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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4714510 | Method of bonding protective covers onto solar cells A method for bonding a protective cover to a solar cell is described comprising the steps of depositing onto a substrate a metallic gridwork corresponding to that which surrounds and defines the active photovoltaic areas of the solar cell; overlaying a pr... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4707561 | Photovoltaic cell and method for its fabrication In order to provide an uncomplicated and economical front surface contact for photovoltaic cells (10) with good current discharge capability and high radiation permeability, the front surface contact (20) is composed of several layer (22, 24, 26) which ar... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4695674 | Preformed, thin-film front contact current collector grid for photovoltaic cells A photovoltaic cell incorporating a preformed, thin-film front contact current collector grid (14). The cell incorporates an electrically conductive substrate layer (11), a semiconductor body (12) deposited on the substrate layer (11) and a transparent el... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4692557 | Encapsulated solar cell assemblage and method of making A solar cell assemblage and method of making, comprising: (a) a pre-treated silanized transparent substrate; (b) a layer of semiconductor material; (c) an electrical contact on the surface of said layer of semiconductor material; (d) an extruded transparent film en... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4607132 | Integrated PV-thermal panel and process for production This invention relates to producing electricity and heat by means of a hybrid solar panel. Some of the energy (about 10%) is taken off electrically at the top. The rest goes through as infrared heat to an exchange fluid below. The invention includes a mea... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4555586 | Photovoltiac device having long term energy conversion stability and method of producing same A photoresponsive device characterized by the capability of having photoinduced defects annealed out of the photoactive region thereof in a low temperature process. Low temperature annealability is provided by including small amounts of dopant material in... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4554038 | Process for fabricating lightweight, rigid solar array substrate A process for constructing a strong, ultra lightweight support substrate for use in outer space applications for support and protection of items, such as solar cells, in both stored and deployed configurations. The process provides for forming a series of... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4509248 | Encapsulation of solar cells A process of encapsulating solar cells in which a semiconductor wafer first is processed into an uncut cell. An interconnect strip is secured to the front contact of the cell. A coverglass plate, provided with a suitable coating, is next bonded to the fro... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4499658 | Solar cell laminates A method for forming photovoltaic cell module laminates wherein the cells are sealed in a crosslinked polymer between a solid superstrate and a solid substrate wherein the polymer is formed from ethylene/vinylacetate copolymer having dispersed therein at ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4426240 | Adhesive compositions and method employing same This invention relates to adhesive compositions which may be used for bonding laminated glass and for glueing silicon semiconductor elements onto substrates in manufacturing solar cells. These adhesive compositions contain organopolysiloxanes having SiC-b... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4416052 | Method of making a thin-film solar cell A method of making a thin gallium arsenide solar cell having a reflecting back surface and coplanar electrical contacts. A photovoltaic cell comprising gallium arsenide is produced in a self-supporting thickness by conventional methods. A pattern of conta... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4382833 | Vacuum lamination fixture An apparatus for laminating a solar cell structure includes upper and lower housing members and an intermediate member which includes a flexible membrane. The members form upper and lower sealed chambers which can be selectively evacuated. The solar cell ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4380112 | Front surface metallization and encapsulation of solar cells Method and apparatus for the front surface metallization and encapsulation of solar cells of the type comprising p and n semiconductor strata separated by a barrier junction, and front and rear conducting strata constituting electrical contacts, wherein t... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4355456 | Process of fabricating a Schottky barrier photovoltaic detector A platinum-cadmium sulfide Schottky barrier photovoltaic detector which is capable of sensing near ultraviolet and short wavelength visible radiation with extremely small response to wavelengths longer than about 5200 angstroms. The detector is fabricated... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4345967 | Method of producing thin single-crystal sheets A method of producing thin single-crystal sheets is disclosed. A thin single-crystal layer is formed on a substrate, with the material of the layer having a different absorption coefficient for laser radiation than does the material of the substrate at th... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4336648 | Method of contacting a solar cell A solar cell comprises a semiconductor body with a p-n-junction, a metallized area on the light receiving surface of the semiconductor body, a connection or contact area on the light receiving surface, a reflection reducing layer completely covering the m... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4294602 | Electro-optically assisted bonding A method of bonding a cover glass to a semiconductor substrate having conductors thereon. The cover glass and the semiconductor substrate are placed in a relatively high voltage field and heated to induce ion drift in the glass and improved conductivity i... