    IPC分类号: F02G1/00

    摘要: A Stirling radioisotope generator is provided. The generator includes a first and second heat source assembly, each heat source assembly comprising two General Purpose Heat Source modules, each General Purpose Heat Source module configured to generate thermal energy. The generator also includes a first and second Stirling convertor in thermal communication with the first and second heat source assembly, respectively, each Stirling convertor configured to convert the thermal energy into electrical power. The generator has a housing enclosing the first and second heat source assembly and the first and second Stirling convertor, the housing configured to dissipate excess thermal energy.

    摘要翻译: 提供斯特林放射性同位素发生器。 发电机包括第一和第二热源组件,每个热源组件包括两个通用热源模块,每个通用热源模块被配置为产生热能。 发电机还包括分别与第一和第二热源组件热连通的第一和第二斯特林转换器,每个斯特林转换器被配置为将热能转换成电力。 发电机具有包围第一和第二热源组件以及第一和第二斯特林转换器的壳体,该壳体被配置为耗散多余的热能。