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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8093489 | Photovoltaic devices fabricated from nanostructured template Photovoltaic devices, such as solar cells, and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. A device may be characterized by an architecture having a nanostructured template made from an n-type first charge transfer material with template elements between about 1 nm... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8053663 | Panel-shaped semiconductor module A solar battery module as a panel-shaped semiconductor module comprises multiple spherical or nearly spherical, granular electric power generation semiconductor elements arranged in multiple rows and columns, a conductive connection mechanism electrically connecting... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8030569 | Light receiving or light emitting semiconductor module Multiple semiconductor elements in a semiconductor module in which multiple spherical light receiving or emitting semiconductor elements are installed can easily be retrieved, reused, or repaired. In a semiconductor module 60, two segment modules 61 ar... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017859 | Photovoltaic thin coating for collector generator Photovoltaic coatings and methods of making photovoltaic coatings are provided. The photovoltaic coating contains a semiconductor layer containing semiconductor elements such as silicon particles between bottom metal-semiconductor compounds and upper metal-semicondu... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013238 | Micro concentrators elastically coupled with spherical photovoltaic cells With small dimensional optics, small photovoltaic cells have heat distribution surfaces, very high concentrations and subsequently high utilization of the semiconductors can be achieved. Discrete photodiodes can be formed as spherical and other geometric shaped, cel... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7947894 | Light receiving or light emitting semiconductor module In the solar battery module 20, solar battery cells 10 arranged in a matrix of eight rows and four columns with their conducting direction aligned and five plate spring members 22 having nearly an inverted U-shaped cross-section are housed in an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7842880 | Weavable fiber photovoltaic collectors Photovoltaic fibers and methods of making photovoltaic fibers are provided. The photovoltaic fiber contains a core, bottom metal-semiconductor compounds over the core, a semiconductor layer comprising semiconductor elements and insulating materials over the bottom m... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7829782 | Photovoltaic conversion device, optical power generator and manufacturing method of photovoltaic conversion device To provide an easy-to-manufacture, high-quality photovoltaic conversion device and an optical power generator and also to provide a manufacturing method with high production efficiency. To realize these, a photovoltaic conversion device is manufactured by a m... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7422922 | Photoelectric conversion element and process for fabricating the same, electronic device and process for fabricating the same In a photoelectric conversion device using a semiconductor electrode composed of semiconductor nanoparticles, the semiconductor electrode is made by coating and drying a paste containing a binder and semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed therein on a transparent con... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7402747 | Photoelectric conversion device and method of manufacturing the device There is disclosed a photoelectric conversion device comprising a substrate 1 serving as a lower electrode; first conductivity-type crystalline semiconductor particles 3 deposited on the substrate; second conductivity-type semiconductor layers 4 formed... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7387400 | Light-emitting device with spherical photoelectric converting element A light-emitting device has spherical photo-electric converting elements that have a substantially spherical acceptance surface, respectively; a light emitting diode powered by the spherical photo-electric converting elements; a control circuit; and a sealing member... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7365358 | Semiconductor thin film and method of fabricating semiconductor thin film, apparatus for fabricating single crystal semiconductor thin film, and method of fabricating single crystal thin film, single crystal thin film substrate, and semiconductor device A method of fabricating a single crystal thin film includes forming a non-single crystal thin film on an insulating base; subjecting the non-single crystal thin film to a first heat-treatment, thereby forming a polycrystalline thin film in which polycrystalline grai... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358185 | Device having contact pad with a conductive layer and a conductive passivation layer A method and apparatus is disclosed for sequential processing of integrated circuits, particularly for conductively passivating a contact pad with a material which resists formation of resistive oxides. In particular, a tank is divided into three compartments, each ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341774 | Electronic and opto-electronic devices fabricated from nanostructured high surface to volume ratio thin films An electronic or opto-electronic device or a chemical sensor comprising: an interpenetrating network of a nanostructured high surface area to volume ratio film material and an organic/inorganic material forming a nanocomposite. The high surface area to volume film m... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342311 | Electronic unit integrated into a flexible polymer body A peel and stick electronic system comprises a silicone body, and at least one electronic unit operatively connected to the silicone body. The electronic system is produce by providing a silicone layer on a substrate, providing a metal layer on the silicone layer, a... | 03/11/2008 |
| RE39967 | Solid-state photoelectric device A solid state photovoltaic device is formed on a substrate and includes a photoactive channel layer interposed between a pair of electrodes. The photoactive channel layer includes a first material which absorbs light and operates as a hole carrier. Within the first ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312097 | Method of fabricating an optical concentrator for a photovoltaic solar cell A method of fabricating a photovoltaic solar cell is provided. A plurality of generally spherical semiconductor elements are provided. Each of the semiconductor elements has a core and an outer surface surface forming a p-n junction. An anti-reflection coating is de... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7291782 | Optoelectronic device and fabrication method Charge-splitting networks, optoelectronic devices, methods for making optoelectronic devices, power generation systems utilizing such devices and method for making charge-splitting networks are disclosed. An optoelectronic device may include a porous nano-architecte... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7259443 | Methods for forming patterns on a filled dielectric material on substrates Methods of forming a pattern of filled dielectric material on a substrate by thermal transfer processes are disclosed comprising exposing to heat a thermally imageable donor element comprising a substrate and a transfer layer of dielectric material. The exposure pat... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253017 | Molding technique for fabrication of optoelectronic devices Charge splitting networks for optoelectronic devices may be fabricated using a nanostructured porous film, e.g., of SiO2, as a template. The porous film may be fabricated using surfactant temptation techniques. Any of a variety of semiconducting materials... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238966 | Light-receiving panel or light-emitting panel, and manufacturing method thereof A light receiving panel provided with a plurality of particulate semiconductor elements (solar cells) or a light emitting panel provided with a plurality of particulate semiconductor elements (light emitting diodes) is disclosed. In the solar cell panel, a printed w... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238968 | Semiconductor device and method of making the same The present invention presents a semiconductor device (10) which is adapted to a solar cell, and in which a semiconductor element (1) is produced by forming one flat surface (2) on a spherical or substantially spherical silicon single crystal ( | 07/03/2007 |
