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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4675468 | Stable contact between current collector grid and transparent conductive layer A stable front contact current collector grid 36 is provided for thin-film photovoltaic devices. The current collector grid 36 is deposited on a textured patterned surface 35 of an optically transparent electrically conductive layer 34 that insures stable... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4663495 | Transparent photovoltaic module A thin film photovoltaic module has transparent electrodes on front and back surfaces of a semiconductive layer. In one embodiment, both transparent electrodes pass light to the semiconductive layer for photovoltaic purposes. In another embodiment, the ba... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4584427 | Thin film solar cell with free tin on tin oxide transparent conductor A thin film solar cell structure having a free metal layer between a transparent conductor front face contact and the front face surface of the actual thin film photovoltaic device. The free metal, preferably tin, may be formed by glow discharge reduction... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4443651 | Series connected solar cells on a single substrate Series connected amorphous silicon solar cells which are formed on a single substrate are described. Also described are methods of inexpensively forming such series connected amorphous silicon solar cells.... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4439463 | Plasma assisted deposition system Process for use in the deposition of a semiconductor film involves: producing a stream of reactive gaseous species within a first chamber, the reactive species containing a substance to be included within the film; passing the reactive species to a work e... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4395467 | Transparent conductive film having areas of high and low resistivity A method of forming areas of high and low resistivity in a transparent film of indium oxide and zirconium oxide is disclosed. The film is selectively ion implanted with protons and then annealed to lower the resistivity in the non-implanted portion.... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4277517 | Method of forming transparent conductor pattern A continuous layer of transparent material is formed on a base. A desired pattern of transparent electrically conductive material is included in the layer. The regions of the layer not included in the conductor pattern are insulative. The insulative mater... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4265974 | Electrically conductive, infrared reflective, transparent coatings of stannic oxide Electrically-conductive films of tin oxide are prepared by a novel process utilizing gaseous chemical compounds which react to form a tin-fluorine bond at a temperature which is (1) high enough so that the newly-created tin-fluorine bond-bearing molecule ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4189826 | Silicon charge-handling device employing SiC electrodes A solid state imaging device is formed of a bulk of monocrystalline silicon which has been suitably doped. A transparent layer of SiO2 overlays the bulk silicon, and atop the SiO2 layer is at least one pattern of doped SiC electrodes... | 02/26/1980 |
