公开(公告)号：US20160233371A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-11

申请号：US14845376

申请日：2015-09-04

Applicant: AMI Research & Development, LLC

Inventor： John T. Apostolos ,  William Mouyos ,  Patricia Bodan ,  Milton Feng ,  Benjamin McMahon

IPC: H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/09

CPC classification number: H01L31/09

Abstract: A planar fixed area thin film antenna-coupled metal-insulator-metal (MIM) rectifier of arbitray metal with a native nickel oxide insulator. Devices can be designed for millimeter wave, IR, NIR and visible wavelengths.

Abstract translation: 具有天然氧化镍绝缘体的平面固定区薄膜天线耦合金属绝缘体金属（MIM）整流器。 器件可以设计为毫米波，红外，近红外和可见波长。

公开(公告)号：US20160041335A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-11

申请号：US14832152

申请日：2015-08-21

Applicant: AMI Research & Development, LLC

Inventor： John T. Apostolos ,  Patricia Bodan ,  William Mouyos ,  Milton Feng ,  Benjamin McMahon ,  Paul Gili

IPC: G02B6/12 ,  G02B6/34 ,  G02B6/136 ,  G02B6/26

CPC classification number: G02B6/12004 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/136 ,  G02B6/34 ,  G02B2006/12104 ,  G02B2006/12114 ,  H01L31/0543 ,  H01L31/0547 ,  H01L31/0549 ,  H01L31/1085 ,  H02S40/22 ,  Y02E10/52

Abstract: A rectifier comprising a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure. The insulator may be a native oxide with an adjacent layer of graphene. In one implementation, the rectifier is used in an electromagnetic energy collector consisting of a planar waveguide formed of multiple material layers having at least two different dielectric constants. MIM rectifiers are aligned with mirrors are formed within the waveguide core. In some arrangements, a plurality of MIM rectifiers are disposed in a column or 3D array beneath each mirror.

Abstract translation: 一种包括金属 - 绝缘体 - 金属（MIM）结构的整流器。 绝缘体可以是具有相邻层石墨烯的天然氧化物。 在一个实施方案中，整流器用于由具有至少两个不同介电常数的多个材料层形成的平面波导的电磁能量收集器中。 MIM整流器与波导芯内形成反射镜对准。 在一些布置中，多个MIM整流器被布置在每个反射镜下的列或3D阵列中。

公开(公告)号：US09413063B1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-09

申请号：US14740588

申请日：2015-06-16

Applicant: AMI Research & Development, LLC

Inventor： John T. Apostolos ,  William Mouyos ,  Patricia Bodan ,  Milton Feng ,  Benjamin McMahon

IPC: H01B13/00 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01Q1/36 ,  H01Q9/28 ,  C23C8/36 ,  C23C8/80

CPC classification number: C23C8/80 ,  C23C8/02 ,  C23C8/36

Abstract: The use of rectennas, or antenna-coupled rectifiers, using metal-insulator-metal tunnel diodes as rectifiers for energy conversion has been explored with more fervor recently, given the advances in nanotechnology fabrication and increased resolution of features. Some have made these devices from symmetric metals (e.g. Ni—NiO—Ni) and asymmetric metals (e.g. Al—AlOx/Pt), and have used deposited oxides as well as native oxides. One key to obtaining a highly asymmetric device with efficient current generation needed for high conversion efficiency is to instead use dissimilar metals and a thin reproducible oxide. The described method allows for a thin, reproducible native oxide of nickel be integrated with any antenna metal to overcome oxide surface roughness problems that typically hamper the practicality of these devices.

Abstract translation: 鉴于纳米技术制造的进步以及特征分辨率的提高，最近更多地研究了使用金属绝缘体金属隧道二极管作为能量转换整流器的直角天线或天线耦合整流器。 一些使这些器件由对称金属（例如Ni-NiO-Ni）和不对称金属（例如Al-AlOx / Pt）制成，并且已经使用沉积的氧化物以及天然氧化物。 获得具有高转换效率所需的高效电流产生的高度不对称的器件的一个关键在于使用不同的金属和薄的可再生氧化物。 所描述的方法允许将镍的薄的可再现的天然氧化物与任何天线金属集成以克服通常妨碍这些器件的实用性的氧化物表面粗糙度问题。