| 7205473 | Photovoltaic powered multimedia greeting cards and smart cards A flexible photovoltaic cell integrated onto an active card, such as a greeting card or “smart” card, may be fabricated separately and then integrated with additional electronics on the active card. Alternatively, the photovoltaic cell may be fabricated on the a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205626 | Light-emitting or light-receiving with plurality of particle-shaped semiconductor devices having light-emitting or light-receiving properties In a semiconductor module, twenty five semiconductor devices having light receiving properties, for example, are arranged in five by five matrices using a conductor mechanism formed from six lead frames Each column of semiconductor devices is connected in series and... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200318 | Near infra-red composite polymer-nanocrystal materials and electro-optical devices produced therefrom The invention comprises a composite material comprising a host material in which are incorporated semiconductor nanocrystals. The host material is light-transmissive and/or light-emissive and is electrical chargetransporting thus permitting electrical charge transpo... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196834 | Transparent flat body This invention relates to a transparent flat body including two transparent cover layers (1, 2) that confine between them an active layer (3) whose transparency varies in an electric field and disposed between two electrode layers (6, 7) optiona... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195721 | Quantum lilypads and amplifiers and methods of use A nanocomposite having enhanced energy conversion between thermal, electron, phonons, and photons energy states. The composition comprises a synergistic blend of nanoscale powders wherein the powders have nanoscale layered surface modifiers and a conductive medium. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7170142 | Planar integrated circuit including a plasmon waveguide-fed Schottky barrier detector and transistors connected therewith A planar integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate having a substrate surface and a trench in the substrate, a waveguide medium in the trench having a top surface and a light propagation axis, the trench having a sufficient depth for the waveguide medium... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157641 | Organic photovoltaic cells with an electric field integrally-formed at the heterojunction interface A bi-layer photovoltaic cell, and method (100) of making same, with an electric field applied at the p-n heterojunction interface. The cell includes a first semiconductor layer including a binder, nanocrystals of an n-type semiconductor, and spatially bound c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141735 | Dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device The present invention relates to an organic dye-sensitized semiconductor device and to a solar cell using it and, particularly, to a photoelectric conversion device using semiconductor fine particles sensitized with a dye having an acrylic acid part and a solar cell... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136543 | Mount assembly, optical transmission line and photoelectric circuit board A mount assembly which amplifies a light signal from an optical transmission line and transmits the light signal to another optical transmission line and does not require a highly precise perpendicularity at a connection portion between the optical transmission line... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7109528 | Light receiving or emitting semiconductor apparatus With a solar ball 10 serving as a light-receiving semiconductor apparatus, the outer surface of a spherical solar cell 1 is covered with a light-transmitting outer shell member 11, and electrode members 14, 15 are connected to electrodes ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7087831 | 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 transfer layers ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087832 | Nanostructure and nanocomposite based compositions and photovoltaic devices Nanocomposite photovoltaic devices are provided that generally include semiconductor nanocrystals as at least a portion of a photoactive layer. Photovoltaic devices and other layered devices that comprise core-shell nanostructures and/or two populations of nanostruc... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087833 | Nanostructure and nanocomposite based compositions and photovoltaic devices Nanocomposite photovoltaic devices are provided that generally include semiconductor nanocrystals as at least a portion of a photoactive layer. Photovoltaic devices and other layered devices that comprise core-shell nanostructures and/or two populations of nanostruc... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079453 | Timepiece and electronic apparatus with bulb-shaped semiconductor element The present invention relates to a timepiece and an electronic apparatus, which comprise a casing, a digital face and a time counting module, both being provided in the casing. A bulb-shaped solar battery element is mounted on the digital face. The bulb-shaped solar... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7078613 | Structured micro-channel semiconductor electrode for photovoltaic cells A solar cell having a plurality of micro-channels. Specifically, a plurality of micro-channels are formed in a semiconductor material that has been disposed on the surface of a planar electrode. The semiconductor material is saturated with dye and injected with an e... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7042003 | Light receiving element using interconnected nanoparticles A light receiving element, in which nanoparticles obtained by a colloidal synthesis are interconnected so as to serve as a channel for electrons excited by light received by the nanoparticles, thereby improving the performance of the light receiving element and simp... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7026654 | Package for optical semiconductor To provide a package for an optical semiconductor having a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device in one package, in which a groove is provided between the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device to thereby avoid rays of light from the light... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7001460 | Semiconductor element and its manufacturing method In a semiconductor element comprising microcrystalline semiconductor, a semiconductor junction is provided within a microcrystal grain. Further, in a semiconductor element comprising microcrystalline semiconductor, microcrystal grains of different grain diameters ar... | 02/21/2006 |
