Patent ID: 8299655
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: B82Y,H01L,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A apparatus for receiving and converting incident radiation into DC current, said apparatus further comprising: (a) a substrate; (b) a first coating layered on said substrate and extending partway from a proximal edge of said substrate along the length of said substrate; (c) a first electrode layered on said first coating and extending partway from a proximal edge of said coating along the length of said coating; (d) a metallic antenna layered on said first coating and extending from a distal edge of said electrode and along and exceeding beyond a distal edge of said first coating; (e) a plasmon layer layered on said metallic antenna extending from a distal edge of said electrode and along and exceeding beyond a distal edge of said metallic antenna and extending downward at said distal end so as to cap said metallic antenna; and (f) a gap formed by the terminal ends of said Plasmon layer and said coating, said gap offsetting a second electrode and a second coating, wherein said second electrode is layered upon said second coating, and said second coating is layered upon said substrate.