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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4525594 | Wafer-shaped solar cell The invention relates to a wafer-shaped solar cell comprising a rear side contact and a conduction path system as front side contact, with at least one metallic connector member connected to this conduction path system for interconnection of the solar cel... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4516314 | Method of making a high intensity solar cell A method of manufacturing a high intensity edge illuminated solar cell is provided which comprises the following steps. A semiconductor substrate is formed having first, second and third essentially parallel layers having impurity doped semiconductor mate... | 05/14/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4419530 | Solar cell and method for producing same A method of electrically isolating portions of a large surface area semiconductor body for various purposes such as the production of improved photovoltaic and semiconductor devices is disclosed herein. In the preferred embodiment, the photovoltaic device... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4356210 | Method for forming a protecting film on side walls of a semiconductor device A method for forming a protecting film on the side walls of a semiconductor device having an exposed PN junction at the side walls, e.g. a semiconductor laser, involves placing the device on a substrate target made of a protecting film material. Energetic... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4312115 | Process to obtain multielement linear bidimensional infrared detectors having improved exactness of geometry and high degree of integration An improved method for use in fabricating individual semiconductor radiation detectors on a chip is characterized by forming generally V-shaped grooves converging toward one another from opposite sides of the chip into the thickness dimension thereof. The... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4245386 | Method of manufacturing a solar cell battery Solar cells are constructed as a plurality of spaced strips formed along the length of synthetic foils. They are connected in series along their entire length in a simple manner. Therefore, the connections are formed by means of vapor-deposited metal laye... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4228570 | Electroding preparation apparatus An apparatus is provided for forming a large area photovoltaic cell into a plurality of photovoltaic cells on a common substrate and preparing the individual cells for an overlying layer of conductive material. A tool bit is urged against the polycrystall... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4227291 | Energy efficient process for continuous production of thin semiconductor films on metallic substrates An energy efficient process is disclosed for the continuous production of semiconductor matrices formed from depositing doped silicon or germanium films on metallic sheet substrates. The energy released from such deposition can then be used to regenerate ... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4214920 | Method for producing solar cell-grade silicon from rice hulls The present invention relates to the production of high purity solar grade silicon from common rice hulls. A unique process for material purification and reduction includes leaching the rice hulls in acid followed by treatment with high purity water, coki... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4131659 | Process for producing large-size, self-supporting plates of silicon Process for producing large-size, self-supporting plates of silicon deposd from the gaseous phase on a substrate body, which comprises heating a graphite substrate to deposition temperature of silicon, which is deposited on the substrate from a gaseous c... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4113532 | Process for producing large-size substrate-based semiconductor material utilizing vapor-phase deposition and subsequent resolidification A process for producing large-size, substrate-based semiconductor material of silicon deposited on a substrate body from the gaseous phase, which comprises the steps of heating a substrate body by direct current passage to deposition temperature, contacti... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4097310 | Method of forming silicon solar energy cells A method of forming a silicon solar energy cell, which comprises forming an electron generating junction on a single crystal silicon wafer and thereafter using a saw having a diamond blade to cut through the wafer and the junction formed therein.... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4095329 | Manufacture of semiconductor ribbon and solar cells A method is provided for producing solar cells employing slightly curved or nearly flat monocrystalline silicon ribbons. The ribbons are formed by cutting or slicing monocrystalline hollow tubes along their lengths, the tubes having been formed according ... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4036666 | Manufacture of semiconductor ribbon A method is provided for producing flat substantially monocrystalline ribbons, e.g. silicon ribbons for use in making flat solar cells. The ribbons are produced by growing substantially monocrystalline flat hollow tubes, and then excising the edge portion... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3982315 | Photoelectric device An n-type epitaxial layer is grown on a p-type silicon substrate. The epitaxial layer is photo-etched to provide a plurality of isolated regions of n-type conductivity. A silicon dioxide layer is provided on a surface covering the isolated regions and etc... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3939555 | Strip type radiation detector and method of making same An improved strip detector and a method for making such a detector in which a high resistivity N conduction semiconductor body has electrode strips formed thereon by diffusion which strips are formed so as to be covered by an oxide layer at the surface po... | 02/24/1976 |
