Power Sources
Every battery change is a surgery. This cluster attacks that arithmetic from every direction — wafer-scale packages with power sealed inside, stacked thin-film battery fabrication, and the boldest line: nuclear micro-power. Medtronic implanted plutonium pacemakers in 1970; one ran 34 years. David's 3D nanostructured betavoltaic converters are that dream rebuilt with quantum dots and metal foam — a radiation sponge in place of a thermal slug. T3 · interpretation
Deep dive: nuclear power
8 granted patents in this theme
| Granted | Patent |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Wafer-scale package including power source US8666505B2 |
| 2016 | Power sources suitable for use in implantable medical devices and corresponding fabrication methods US9252415B2 |
| 2016 | Wafer-scale package including power source US9318400B2 |
| 2018 | Nuclear radiation particle power converter US10096393B2 |
| 2020 | Nuclear radiation particle power converter US10811157B2 |
| 2020 | Power source and method of forming same (radioluminescent: radioactive to light to photovoltaic) US10818811B2 |
| 2021 | Power source and method of forming same US11189390B2 |
| 2024 | Nuclear radiation particle power converter US11881325B2 |