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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8143087 | Method of manufacturing photoelectric conversion device A fragile layer is formed in a region at a depth of less than 1000 nm from one surface of a single crystal semiconductor substrate, and a first impurity semiconductor layer and a first electrode are formed at the one surface side. After bonding the first electrode a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8003432 | Consumable adhesive layer for thin film photovoltaic material A method for forming a thin film photovoltaic device. The method includes providing a transparent substrate comprising a surface region. The method forms a first electrode layer overlying the surface region of the transparent substrate. The method also forms a thin ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7867812 | Method for production of thin semiconductor solar cells and integrated circuits The invention relates to the formation of thin-film crystalline silicon using a zone-melting recrystallization process in which the substrate is a ceramic material. Integrated circuits and solar cells are fabricated in the recrystallized silicon thin film and lifted... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7858431 | Method of manufacturing photoelectric conversion device A fragile layer is formed in a region at a depth of less than 1000 nm from one surface of a single crystal semiconductor substrate, and a first impurity semiconductor layer and a first electrode are formed at the one surface side. After bonding the first electrode a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7691664 | Low viscosity precursor compositions and methods for the deposition of conductive electronic features A precursor composition for the deposition and formation of an electrical feature such as a conductive feature. The precursor composition advantageously has a low viscosity enabling deposition using direct-write tools. The precursor composition also has a low conver... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7422921 | Micromesh material and micromesh mono-crystal high frequency capacitor and its producing method This invention is related to a micromesh material and a mono-crystal high frequency capacitor manufactured with said micromesh material as well as the producing method for the mono-crystal high frequency capacitor, i.e., disperse a colloidal material unevenly to for... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7364939 | Active matrix display device In order to provide an active matrix display device in which a thick insulating film is preferably formed around an organic semiconductive film of a thin film luminescent device without damaging the thin film luminescent device, the active matrix display device is p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365431 | Semiconductor device having multilayer structure and method for manufacturing thereof A semiconductor device having a first wiring layer including first wirings on a substrate, a contact layer on the first wiring layer and including contacts connected to the first wirings, and a second wiring layer on the contact layer and including second wirings co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7276317 | Laser mask and method of crystallization using the same A laser mask and method of crystallization using the same that can produce a polycrystalline silicon thin film having uniform crystallization characteristics. According to the present invention, a method of crystallization using a laser mask having a reference patte... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7204735 | Production apparatus and method of producing a light-emitting device by using the same apparatus The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a light-emitting device. At least one of a light-emitting film forming step, a conductive film forming step and an insulating film forming step is carried out while holding a substrate in a manner that an a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7189665 | Manufacturing method for crystalline semiconductor material and manufacturing method for semiconductor device A manufacturing method for a crystalline semiconductor material including a plurality of semiconductor crystal grains is provided. The manufacturing method includes forming an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor layer on a substrate having a flat surface; for... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172923 | Imaging device and manufacturing method for imaging device An imaging device unit comprises a CCD chip and a substrate on which the CCD chip is soldered. A light receiving surface is provided in the front surface of the CCD chip. A dustproof member for protect the light receiving surface from dust is attached around the lig... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163836 | Method of manufacturing light emitting device A method of manufacturing a light emitting device is provided which requires low cost, is easy, and has high throughput. The method of manufacturing a light emitting device is characterized in that: a solution containing a light emitting material is ejected to an an... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7092890 | Method for manufacturing thin GaAs die with copper-back metal structures A thin GaAs Substrate can be provided with a copper back-metal layer to allow the GaAs Substrate to be packaged using conventional plastic packaging technologies. By providing the GaAs Substrate with a copper back-metal layer, the GaAs Substrate can be made thinner ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7008813 | Epitaxial growth of germanium photodetector for CMOS imagers A method of fabricating a germanium photodetector includes preparing a silicon wafer as a silicon substrate; depositing a layer of silicon nitride on the silicon substrate; patterning and etching the silicon nitride layer; depositing a first germanium layer on the s... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6974719 | Method for manufacturing an optical module and optical module The invention relates to an optical module and to method for manufacturing an optical module comprising the steps of: providing a groove in a substrate for positioning an optical component, providing the optical component, bonding the optical component to the groove... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972469 | Lateral PIN diode and method for processing same A PIN diode includes a first p-area, an n-area, and in between an intermediate area on a first surface of a substrate, wherein a doping concentration of the intermediate area is lower than a doping concentration of the p-area and lower than a doping concentration of... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6939753 | Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display device includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a liquid crystal. A sealant is formed along edges of the upper and lower plates to join the upper plate with the lower plate, and a protrusion separates the sealant from a picture displaying... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6887733 | Method of fabricating electronic devices A method of encapsulating an organic device including flash evaporating a getter layer on the substrate is disclosed. The getter layer comprises an alkaline earth metal, such as barium. The getter layer serves to protect the active components by absorbing surroundin... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6858464 | Method of manufacturing light emitting device A method of manufacturing a light emitting device is provided which requires low cost, is easy, and has high throughput. The method of manufacturing a light emitting device is characterized in that: a solution containing a light emitting material is ejected to an an... