IP Library Granted Patent US 8,723,119
Granted Patent B2
US 8,723,119 · App. 13/140,414 · Granted May 13, 2014

Electric generator excited by ionizing radiations

Inventors: Florent Miller (Levallois, FR); Nadine Buard (Mendon, FR); Antonin Bougerol (Suresnes, FR); Cécile Weulersse (Versailles, FR)
Assignee: European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company Eads France
G21H1/06
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Patent No.
US 8,723,119
App. No.
13/140,414
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an electric generator sensitive to ionizing radiation produced by the reverse mounting of a diode in parallel between a reverse polarization stack and a pulse converter or only with a pulse converter. A generator is thus provided that can be used inside a spacecraft or in the atmosphere by using cosmic radiation, or in an environment containing ionizing radiation such as in the medical or nuclear fields, and which is preferably directly mounted on a printed circuit board receiving a remote sensor.

Claims (8)

1. An electric generator, comprising an electronic device with a reverse polarized or non-polarized semiconductor junction device; without any radioactive isotope and a pulse transformer connected to the electronic device; and wherein the electric generator is excited by ionizing radiation originating outside the electric generator to transform the ionizing radiation into electricity.

2. The generator of claim 1 , further comprising an attached device to polarize the reverse polarized or non-polarized semiconductor junction device depending on the use of the electric generator.

3. The generator of claim 1 , wherein the pulse transformer comprises a converter to transform a current pulse into a voltage.

4. The generator of claim 1 , further comprising a condenser mounted in series between the electronic device and the pulse transformer.

5. The generator of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device with the reverse polarized or non-polarized semiconductor junction device being mounted on an electronic circuit board of a sensor; and wherein the electric generator supplies power to the sensor.

6. The generator of claim 5 , wherein the electronic device with the reverse polarized or non-polarized semiconductor junction device is a diode.

7. The generator of claim 6 , wherein the diode is a PIN diode.

8. The generator of claim 5 , wherein the electronic device with the reverse polarized or non-polarized semiconductor junction device is contained in a case shielded from photonic radiation.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 18, 2015
From: EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE AND SPACE COMPANY EADS FRANCE
To: AIRBUS GROUP SAS
Reel/Frame 036352/0047 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2011
From: MILLER, FLORENT; BUARD, NADINE; BOUGEROL, ANTONIN; WEULERSSE, CECILE
To: EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE AND SPACE COMPANY EADS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 026826/0250 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 08 58715 · Dec 17, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110298332A1 · Dec 8, 2011