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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7390961 | Interconnection of solar cells in a solar cell module In one embodiment, a solar cell module comprises a plurality of solar cells interconnected as a solar cell array. An interconnect assembly electrically connects the backsides of two adjacent solar cells. The interconnect assembly may have an interconnect that electr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390689 | Systems and methods for light absorption and field emission using microstructured silicon Methods and systems for absorbing infrared light, and for emitting current are described. A sample, such as a sample containing mainly silicon, is microstructured by at least one laser pulse to produce cone-like structures on the exposed surface. Such microstructuri... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388147 | Metal contact structure for solar cell and method of manufacture In a solar cell having p doped regions and n doped regions alternately formed in a surface of a semiconductor wafer in offset levels through use of masking and etching techniques, metal contacts are made to the p regions and n regions by first forming a base layer c... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381887 | Solar cell and method and apparatus for manufacturing solar cell A thin solar cell is provided, a decreased amount of an Al paste used for the solar cell without occurrence of a problem of ball-up which is a defect in appearance. A method of manufacturing such a solar cell as well as a manufacturing apparatus used therefor are pr... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371660 | Controlled cleaving process A technique for forming a film of material (12) from a donor substrate (10). The technique has a step of introducing energetic particles (22) through a surface of a donor substrate (10) to a selected depth (20) underneath the surfa... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368657 | Paste composition and solar cell employing the same A paste composition for forming an electrically conductive layer on a p-type silicon semiconductor substrate comprises aluminum powder, an organic vehicle and powder of at least one inorganic compound selected from a group consisting of an oxide-based inorganic comp... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368045 | Gate stack engineering by electrochemical processing utilizing through-gate-dielectric current flow A method is provided for electroplating a gate metal or other conducting or semiconducting material directly on a dielectric such as a gate dielectric. The method involves selecting a substrate, dielectric layer, and electrolyte solution or melt, wherein the combina... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368659 | Electrodes mitigating effects of defects in organic electronic devices A compound electrode for organic electronic devices comprises a thin first layer of a first electrically conducting material and a second electrically conducting material disposed on the first layer. In one embodiment, the second electrically conducting material is ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365437 | Method of wet etching vias and articles formed thereby A method for forming smooth walled, prismatically-profiled through-wafer vias and articles formed through the method. An etch stop material is provided on a wafer, which may be a silicon wafer. A mask material is provided on the etch stop material and patterne... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364808 | Substrate with transparent conductive oxide film, process for its production and photoelectric conversion element A substrate with a transparent conductive oxide film (especially a substrate with a transparent conductive oxide film useful as a substrate for a thin-film silicon-based solar cell) being excellent in mass production efficiency and being characterized by having a lo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365375 | Organic-framework zeolite interlayer dielectrics An organic-framework zeolite interlayer dielectric is disclosed. The interlayer dielectric's resistance to chemical attack, its dielectric constant, its mechanical strength, or combinations thereof can be tailored by (1) varying the ratio of carbon-to-oxygen in the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361525 | Semiconductor integrated device having solid-state image sensor packaged within and production method for same A semiconductor integrated device comprises: a light-shielding film which shields at least some part of a transfer section of the semiconductor integrated device from light; a first wiring formed in the same layer as the light-shielding film, with one end connected ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358658 | Amorphous diamond materials and associated methods for the use and manufacture thereof An electroluminescence device having improved luminescence per volt input is provided. The device can include a first electrode, a second electrode, a diamond-like carbon layer electrically coupled to at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode, and ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354623 | Surface modification of a porous organic material through the use of a supercritical fluid An organic layer, such as a porous low-K dielectric in an IC, contains pores open at its surface. To close the pores, the organic layer is contacted by a supercritical fluid that is a solvent for the layer. After a small amount of the surface and the wall of the ope... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355114 | Solar cell and its manufacturing method An OECO solar cell using a semiconductor single crystal substrate having a plurality of grooves, wherein a minimum groove depth h of each groove always satisfies the relation of h≧W1tan θ where θ represents an angle between a line connecting the lower... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354857 | Method of making iron silicide and method of making photoelectric transducer A solar cell comprises a substrate, and a metal electrode layer, a p-i-n junction, and a transparent electrode layer which are successively laminated on the substrate. The p-i-n junction comprises an n layer, an i layer, and a p layer which are laminated in this ord... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341806 | Battery having carbon foam current collector A battery cell includes a negative current collector and at least one carbon foam positive current collector disposed within the cell such that the negative current collector at least partially surrounds the at least one carbon foam positive current collector. An in... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341774 | Electronic and opto-electronic devices fabricated from nanostructured high surface to volume ratio thin films An electronic or opto-electronic device or a chemical sensor comprising: an interpenetrating network of a nanostructured high surface area to volume ratio film material and an organic/inorganic material forming a nanocomposite. The high surface area to volume film m... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339109 | Apparatus and method for optimizing the efficiency of germanium junctions in multi-junction solar cells Apparatus and Method for Optimizing the Efficiency of Germanium Junctions in Multi-Junction Solar Cells. In a preferred embodiment, an indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) nucleation layer is disposed between the germanium (Ge) substrate and the overlying dual-junction ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339110 | Solar cell and method of manufacture A solar cell that is readily manufactured using processing techniques which are less expensive than microelectronic circuit processing. In preferred embodiments, printing techniques are utilized in selectively forming masks for use in etching of silicon oxide and di... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338707 | Bright white protective laminates Laminates of having a first outer layer of weatherable film, at least one mid layer, and a second outer layer containing an opacifying quantity of white pigment. The laminates are particularly useful for protecting photovoltaic cells, solar panels, and circuit board... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339108 | Solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft and a solar generator panel A device is disclosed for reducing the risk of primary and secondary electrostatic discharges occurring in particular in the solar generators of spacecraft. A solar energy concentrator device for spacecraft includes a reflector for reflecting solar radiation onto a ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335555 | Buried-contact solar cells with self-doping contacts A buried-contact solar cell, in-process buried-contact solar cell components and methods for making buried contact solar cells wherein a self-doping contact material is placed in a plurality of buried-contact surface grooves. By combining groove doping and metalliza... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335835 | Solar cell structure with by-pass diode and wrapped front-side diode interconnection A solar cell structure includes a solar cell having a front side and a back side and an active semiconductor structure. The solar cell produces a voltage when the front side is illuminated. The solar cell is protected by a by-pass diode structure including a by-pass... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327335 | Display device and an electronic apparatus using the same In a conventional display device comprising a sub-display, the display device is increased in thickness and in the number of components as the number of displays is increased. In the present invention, a dual emission display device is used so that either surface of... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326970 | Metamorphic avalanche photodetector A metamorphic avalanche photodetector includes a substrate, and an active structure supported on the substrate. The active structure has a metamorphic absorption structure that absorbs light and responsively produces primary charge carriers, and an avalanche multipl... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323635 | Photovoltaic cell A method of making a photovoltaic cell includes contacting a cross-linking agent with semiconductor particles, and incorporating the semiconductor particles into the photovoltaic cell. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323634 | Method of forming an electronic device A method of forming an electronic circuit component using the technique of drop on demand printing to deposit droplets of deposition material, said method comprising depositing a plurality of droplets on a surface to form a patterned electronic device comprising mul... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320812 | Method for manufacturing coated sheet, optical functional layer, optical element, and image display device A method for manufacturing a coated sheet that may form a coated layer having a uniform film thickness by a coating liquid even when a substrate has a large area is provided. A method for manufacturing a coated sheet to form a coated layer by a process includ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318948 | Light transmissive films A thin film of zinc oxide is deposited by sputter deposition in a partial pressure of oxygen on a suitable at a low temperature, such as less than 300 degrees Centigrade, to provide an amorphous film. This should take place in a sputtering environment which will pro... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316849 | Semi-finished product made out of a ductile material with breaking areas A band-shaped semi-finished product is made out of a ductile material and is configured to be separated into at least two sections. At least one pair of wedge-shaped, non-cuttingly formed longitudinal notches are formed, between the tips of which there remains a thi... | 01/08/2008 |
| RE39967 | Solid-state photoelectric device A solid state photovoltaic device is formed on a substrate and includes a photoactive channel layer interposed between a pair of electrodes. The photoactive channel layer includes a first material which absorbs light and operates as a hole carrier. Within the first ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314673 | Thin film infrared transparent conductor A cadmium oxide (CdO) film doped with any of the Group III elements is substantially transparent to radiation between about 0.7 μm and 12 μm. A film made according to the invention having a sheet resistance of | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312097 | Method of fabricating an optical concentrator for a photovoltaic solar cell A method of fabricating a photovoltaic solar cell is provided. A plurality of generally spherical semiconductor elements are provided. Each of the semiconductor elements has a core and an outer surface surface forming a p-n junction. An anti-reflection coating is de... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309831 | Protective sheet for solar battery module, method of fabricating the same and solar battery module A protective sheet for a solar battery module comprises a weather-resistant sheet (1) of, for example, a fluorocarbon resin, and a deposited inorganic oxide thin film (2) formed on one of the surfaces of the weather-resistant sheet (1). A surfac... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310454 | Photonic bandgap modulator, amplifier, demux, and TDM devices An optical device includes at least two photonic bandgap crystal (PBG) stacks that are each comprised of alternating layers of high and low index materials. A defect region is formed in a cavity region between the at least two photonic bandgap crystal stacks so as t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307210 | Solar cell and method of producing the same In a solar cell, at least one of reinforcing material and buffering material is provided at least partially on at least one of a back surface, a front surface and a side surface of the solar cell. With these reinforcing material and/or buffering material, occurrence... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303788 | Method for manufacturing solar cell module having a sealing resin layer formed on a metal oxide layer The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell module having photovoltaic elements in each of which a metal oxide layer made of a metal oxide forms an outermost surface part thereof at a light incident side, and a sealing resin layer formed o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301215 | Photovoltaic device A photovoltaic device includes at least a first electrode, a first-conductivity-type layer composed of non-single-crystalline silicon, a second-conductivity-type layer composed of polycrystalline silicon, a third-conductivity-type layer composed of non-single-crysta... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300534 | Bonds between metals and polymers for medical devices Various coupling agents are disclosed to form lap joints between metallic and polymeric surfaces within catheters and other medical devices. The coupling agents disclosed in the present invention can be applied directly to a metallic surface, or the coupling agents ... | 11/27/2007 |
