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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7358101 | Method for preparing an optical active layer with 1˜10 nm distributed silicon quantum dots The present invention relates to a method for preparing an optical active layer with 1˜10 nm distributed silicon quantum dots, it adopts high temperature processing and atmospheric-pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD), and directly deposit to form a silicon n... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7285809 | Thin film transistor having high mobility and high on-current An image input apparatus includes an insulating substrate; polycrystalline silicon islands formed on said insulating substrate; pixels each including thin film transistors and a photodiode formed above said thin film transistors, each of the thin film transistors ha... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7220681 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device including a gate insulating film selectively formed on a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode formed on said gate insulating film; and a source region and drain region formed, in a surface portion of said semicon... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7153730 | Pulse width method for controlling lateral growth in crystallized silicon films A method is provided for crystallizing a silicon film in liquid crystal display (LCD) fabrication. The method comprises: forming an amorphous silicon film having a thickness in the range of 100 to 1000 Angstroms (Å); irradiating the silicon film with a laser pulse... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6627305 | Substrates for large area electronic devices A light-weight substrate (10) for thin film, large area electronic devices such as active matrix display devices, image sensing arrays and the like comprises a layer of rigid, cellular material (12) bonded to a comparatively thin glass sheet (11) on whose... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6593522 | Solar cell device A thin film semiconductor layer (3) for serving as a photovoltaic layer is formed on a substrate 1 of a metal foil formed by electroforming. A surface of the metal foil of the substrate 1 is formed in a rough shape of approximately 0.1-10 μm of mean roug... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6459032 | Substrate structures for integrated series connected photovoltaic arrays and process of manufacture of such arrays This invention comprises deposition of thin film photovoltaic junctions on conductive foil substrates which can be heat treated following deposition in a continuous fashion without deterioration of the metal support structure. In a separate operation, an ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6441301 | Solar cell and method of manufacturing the same A solar cell with good characteristics and high reliability is provided that includes a semiconductor comprising at least one element from each of groups Ib, IIIb, and VIb. A method of manufacturing the same also is provided. The solar cell includes a con... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6313052 | Glass for a substrate A glass for a substrate, having an average thermal expansion coefficient in the range of from 60×10-7 to 75×10-7 /° C. at 50 to 350° C., which consists essentially of the following composition expressed by wt %: ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6246055 | Photon detector and process for making the same In a photon detector wherein material of light-dependent conductivity is disposed between electrically conductive connections, the material is nanocrystalline composite material, said nanocrystalline composite material, in the process of making it, being ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6222115 | Photovoltaic module A photovoltaic module having a transparent substrate, solar cells formed on the back surface of the transparent substrate, an encapsulant resin for sealing the solar cells, and a back cover film formed on the back surface of the encapsulant resin, in whic... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6180868 | Solar cell module, solar cell module string, solar cell system, and method for supervising said solar cell module or solar cell module string A solar cell module or a solar cell module which is provided with a readable and writable memory medium capable of writing in a large quantity of information of said solar cell module and capable of reading out necessary information from said memory mediu... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6169246 | Photovoltaic devices comprising zinc stannate buffer layer and method for making A photovoltaic device has a buffer layer zinc stannate Zn2 SnO4 disposed between the semiconductor junction structure and the transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer to prevent formation of localized junctions with the TCO through a... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6162986 | Solar cell module and method of manufacturing the same A solar cell module has a very agreeable appearance and can carry a large volume of information on the light receiving surface thereof. An information carrying body storing information (including, for example, the date, the process the rated values, the d... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6072117 | Photovoltaic device provided with an opaque substrate having a specific irregular surface structure A photovoltaic device comprising an opaque substrate having an irregular surface structure comprising a plurality of linear irregularities or recesses arranged therein and a photoelectric conversion layer formed on said irregular surface structure of said... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5986205 | Stainless steel sheet and a substrate for a solar cell and manufacturing method thereof The stainless steel sheet useful as a substrate for non-single crystalline semiconductor solar cells has minute ripples with undulations along a rolling direction, and its surface roughness is controlled in the range of Rz 0.3-1.4 μm and R | 11/16/1999 |
| 5986285 | Group III-V amorphous and microcrystalline optical semiconductor including hydrogen, and method of forming thereof The present invention provides an amorphous optical semiconductor characterized by having a ratio of the sum total number of atoms of group III elements to the number of nitrogen atoms, in the range of 1:0.5 to 1:2 while including a hydrogen. Preferable i... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5928439 | Thin-film solar cell and method for the manufacture thereof A transparent second electrode layer laminated over a laminated composite of a solar cell structure is connected to a third electrode layer disposed opposite the substrate via through holes spaced longitudinally and equidistantly apart from each other. Th... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5735966 | Substrate structures for integrated series connected photovoltaic arrays and process of manufacture of such arrays The invention comprises deposition of thin film photovoltaic junctions on metal foil substrates which can be heat treated following deposition in a continuous fashion without deterioration of the metal support structure. In a separate operation, an interc... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5733381 | Thin-film solar cell array and method of manufacturing same A transparent second electrode layer laminated over a laminated composite of a solar cell structure is connected to a third electrode layer disposed opposite the substrate via through holes spaced longitudinally and equidistantly apart from each other. Th... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5667596 | Photovoltaic device and manufacturing method of the same In a photovoltaic device comprising a conductive base plate having four side edges, at least one conductive foil having a higher conductivity than the conductive base plate is provided in contact with the conductive base plate along at least one side edge... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660646 | Solar battery module A solar battery module in which at least the front, light incident side of the photovoltaic elements is covered with a transparent organic polymer resin, and a resin film of a material different from the organic polymer resin, is inserted between at least... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5650019 | Solar cell module having a surface coating material of three-layered structure A solar cell module comprising a photovoltaic element (solar cell) enclosed by a filler material and a coating material having a three-layered structure which is disposed on the light receiving side of the photovoltaic element, wherein said coating elemen... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5516704 | Method and an apparatus for manufacturing thin-film photoelectric conversion modules Multiple thin-film photoelectric conversion elements formed on a flexible insulating substrate are organized as a single photoelectric conversion module via a manufacturing process that substantially eliminates the probability of damaging the light-receiv... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5503898 | Method for producing textured substrates for thin-film photovoltaic cells The invention pertains to the production of ceramic substrates used in the manufacture of thin-film photovoltaic cells used for directly converting solar energy to electrical energy. Elongated ribbon-like sheets of substrate precursor containing a mixture... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5500056 | Solar cell containing low melting point glass layer A solar cell includes a compound semiconductor, which is a laminated film having compound semiconductor layers, and low melting point glass. When the solar cell is heated by fire, the low melting point glass melts to seal the compound semiconductor so tha... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5433259 | Retractable awning with integrated solar cells A retractable awning includes a weather protective articulated slat system for protecting the awning when in a retracted position with a solar cell panel incorporated into an articulated slat and connected to a battery for charging the battery.... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5411601 | Substrate for solar cell and solar cell employing the substrate A solar cell is constructed using a heterojunction formed by layering an n-type compound semiconductor followed by a p-type compound semiconductor on an insulator layer containing titanium oxide which has been formed on one side of a glass plate. The insu... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5389159 | Solar cell module and method for producing the same According to the invention, there is provided a solar cell module comprising a conductive substrate; a semiconductor layer having a photoelectric converting function formed on the substrate; a transparent conductive layer formed on the semiconductor layer... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5380372 | Solar cell and method for manufacture thereof The invention relates to a semiconductor component such as a thin-film solar cell with a seeding layer (20) arranged between a semiconductor layer (21, 22) and a carrier substrate (18). The surface of the carrier substrate (18) facing the seeding layer (2... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5352300 | Solar cell A solar cell having a semiconductor layer has a structure in which a first electrode, a semiconductor layer, and a second electrode are stacked on a substrate, wherein a zinc oxide layer containing a transition metal is located between the semiconductor l... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5306646 | Method for producing textured substrates for thin-film photovoltaic cells The invention pertains to the production of ceramic substrates used in the manufacture of thin-film photovoltaic cells used for directly converting solar energy to electrical energy. Elongated ribbon-like sheets of substrate precursor containing a mixture... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5242505 | Amorphous silicon-based photovoltaic semiconductor materials free from Staebler-Wronski effects Alloys of amorphous silicon with Group VIa elements are disclosed that form high-quality materials for photovoltaic cells that are resistant to Staebler-Wronski photodegradation. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing the alloys. The alloys can be f... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5141564 | Mixed ternary heterojunction solar cell A thin film heterojunction solar cell and a method of making it has a p-type layer of mixed ternary I-III-VI2 semiconductor material in contact with an n-type layer of mixed binary II-VI semiconductor material. The p-type semiconductor material... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5070272 | Photoconductive device and method of operating same A photoconductive device having a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive film, a photoconductive film and a layer of an insulator provided on at least part of the substrate and of high thermal conductivity, and a method of operating the photocond... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5028488 | Functional ZnSe1-x Tex :H deposited film A functional ZnSe1-x Tex :H film having a high doping efficiency and with no substantial change in the characteristics upon light irradiation. Said film is characterized in that the Se/Te quantitative ratio is in the range from 3:7 t... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5022930 | Thin film photovoltaic panel and method A thin film photovoltaic panel includes a backcap for protecting the active components of the photovoltaic cells from adverse environmental elements. A spacing between the backcap and a top electrode layer is preferably filled with a desiccant to further ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5008726 | PIN junction photovoltaic element containing Zn, Se, Te, H in an amount of 1 to 4 atomic % An improved pin junction photovoltaic element which causes photoelectromotive force by the junction of a p-type semiconductor layer, an i-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, characterized in that at least one of said p-type semicon... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5006180 | Pin heterojunction photovoltaic elements with polycrystal GaP (H,F) semiconductor film A pin heterojunction photovoltaic element which generates photoelectromotive force by the junction of a p-type semiconductor layer, an i-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, characterized in that at least one of said p-type and n-ty... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5002617 | Pin heterojunction photovoltaic elements with polycrystal AlAs(H,F) semiconductor film A pin heterojunction photovoltaic element which generates photoelectromotive force by the junction of a p-type semiconductor layer, an i-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, characterized in that at least one of said p-type and n-ty... | 03/26/1991 |