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6699739 | Thin film forming device, method of forming a thin, and self-light-emitting device Measure of forming an EL layer by selectively depositing through evaporation a material for forming the EL layer at a desired location is provided. When a material for forming an EL layer is deposited, a mask (113) is provided between a sample boat (111) ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6692981 | Method of manufacturing a solar cell A method of manufacturing a solar cell comprises interposing an intermediate layer containing p-type or n-type impurity between a silicon thin film and a support substrate, and heating all or part of the structure thus formed to a temperature at which the... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6670543 | Thin-film solar cells and method of making There are now provided thin-film solar cells and method of making. The devices comprise a low-cost, low thermal stability substrate with a semiconductor body deposited thereon by a deposition gas. The deposited body is treated with a conversion gas to pro... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6649824 | Photoelectric conversion device and method of production thereof A photoelectric conversion device comprising at least an electron acceptive charge transfer layer, an electron donative charge transfer layer, and a light absorption layer existing between the charge transfer layers, wherein either one of the charge trans... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6576831 | Multicrystalline silicon having a low proportion of active grain borders Directionally solidified, multicrystalline silicon having a low proportion of electrically active grain borders, its manufacturing and utilisation, as well as solar cells comprising said silicon and a method of manufacturing said cells.... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6355875 | Covered solar cell and manufacturing method thereof A powder glass solution is applied on top of a solar cell 12 with electrodes 17 formed thereon, and solvent is volatilized, followed by baking process, by which a glass 13 is directly formed on the top of the solar cell 12. In this way, the alignment betw... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6340789 | Multilayer photovoltaic or photoconductive devices The invention concerns optically absorptive photonic devices and in particular photovoltaic and photoconductive devices. It is particularly concerned with devices formed from multiple semiconducting layers, e.g., organic semiconducting polymers. Such a de... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6316366 | Method of polishing using multi-oxidizer slurry A chemical mechanical polishing slurry precursor comprising urea, a second oxidizer, an organic acid, and an abrasive, and a method for using the chemical mechanical polishing slurry precursor to prepare a chemical mechanical polishing slurry with a first... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6294726 | Silicon with structured oxygen doping, its production and use The present invention relates to silicon with a high oxygen content and, at the same time, a high density of crystal lattice dislocations, and to its production. This silicon may be used in photovoltaics. Solar cells which are based on the material accord... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6281427 | Substrate for producing semiconductor device, method for producing the substrate, photoelectric conversion device and method for producing the photoelectric conversion device A semiconductor-device-producing substrate and method for producing the substrate which is inexpensive and good in quality and which has a large-area surface layer. A photoelectric conversion device and method uses the semiconductor-device-producing subst... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6262359 | Aluminum alloy back junction solar cell and a process for fabrication thereof A process for fabricating a solar cell is described. The process includes: (1) providing a base layer, (2) fabricating an emitter layer of p-type conductivity on a same side as the non-illuminated surface of the base layer to provide a strongly doped p-ty... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6184058 | Integrated thin film solar battery and method for fabricating the same The integrated thin film solar battery of this invention includes a plurality of unit cells serially connected with one another on a same translucent insulating substrate, each of the unit cells including a transparent conductive film electrode, a photoel... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6111191 | Columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell substrate and improved method of manufacture The invention relates to improved techniques for manufacturing columnar-grained polycrystalline sheets which have particular utility as substrates or wafers for solar cells. The sheet is made from silicon on a setter material which supports the silicon ma... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6023020 | Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same A solar cell utilizing a chalcopyrite semiconductor and reducing the density of defects on the junction interface of pn junctions is provided. This solar cell includes a substrate, a back electrode formed on the substrate, a p-type chalcopyrite semiconduc... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6011215 | Point contact photovoltaic module and method for its manufacture A large area photovoltaic device includes a plurality of photovoltaic regions electrically interconnected in parallel. The regions are defined by a plurality of conductive channels which establish electrical contact between a top transparent electrode of ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6001667 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor detector for detecting light and radiation A method of manufacturing a semiconductor detector for detecting light and radiation comprises the steps of providing a first semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, attaching a second substrate to the first semiconductor substrate through a... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5916375 | Method of producing photoelectric conversion device The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a photovoltaic cell with high conversion efficiency, wherein a polycrystal CdTe layer with a large grain size can be formed by forming an indium oxide film (20) on a transparent conductive sub... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5821135 | Methods for and applications of making buried structures in semiconductor thin films A transparent substrate as formed on its front side a layer of amorphous silicon. A laser beam is used to irradiate through the backside of the transparent substrate in order to form buried nucleation sites within the amorphous silicon. The buried nucleat... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5641362 | Structure and fabrication process for an aluminum alloy junction self-aligned back contact silicon solar cell An improved solar cell design and method of fabrication that primarily uses two materials, n-type doped silicon and aluminum to form a p-n alloy junction back contact solar cell. The aluminum alloy junctions are placed on the back (unilluminated) side of ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5575862 | Polycrystalline silicon photoelectric conversion device and process for its production This invention provides an inexpensive polycrystalline silicon solar cell having a large grain size polycrystalline semiconductor layer grown on a low-cost metallurgical grade (MG) silicon substrate, and a process for its production. The polycrystalline s... | 11/19/1996 |