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4283590 | Method for production of solar cells and solar cells produced thereby A method for the production of solar cells with a thin-layer PN heterojunction, having a cadmium sulfide layer vapor deposited on an electrically conductive support and a cuprous sulfide layer chemically produced on the cadmium sulfide layer, and having a... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4266334 | Manufacture of thinned substrate imagers The front surface of a semiconductor wafer and the peripheral edge of the back surface of the wafer are protected by either coating them or by placing the wafer in a special fixture. The so protected wafer is then placed in a chemical bath and thinned to ... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4260429 | Electrode for photovoltaic cell In a photovoltaic cell which comprises a first electrode, a first layer of cadmium sulfide, a second layer of cuprous sulfide forming a barrier junction with said first layer, and a second electrode, the improvement wherein said second electrode is formed... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4173820 | Method for forming a solar array strip A method for forming a solar array strip including the steps of depositing solder pads on printed circuitry deposited on flexible substrate storing the resulting substrate on a drum, withdrawing the substrate from the drum and incrementally advancing it a... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4135290 | Method for fabricating solar cells having integrated collector grids A heterojunction or Schottky barrier photovoltaic device comprising a conductive base metal layer compatible with and coating predominately the exposed surface of the p-type substrate of the device such that a back surface field region is formed at the in... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4122214 | Solar cell collector and method for producing same A transparent, conductive collector layer containing conductive metal channels is formed as a layer on a photovoltaic substrate by coating a photovoltaic substract with a conductive mixed metal layer; attaching a heat sink having portions protruding from ... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4108704 | Method of making an array of solar cells Thermal isolation shields consisting of two glass slides separated by insulating standoffs are positioned upon the front radiation receiving surface of a solar cell and/or upon the back surface of the solar cell. One of the two glass plates is made from m... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4104789 | Photodetector mounting and connecting An improved method for providing electrical connection to a photodetector in a Dewar flask is disclosed. A plurality of conductive paths are formed on the inner flask of the Dewar. Each of the conductive paths extends from the side surface on to the top s... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4088546 | Method of electroplating interconnections A method of forming interconnections is described wherein small gaps between contacts are bridged by electroplating metal onto both contacts to form a conductive path therebetween. Many interconnections may be made simultaneously between adjacent contacts... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4082569 | Solar cell collector A transparent, conductive collector layer containing conductive metal channels is formed as a layer on a photovoltaic substrate by coating a photovoltaic substrate with a conductive mixed metal layer; attaching a heat sink having portions protruding from ... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4066527 | Method of producing semiconductor device A method of producing a semiconductor device comprising the step of forming a laminated element film on a substrate made of a material easy to cleave and easy to dissolve in various solvents such as water by successively depositing materials of the lamina... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4052782 | Tubular solar cell and method of making same High efficiency, low cost solar energy conversation is facilitated by using tubular photovoltaic solar cells situated at the focus of a line-generated paraboloidal reflector. Advantageously each solar cell comprises a pair of concentric glass tubes that a... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4039116 | Photodetector-to-substrate bonds A photodetector is bonded to an electrically conductive substrate with an indium containing solder. An electrical insulating layer of a stable oxide which is wettable by indium provides electrical insulation between the electrically conductive substrate a... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3993533 | Method for making semiconductors for solar cells The invention relates to a method for producing a desired thin semiconductor film for use in solar cells. The desired semiconductor is grown epitaxially on a second semiconductor film which may be epitaxial on a third semiconductor. The second semiconduct... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3965568 | Process for fabrication and assembly of semiconductor devices A method of mounting a semiconductor device and making electrical connections without the use of bond wires is disclosed. In preferred form this process also includes fabrication of an IR detector array. Mesas in the mirror image of a desired array patter... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3961998 | Vacuum deposition method for fabricating an epitaxial PbSnTe rectifying metal semiconductor contact photodetector A junction photodetector employing Pb1-x Snx Te in narrow film strips grown epitaxially on an appropriate substrate. An appropriate metal overlaps the film to form a metal-semiconductor contact.... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3957537 | Modules comprising photo-cells Modules comprising photo-cells encapsulated in laminates comprising at least one rigid member and at least one transparent member laminated together by a transparent hot melt adhesive such as plasticised polyvinyl butyral or an ethylene copolymer. The pre... | 05/18/1976 |
