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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129292 | LAMINATING ASSEMBLY A carrier assembly for temporary accommodation of one or more solar cell laminates while the solar laminates are conveyed through a lamination plant. The solar cell laminate comprises a solar cell layer of silicon material, an upper and a lower encapsulating layer of EV... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125436 | Use of Ionomeric Silicone Thermoplastic Elastomers in Electronic Devices This invention relates to the use of a thermoplastic elastomer comprising at least one silicone ionomer in the formation of electronic devices.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120107995 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SOLAR CELL MODULE A process for producing a solar cell module, including (a) forming a seal part made of e.g. a double sided adhesive tape on the edge of a surface of a transparent surface material (first surface material), (b) supplying a liquid state photocurable resin composition to t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103413 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME A thin-film solar cell includes a body and a polymer layer. The body includes a first electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode layer, and the polymer layer includes a hardening material and an interface material. The photoelectric conver... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104454 | OPTICAL DEVICE, PROCESS FOR FABRICATING IT AND AN ELECTRONIC PACKAGE COMPRISING THIS OPTICAL DEVICE An optical device includes at least one optical die (4) that is embedded, at least peripherally, in a plate made of an encapsulation material so that the optical die may transmit light, from one side of the plate to the other. An electronic package is formed by a... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103387 | PHOTOVOLTAIC COMPONENT The present invention relates to a photovoltaic component comprising a superimposed arrangement of at least one inorganic solar cell and at least one organic solar cell. The inorganic solar cell comprises a translucent backside opposite to the organic solar cell. The pr... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104534 | IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING GUARD RING AND NOISE BLOCKING AREA TO BLOCK NOISE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An image sensor including a deep guard ring and a noise blocking area and a method of manufacturing the same. The image sensor includes the deep guard ring and a deep P well surrounding the noise blocking area, thereby preventing crosstalk between adjacent pixels. In ad... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083065 | ARTICLES SUCH AS SAFETY LAMINATES AND SOLAR CELL MODULES CONTAINING HIGH MELT FLOW ACID COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS A process of manufacturing a solar cell module, the process comprising:
| 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083064 | Process for solar cell module edge sealing A new process of edge sealing for solar cell modules is described. The process comprises coating a waterproof material on the edge of the solar cell module to form a U-like shaped edge sealing which can achieve the function of shock absorber.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120067423 | Flexible Monocrystalline Thin Silicon Cell A device, system, and method for solar cell construction and layer transfer are disclosed herein. An exemplary method of solar cell construction involves providing a silicon donor substrate. A porous layer is formed on the donor substrate. A first portion of a solar cel... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070933 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL The present invention provides an intermediate structure for use in manufacturing a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) and a method for manufacturing a DSSC with the intermediate structure. The intermediate structure comprises a first electrode coated with a nano-particle... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120052612 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SENSOR A method of manufacturing an optical sensor includes the steps of providing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of pixel areas; forming a grid-like rib enclosing each pixel area on the semiconductor wafer, the grid-like rib having a predetermined width and being fo... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048355 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODULE PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND SERIES CONNECTION METHOD THEREOF The invention provides a semiconductor device module package structure and a series connection method thereof. The semiconductor device module package structure includes a wafer having a plurality through holes. A doped layer covers a top surface of the first electrode,... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048373 | SEALING MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE INCLUDING SAME A sealing material for a solar cell and a solar cell including the same, and the sealing material includes a polymer resin having a vicat softening point at 100° C. or 130° C. or between 100° C. and 130° C.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120038881 | FREE-STANDING TWO-SIDED DEVICE FABRICATION Solar cells attached to a contact lens are provided, as well as methods for making the solar cells and contact lenses. The solar cells have electrodes on only one side of the device, which facilitates attachment of the solar cell to a contact lens. In one embodiment, th... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037951 | Optical Device And Method Of Producing The Same An optical device of the present invention comprises a light-emitting element or a light-receiving element mounted on a support and a cured silicone material unified into a single article onto the support by the sealing of the element with a hydrosilylation reaction cur... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037203 | WIRING SHEET, SOLAR CELL WITH WIRING SHEET, SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SOLAR CELL WITH WIRING SHEET There is provided a wiring sheet (10) provided with a wiring (16) on an insulating base material (11) for electrically connecting a plurality of back electrode type solar cells (20), the wiring sheet (10) having a plurality of cell mou... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040486 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IRRADIATING A PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIAL SURFACE BY LASER ENERGY A method for manufacturing TF-PV material by providing a TF-PV material layer having a degree of crystallinity, and irradiating a surface region of the TF-PV material layer using a laser source having irradiation parameter selected such that the degree of crystallinity ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040487 | MWT ARCHITECTURE FOR THIN SI SOLAR CELLS Methods of fabricating metal wrap through solar cells and modules for thin silicon solar cells, including epitaxial silicon solar cells, are described. These metal wrap through solar cells have a planar back contact geometry for the base and emitter contacts. Fabricatio... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034727 | MULTILAYERED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE ON ENVELOPE SURFACE A method of producing a dye solar cell photovoltaic device. The method comprises the steps of providing a transparent envelope, with at least a portion of the envelope having a curved profile; and forming a dye solar cell voltaic element by depositing a plurality of lay... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028396 | Method of manufacturing a silicon-based semiconductor device by essentially electrical means Proposed is the method for forming selective emitters, field-induced emitters, back-surface field regions, and contacts to the functional regions of a solar cell by essentially electrical means and without conventional thermal diffusion and masking processes. The proces... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028397 | ULTRA-THIN QUAD FLAT NO-LEAD (QFN) PACKAGE An ultra-thin Quad Flat No-Lead (QFN) semiconductor chip package having a leadframe with lead terminals formed by recesses from both the top and bottom surfaces and substantially aligned contact areas formed on either the top or bottom surfaces. A die is electrically co... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024349 | INTRA-LAMINATE DISK LAYER FOR THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND THEIR METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Photovoltaic devices including an insulating layer and an intra-laminate disk layer on a plurality of thin film layers are provided. A first conductive strip, defining a first lead, is positioned on the insulating layer and connected to a first bus bar. A second conduct... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120012180 | BACK ELECTRODE TYPE SOLAR CELL, CONNECTING SHEET, SOLAR CELL WITH CONNECTING SHEET, SOLAR CELL MODULE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL WITH CONNECTING SHEET, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL MODULE Provided is a back electrode type solar cell in which at least one of the first conductivity type electrode and the second conductivity type electrode is provided with a shape through which a liquid material can flow; a connecting sheet in which at least one of the firs... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012162 | SOLAR BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR BATTERY MODULE A solar battery module (1) serving includes a first plate-like member (11) having translucency and serving as a light receiving face, a second plate-like member (12) having translucency, a solar battery (13), and a translucent sealing resin p... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013754 | Optical image stabilizer and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides an optical image stabilizer including: a substrate; a table which faces the substrate and has an image sensor mounted on its upper surface to be horizontally actuated on the substrate; supporting members for supporting the table on the sub... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012155 | SOLAR RECEIVER WITH FRONT AND REAR HEAT SINKS In one aspect of the present invention, a solar receiver with an improved heat sink design will be described. The solar receiver includes a photovoltaic cell and a heat spreader plate having a frontside and an opposing backside. The photovoltaic cell is positioned on th... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012153 | CONNECTION SHEET FOR SOLAR BATTERY CELL ELECTRODE, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE Disclosed is a connection sheet for a solar battery cell electrode, which is a polymer sheet for use in the connection between an electrode for extracting an electric power from a solar battery cell and a wiring member through an electrically conductive adhesive materia... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012165 | PROTECTIVE SHEET FOR SOLAR BATTERY MODULE, SOLAR BATTERY MODULE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLAR BATTERY MODULE Disclosed are a protective sheet for a solar battery module including a base material sheet and a heat-fusible sheet made of a heat-fusible resin having a melting point measured by differential scanning calorimetry (a DSC method) of 80° C. or higher and lower than 130Â... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006398 | PROTECTIVE BACK CONTACT LAYER FOR SOLAR CELLS The present disclosure is directed toward a thin film photovoltaic cell including a support substrate; a contact layer disposed adjacent a first side of the substrate; a p-type semiconductor layer disposed on the first side of the substrate; an n-type semiconductor laye... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120006397 | INTEGRATED SOLAR ROOF TILE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A integrated solar roof tile includes a curved substrate, a silicon-nitride (SiN) film, a first electrode, an amorphous silicon film, a second electrode, a conducting wire layer and a protecting film. The curved substrate includes a top surface and a cross-sectional sur... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120000512 | Solar Cell And Method For Manufacturing Solar Cell A solar cell includes: a substrate; a photoelectric conversion cell which has a first electrode layer provided with permeability, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode layer, and is arranged on the substrate; and a protection layer which covers at lea... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120003774 | RTP HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD An RTP heating system and an RTP heating method, which can heat a photovoltaic-device intermediate product having a glass substrate, a Mo layer, and a light absorption layer in formation. The RTP heating system is composed of a chamber; a support member located in the c... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110315191 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A frameless solar cell panel includes: a stacked body (10) that has an end portion (10a) and in which a first substrate (2), a power generating section (3), a sealing layer (4), and a back sheet (5) or a second substrate ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315206 | Protective Layers for a Glass Barrier in a Photovoltaic Device A photovoltaic device includes at least one photovoltaic cell, a flexible glass layer formed over the at least one photovoltaic cell, and a transparent planarizing hardcoat formed on the glass layer. The planarizing hardcoat may be in compressive stress and the glass la... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315208 | Protective Layers for a Glass Barrier in a Photovoltaic Device A photovoltaic device includes at least one photovoltaic cell, a flexible glass layer formed over the at least one photovoltaic cell and a transparent and abrasion resistant film which includes an organic-inorganic hybrid material formed over the glass layer.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315222 | ENERGY ABSORBING LAYER FOR A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE A photovoltaic device, including at least one photovoltaic cell, a flexible transparent layer formed over the at least one photovoltaic cell, a first encapsulant layer formed over a first major surface of the flexible transparent layer facing the at least one photovolta... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110312120 | ABSORBER REPAIR IN SUBSTRATE FABRICATED PHOTOVOLTAICS The invention relates generally to methods of repairing defects in thin films. Void defects in thin films are repaired using methods that take advantage of substrate manufacturing protocols rather than conventional superstrate manufacturing protocols. Methods described ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110308577 | PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Disclosed herein are a photovoltaic panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The photovoltaic panel includes a photovoltaic unit having a single substrate and a protective polymer layer wrapping around the photovoltaic unit and being sealed around the edges of a su... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110300660 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device. The method includes the steps of providing a front substrate and a back substrate, forming a photovoltaic cell on the front substrate, encapsulating the photovoltaic cell by an encapsulant, attaching a... | 12/08/2011 |
