公开(公告)号：US11362138B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US17013839

申请日：2020-09-07

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. Boyd ,  Bradbury R Face ,  Jeffrey D Shepard

IPC: H01L31/101 ,  H01L21/00 ,  H01L27/16 ,  H01L35/00 ,  H01J45/00

Abstract: An electrically-powered device, structure and/or component is provided that includes an attached electrical power source in a form of a unique, environmentally-friendly energy harvesting element or component. The energy harvesting component provides a mechanism for generating autonomous renewable energy, or a renewable energy supplement, in the integrated circuit system, structure and/or component. The energy harvesting element includes a first conductor layer, a low work function layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer that are particularly configured in a manner to promote electron migration from the low work function layer, through the dielectric layer, to the facing surface of the second conductor layer in a manner that develops an electric potential between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The energy harvesting component includes a plurality of energy harvesting elements electrically connected to one another to increase an electrical power output.

公开(公告)号：US20200180289A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16736631

申请日：2020-01-07

Applicant: Face International Corporation

Inventor： Clark D. Boyd ,  Bradbury R. Face ,  Jeffrey D. Shepard

IPC: B32B37/06 ,  H01L31/0232 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  B32B37/12 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/042 ,  H02S40/38

Abstract: A system is provided that integrates an autonomous energy harvesting capacity in a mobile device in an aesthetically neutral manner. A unique set of structural features combine to implement a hidden energy harvesting system on a surface of the mobile device body structure or casing to provide electrical power to the mobile device, and/or to individually electrically-powered components in the mobile device. Color-matched, image-matched and/or texture-matched optical layers are formed over energy harvesting components, including photovoltaic energy collecting components. Optical layers are tuned to scatter selectable wavelengths of electromagnetic energy back in an incident direction while allowing remaining wavelengths of electromagnetic energy to pass through the layers to the energy collecting components below. The layers appear opaque when observed from a light incident side, while allowing at least 50%, and as much as 80+%, of the energy impinging on the energy or incident side to pass through the layer.