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Photonic-powered cable assembly
Patent • #US8358893B1. A photonic-cable assembly includes a power source cable connector (PSCC) coupled to a power receive cable connector (PRCC) via a fiber cable. The PSCC electrically connects to a first electronic device and houses a photonic power source and an optical data transmitter. The fiber cable includes an optical transmit...

Photonics & Lasers
Technology Area • The Photonics & Lasers technology area contains advanced solutions ranging from high energy laser systems to photonic microsystems. Sandia technologies in photonic sources have been licensed for defense, semiconductor chip manufacturing, thermal imaging, and consumer electronics.    This technology area contains specialized portfolios related to:  Imaging SystemsLight Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Infrared (IR) Sources...

Photovoltaic array for a power-by-light system
Patent • #US11476376B2. A hybrid-integrated series/parallel-connected photovoltaic diode array employs 10s-to-100s of single-wavelength III-V compound semiconductor photodiodes in an array bonded onto a transparent optical plate through which the array is illuminated by monochromatic light. The power-by-light system receiver enables high-voltage, up to 1000s of volts, optical transmission of power to remote...

Photovoltaic cell with light trapping for enhanced efficiency
Patent • #US9190542B1. The efficiency of a photovoltaic cell is enhanced by light trapping using Mie-scattering nanostructures. In one embodiment, an array of nanocylinders is formed on the front surface of a silicon film to enhance forward scattering into the film, and an array of nanocylinders is formed on the back surface...

Photovoltaic cell with nano-patterned substrate
Patent • #US9472702B1. A photovoltaic solar cell comprises a nano-patterned substrate layer. A plurality of nano-windows are etched into an intermediate substrate layer to form the nano-patterned substrate layer. The nano-patterned substrate layer is positioned between an n-type semiconductor layer composed of an n-type semiconductor material and a p-type semiconductor layer composed...

Photovoltaic power generation system free of bypass diodes
Patent • #US9093586B2. A photovoltaic power generation system that includes a solar panel that is free of bypass diodes is described herein. The solar panel includes a plurality of photovoltaic sub-modules, wherein at least two of photovoltaic sub-modules in the plurality of photovoltaic sub-modules are electrically connected in parallel. A photovoltaic sub-module...

Photovoltaic Prognostics
Featured Opportunity • Photovoltaic (PV) System Monitoring Overview Residential, commercial, and utility-scale photovoltaic (“PV”) solar systems are being rapidly deployed in the United States. With the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, demand for PV systems is only expected to increase. Larger-scale PV systems operate akin to a small power generator. During...

Photovoltaic solar concentrator
Patent • #US9126392B1. A process including forming a photovoltaic solar cell on a substrate, the photovoltaic solar cell comprising an anchor positioned between the photovoltaic solar cell and the substrate to suspend the photovoltaic solar cell from the substrate. A surface of the photovoltaic solar cell opposite the substrate is attached to...

Physical context management for a motor vehicle
Patent • #US7610130B1. Computer software for and a method of enhancing safety for an operator of a motor vehicle comprising employing a plurality of sensors of vehicle and operator conditions, matching collective output from the sensors against a plurality of known dangerous conditions, and preventing certain activity of the operator if a...

Piezoelectric deformable photonic devices
Patent • #US11569431B1. A CMOS-compatible actuator platform for implementing phase, amplitude, and frequency modulation in silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits via piezo-optomechanical coupling using tightly mechanically coupled aluminum nitride actuators is disclosed. The platform, which may be fabricated in a CMOS foundry, enables scalable active photonic integrated circuits for visible wavelengths, and...

Piezoelectric Deformable Photonic Devices
Featured Opportunity • A flexible optical platform for phase and amplitude modulation in silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits that offers low optical loss, visible wavelength operation, low power consumption, and performance in cryogenic operating temperatures. Sandia researchers have developed a flexible optical platform for phase and amplitude modulation in silicon nitride (Si3N4) photonic...

Piezoelectric energy harvester having planform-tapered interdigitated beams
Patent • #US7948153B1. Embodiments of energy harvesters have a plurality of piezoelectric planform-tapered, interdigitated cantilevered beams anchored to a common frame. The plurality of beams can be arranged as two or more sets of beams with each set sharing a common sense mass affixed to their free ends. Each set thus defined...

Planar dual-polarization antenna
Patent • #US12394913B1. An antenna includes a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer has a first ground plane formed thereon. A stripline conductor is formed on a first side of the second dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is positioned such that the stripline conductor is...

Planar electrode arrays and fabrication methods thereof
Patent • #US10969359B1. The present invention relates to a method of fabricating an electrode array, in which an underlying handle wafer is removed to provide a planar device having the electrode array. Also provided are wafers including a plurality of planar devices having an electrode array, as well as sensors including such...

Plasma micronozzle adapter
Patent • #US11993011B1. Plasma micro nozzle adapters having various configurations and operating principles are disclosed. The plasma micro nozzle adapter is employed with a commercial plasma jet printer to produce smaller printed features than those possible with the original plasma jet printer. In a first class of embodiments, the plasma micro nozzle...

Plasma Micronozzle Adapter
Featured Opportunity • A micronozzle adapter capable of printing line widths and thicknesses 10x finer than existing 3D plasma jet printers Heightened interest in next-generation printable and flexible electronics is accelerating research and development in rapid and highly repeatable additive manufacturing (AM) processes and capabilities. Plasma jet printing, which converts a desired print...

Plasma-based method for delayering of circuits
Patent • #US11664238B1. The present invention relates to methods of delayering a semiconductor integrated circuit die or wafer. In at least one aspect, the method includes exposing a die or wafer to plasma of an etching gas and detecting exposure of one or more metal layers within the die. In one aspect...

Plasma-based method for delayering of circuits
Patent • #US12532680B2. The present invention relates to methods of delayering a semiconductor integrated circuit die or wafer. In at least one aspect, the method includes exposing a die or wafer to plasma of an etching gas and detecting exposure of one or more metal layers within the die. In one aspect...

Plasmon absorption modulator systems and methods
Patent • #US8780431B1. Plasmon absorption modulator systems and methods are disclosed. A plasmon absorption modulator system includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of quantum well layers stacked on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a metal layer formed on a top surface of the stack of quantum well layers. A...

Plasmon-assisted optical vias for photonic ASICS
Patent • #US9599781B1. The present invention relates to optical vias to optically connect multilevel optical circuits. In one example, the optical via includes a surface plasmon polariton waveguide, and a first optical waveguide formed on a first substrate is coupled to a second optical waveguide formed on a second substrate by the...
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