US 11,998,760 B2
Energy augmentation structures and their use in solar cells and other energy conversion devices
Frederic A. Bourke, Jr., Detroit, MI (US); Harold Walder, Detroit, MI (US); Zakaryae Fathi, Detroit, MI (US); Wayne F. Beyer, Detroit, MI (US); Ronald A. Rudder, Detroit, MI (US); Daniel I. Becker, Detroit, MI (US); and Joseph H. Simmons, Detroit, MI (US)
Assigned to IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/433,827
Filed by IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/020118
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/180609, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,533, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/946,648, filed on Dec. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,677, filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,508, filed on May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/813,390, filed on Mar. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146076 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 31/044 (2014.01); A61K 35/12 (2015.01); A61K 41/00 (2020.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01); C09J 133/08 (2006.01); C09K 11/02 (2006.01); C09K 11/59 (2006.01); C09K 11/76 (2006.01); C09K 11/77 (2006.01); C12N 15/01 (2006.01); F21K 2/00 (2006.01); F21S 11/00 (2006.01); F21V 9/40 (2018.01); H01J 45/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/0352 (2006.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); H01L 31/06 (2012.01); H01L 31/055 (2014.01)
CPC A61N 5/0625 (2013.01) [A61K 35/12 (2013.01); A61K 41/00 (2013.01); A61K 41/0057 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61N 5/067 (2021.08); C09J 133/08 (2013.01); C09K 11/025 (2013.01); C09K 11/595 (2013.01); C09K 11/76 (2013.01); C09K 11/7701 (2013.01); C09K 11/7792 (2013.01); C12N 15/01 (2013.01); F21K 2/00 (2013.01); F21S 11/007 (2013.01); F21V 9/40 (2018.02); H01J 45/00 (2013.01); H01L 24/29 (2013.01); H01L 24/83 (2013.01); H01L 31/035281 (2013.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.12); H01L 31/06 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0661 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0662 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01); H01L 31/055 (2013.01); H01L 2224/2919 (2013.01); H01L 2224/29393 (2013.01); H01L 2224/8322 (2013.01); H01L 2224/83855 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy collector comprising:
at least one energy augmentation structure capable of capturing one or more wavelengths of electromagnetic energy, and augmenting the one or more wavelengths of electromagnetic energy in at least one property, wherein the at least one energy augmentation structure is configured to resonate at a first wavelength λ/1 which is a frequency included within a radiant source of energy from which power is to be harvested, wherein the at least one energy augmentation structure comprises a ¾ λ/ folded resonator;
a conversion device capable of converting the energy from the radiant source into electrical power, wherein electric fields from the augmentation structure permeate into a region of the conversion device and augment energy conversion.