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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187904 | Methods of forming thin layers of photovoltaic absorbers A method and a system are provide for forming planar precursor structures which are subsequently converted into thin film solar cell absorber layers. A precursor structure is first formed on the front surface of the foil substrate and then planarized through applica... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187905 | Method of forming a microlens and a method for manufacturing an image sensor A microlens, an image sensor including the microlens, a method of forming the microlens and a method of manufacturing the image sensor are provided. The microlens includes a polysilicon pattern, having a cylindrical shape, formed on a substrate, and a round-type she... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8173475 | Method of producing photoelectric conversion device having a multilayer structure formed on a substrate A method of producing a photoelectric conversion device having a multilayer structure formed on a substrate, the multilayer structure including a lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer made of a compound semiconductor layer, an n-type buffer layer made of... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173474 | Method of manufacturing solar battery When a layered structure of a transparent electrode layer and a metal layer is formed as a back side electrode layer over a surface on a side opposite to a side of incidence of light of a thin film solar battery, a time when formation of the transparent electrode la... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168462 | Passivation process for solar cell fabrication Embodiments of the invention contemplate the formation of a high efficiency solar cell using a novel plasma oxidation process to form a passivation film stack on a surface of a solar cell substrate. In one embodiment, the methods include providing a substrate having... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163587 | Methods of using a silicon nanoparticle fluid to control in situ a set of dopant diffusion profiles A method of forming a multi-doped junction on a substrate is disclosed. The method includes providing the substrate doped with boron atoms, the substrate comprising a front substrate surface, and depositing an ink on the front substrate surface in an ink pattern, th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158450 | Barrier films and high throughput manufacturing processes for photovoltaic devices Methods and devices are provided for improved roofing devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photovoltaic roofing assembly is provided that comprises of a roofing membrane and a plurality of photovoltaic cells supported by the roofing membrane. The p... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158451 | Method for manufacturing a junction The present invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising a homojunction or a heterojunction with a controlled dopant (concentration) profile and a method of making the same. Accordingly, one aspect of the invention is a method for manufacturing a junction ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153466 | Mask applied to a workpiece A method of fabricating a workpiece is disclosed. A material defining apertures is applied to a workpiece. A species is introduced to the workpiece through the apertures and the material is removed. For example, the material may be evaporated, may form a volatile pr... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153465 | Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same An image sensor and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a readout circuitry, an electrical junction region, an interconnection, and an image sensing device. The readout circuitry can be disposed at a first substrate, and the electric... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148188 | Photoelectrochemical cell with carbon nanotube-functionalized semiconductor electrode Photoelectrochemical cells and methods are provided, in particular, to the functionalization of semiconductor surfaces such that its semiconducting and light generating properties are maintained and the surface becomes stable in wet environments. In particular the p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143084 | Image sensing device and manufacture method thereof An image sensing device for receiving an incident light having an incident angle and photo signals formed thereby is provided. The image sensing device includes a micro prism and a micro lens for adjusting the incident angle and converging the incident light, respec... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143085 | Dye-sensitized solar cell and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a dye-sensitized solar cell. Specifically, the present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell which is designed to reduce the production cost, improve productivity and increase energy efficiency by using a carbon electrode as a counter electrode,... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138009 | Method of fabricating thin film solar cell and apparatus for fabricating thin film solar cell Disclosed is a method of fabricating a thin film solar cell including introducing a reaction solution into a reaction chamber, fixing a supporter onto a loader, disposing the loader in the reaction chamber to immerse the supporter into the reaction solution, and hea... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133751 | ONO spacer etch process to reduce dark current A method of forming a CMOS image sensor device. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a P-type impurity characteristic. The semiconductor substrate includes a surface region. The method includes forming a gate oxide layer overlying the surfa... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8119433 | Image sensor and fabricating method thereof An image sensor includes an insulating interlayer including a metal line on a semiconductor substrate, a photodiode pattern provided on the insulating interlayer to be connected to the metal line, the photodiode pattern separated per unit pixel by a gap area, a devi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119434 | Fast p-i-n photodetector with high responsitivity A lateral p-i-n photodetector is provided that includes an array of vertical semiconductor nanowires of a first conductivity type that are grown over a semiconductor substrate also of the first conductivity type. Each vertically grown semiconductor nanowires of the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8101450 | Photodetector isolation in image sensors Shallow trench isolation regions are disposed in an n-type silicon semiconductor layer laterally adjacent to a collection region of a photodetector and laterally adjacent to a charge-to-voltage conversion region. The shallow trench isolation regions each include a t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101451 | Method to form a device including an annealed lamina and having amorphous silicon on opposing faces A semiconductor assembly is described in which a support element is constructed on a surface of a semiconductor lamina. Following formation of the thin lamina, which may have a thickness about 50 microns or less, the support element is formed, for example by plating... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8088639 | Solid-state image pickup device A solid-state image pickup device includes a semiconductor substrate within which a pixel comprised of a photodiode and a transistor is formed. The transistor is formed at a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a pn junction portion formed between high concentrat... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8076170 | Backside illuminated image sensor with shallow backside trench for photodiode isolation A backside illuminated image sensor comprises a sensor layer implementing a plurality of photosensitive elements of a pixel array, an oxide layer adjacent a backside surface of the sensor layer, and at least one dielectric layer adjacent a frontside surface of the s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071414 | Organic photovoltaic device with improved power conversion efficiency and method of manufacturing same The present invention relates to a method of fabricating an organic photovoltaic device with improved power conversion efficiency by reducing lateral contribution of series resistance between subcells through active area partitioning by introducing a patterned struc... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8058090 | Apparatus and method of manufacturing solar cells The present invention relates to the field of thin film solar cells and particularly to an apparatus and method for manufacturing thin film solar cells. At least one material is deposited onto a substrate, whereby the deposited material is heated by means of heating... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058092 | Method and material for processing iron disilicide for photovoltaic application A method for providing a semiconductor material for photovoltaic devices, the method includes providing a sample of iron disilicide comprising approximately 90 percent or greater of a beta phase entity. The sample of iron disilicide is characterized by a substantial... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058091 | Front lit PIN/NIP diode having a continuous anode/cathode A photodetector includes a semiconductor substrate having first and second main surfaces opposite to each other. The photodetector includes at least one trench formed in the first main surface and a first anode/cathode region having a first conductivity formed proxi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053268 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate including a light receiving element, a silicon oxide film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of wiring interlayer films formed on the silicon oxide film, and each including a wiring layer formed as... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048705 | Method and structure for a CMOS image sensor using a triple gate process A method of forming a CMOS image sensor device, the method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a P-type impurity characteristic including a surface region. The method forma first thickness of silicon dioxide in a first region of the surface region, a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048706 | Ablative scribing of solar cell structures Provided herein are improved methods of laser scribing photovoltaic structures to form monolithically integrated photovoltaic modules. The methods involve forming P1, P2 or P3 scribes by an ablative scribing mechanism having low melting, and in certain embodiments, ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8039286 | Method for fabricating optical device A method for fabricating an optical device includes providing a semiconductor substrate having an element region and a peripheral region. The element region has an element array comprised of semiconductor elements formed therein. The peripheral region has at least a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8012787 | Photovoltaic device and manufacturing method thereof The manufacturing method includes: forming a P-type silicon substrate and a high-concentration N-type diffusion layer, in which an N-type impurity is diffused in a first concentration, on an entire surface at a light-incident surface side; forming an etching resista... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008106 | Semiconductor imaging device and fabrication process thereof A semiconductor imaging device includes a photodetection region formed of a diffusion region of a first conductivity type formed in an active region of a silicon substrate at a first side of a gate electrode such that a top part thereof is separated from a surface o... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7989251 | Variable resistance memory device having reduced bottom contact area and method of forming the same A variable resistance memory element and method of forming the same. The memory element includes a substrate supporting a bottom electrode having a small bottom contact area. A variable resistance material is formed over the bottom electrodes such that the variable ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989253 | Method of forming mask for lithography, method of forming mask data for lithography, method of manufacturing back-illuminated solid-state imaging device, back-illuminated solid-state imaging device and electronic device A method of forming a mask for lithography includes the step of forming the mask by using reverse data in which positions of at least part of output terminals are reversed, when forming the mask for lithography used for manufacturing a back-illuminated solid-state i... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989252 | Method for fabricating pixel cell of CMOS image sensor The present invention provides a method for fabricating a pixel cell of CMOS image sensor, comprising: preparing a semiconductor substrate divided into region I and region II; forming an insulation layer on the surface of the semiconductor substrate in the region I ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981716 | Chip module having a protection device Some embodiments of a chip module comprise a substrate, a semiconductor chip on the substrate, and a first layer between the substrate and the semiconductor chip, the first layer having high reflectivity for electromagnetic waves. Methods of protecting a chip module... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977139 | Method for manufacturing CIS based thin film solar cell device Before a buffer layer deposition step P5, a pre-rinse step P4 is provided to remove deposits deposited on the surface of a CIS-based light absorbing layer 3D. Thus, the disturbing factors of the formation reaction of the buffer layer are removed... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7964429 | Method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion device A photoelectric conversion device which is excellent in photoelectric conversion characteristics is provided by effectively utilizing silicon semiconductor materials. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device using... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955886 | Apparatus and method for reducing interference A method and apparatus is provided for use in an integrated circuit or printed circuit board for reducing or minimizing interference. An inductance is formed using two or more inductors coupled together and configured such that current flows through the inductors in... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955887 | Techniques for three-dimensional circuit integration Integrated circuits having complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) and photonics circuitry and techniques for three-dimensional integration thereof are provided. In one aspect, a three-dimensional integrated circuit comprises a bottom device layer and a top d... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951637 | Back contact solar cells using printed dielectric barrier Embodiments of the invention contemplate the formation of a high efficiency solar cell using novel methods to form the active doped region(s) and the metal contact structure of the solar cell device. In one embodiment, the methods include the steps of depositing a d... | 05/31/2011 |
