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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8012531 | Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same, and method for forming impurity region Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a solar cell. The method includes forming an impurity layer on a substrate of a first conductive type, the impurity layer having impurities of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type; forming a first emitte... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7291365 | Linear laser light beam for making OLEDS A method of transferring organic material from a donor element to a substrate includes providing a radiation source; and selecting the power of the radiation applied to the donor element by the radiation source to cause the transfer of organic material to the substr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288294 | Method of crystallizing amorphous silicon using nanoparticles A method of crystallizing amorphous silicon, wherein the method includes supplying nanoparticles over a surface of an amorphous silicon layer; intermittently melting nanoparticles that reach the surface of the amorphous silicon layer while supplying the nanoparticle... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7247346 | Combinatorial fabrication and high-throughput screening of optoelectronic devices Methods and apparatus for the rapid and parallel synthesis of optoelectronic cell devices and for the high-throughput screening of such devices for useful properties are disclosed. The methods comprise the parallel synthesis of arrays of optoelectronic devices fabri... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7173180 | Silane composition, silicon film forming method and solar cell production method A silane composition for preparing a semiconductor thin films of a solar cell is disclosed. The silane composition contains a polysilane compound represented by the formula SinRm (n is an integer of 3 or more, m is an integer of n to (2n+2) and... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7112617 | Patterned substrate with hydrophilic/hydrophobic contrast, and method of use A gas phase species (such as ozone, H2O2, or N2O) is photodissociated with ultraviolet light into a reactive species that is patternwise directed (e.g., through a mask) onto a surface of a material, such as an organosilicate. The rea... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7067171 | Manufacturing method of electron beam apparatus and spacer, and electron beam apparatus A method of manufacturing an electron beam apparatus having an airtight container with electron-emitting devices contained therein and spacers provided in the airtight container comprising the coating step of providing a film on a spacer substrate to be the spacers,... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6951771 | Method of forming laminate and method of manufacturing photovoltaic device A method of forming a laminate and a method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device using the laminate are provided. The laminate forming method includes a first step of forming an intermediate layer on a base member, and a second step of forming a metal layer on the... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6933168 | Method and apparatus for employing a light shield to modulate pixel color responsivity A method and apparatus for employing a light shield to modulate pixel color responsivity. The improved pixel includes a substrate having a photodiode with a light receiving area. A color filter array material of a first color is disposed above the substrate. The pix... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6893688 | Method and apparatus for fabricating electro-optical device and method and apparatus for fabricating liquid crystal panel A method for manufacturing an electro-optical device deposited with an insulating film or alignment layer on the surface of a substrate, the method is characterized by including the step of irradiating ultraviolet radiation onto the surface of the substrate (an ultr... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6146489 | Method and apparatus for depositing scintillator material on radiation imager An apparatus to align the deposition of scintillator material on a radiation detector array includes a cover mask assembly configured to be positively positioned on a detector array and underlying pallet assembly to provide proper alignment of the mask wi... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6048623 | Method of contact printing on gold coated films The present invention comprises methods of contact printing of patterned, self-assembling monolayers of alkanethiolates, carboxylic acids, hydroxamic acids, and phosphonic acids on metallized thermoplastic films, the compositions produced thereby, and the... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5912056 | Black matrix with conductive coating A method for forming a conductively coated matrix structure for separating rows and columns of sub-pixels on the faceplate of a flat panel display device. In one embodiment, the present invention deposits a photoresistive material over the interior surfac... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5882435 | Process for the metal coating of solar cells made of crystalline silicon Solar cells made of crystalline are metal coated. Combined front side and rear side metal coating based on a thick-film process is proposed, in which even very fine thick-film conductor track structures are sufficiently reinforced by photo-induced current... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5683742 | Selective coating method using a nonwetting material There is disclosed a coating method for a substrate having an end region comprising: (a) rubbing a nonwetting material across the end region to adhere the nonwetting material to the end region; and (b) contacting a portion of the substrate including the e... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5525440 | Method for the manufacture of a photo-electrochemical cell and a cell made by this method Method for the manufacture of a photoelectrochemical cell and a cell made by this method. A disadvantage of such cells (1) is the fact that their efficiency is not sufficient for economic use. It is therefore the aim of the invention to avoid this disadva... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5275839 | Method of sensitizing lead salt detectors A method for sensitizing lead salt infrared detectors includes the step of making a photomask for depositing a lead salt material on a substrate for forming a plurality of detectors in which each detector is electrically coupled in series to at least one ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5144333 | Process for the storage of information in an organic recording layer Process for the storage of information in an organic recording layer which, as the result of local treatment of its surface with an organic solvent in accordance with the shape of the information to be marked can alter its absorption spectrum and/or its p... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5064684 | Waveguides, interferometers, and methods of their formation The invention generally is accomplished by a casting of a liquid metallo-organic ceramic precursor solution to form a layer on a substrate. This layer is then heated to a low temperature to create an amorphous layer. Then a selected area is heated to a hi... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4960608 | Manufacturing process of a photocathode for an image intensifier tube The invention concerns a manufacturing process of a photocathode for an image intensifier tube. According to this process, the photocathode is made within the tube by depositing a photoelectric material on a conductive substrate by vacuum evaporation. Dur... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4828876 | Production of photoelectric conversion film and contact type image sensor A process for preparing a photoelectric conversion film containing one or more compound semiconductor made from Cd and group Vi element comprises coating a paste containing (a) a photoelectric conversion material, (b) a dopant, (c) a flux, (d) an organic ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4818565 | Method to stabilize metal contacts on mercury-cadmium-telluride alloys A method of stabilizing metal contacts on a body of a mercury-cadmium-telluride alloy comprising depositing a layer of a rare earth element such as samarium or ytterbium on the surface of the alloy prior to depositing an overlayer of a contact metal such ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4721629 | Method of manufacturing photovoltaic device A transparent conductive film is formed on a glass substrate covering substantially its entire surface area and this transparent conductive film is divided into a plurality of transparent conductive parts per each photoelectric converting region. The phot... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4719123 | Method for fabricating periodically multilayered film A method for fabricating a periodically multilayered film having a plurality of amorphous thin layers of different kinds stacked periodically is performed by forming at least one kind of the layers in the stack by a photo CVD method, whereby a more defini... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4693910 | Process for producing porous antireflective coatings An antireflective coating and a process for producing the same are described. This antireflective coating has the difference in refractive index between the glass interface and the outer surface of the antireflected coating of 0.15 or less. This antirefle... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4663188 | Method for making a photodetector with enhanced light absorption A photodetector including a light transmissive electrically conducting layer having a textured surface with a semiconductor body thereon. This layer traps incident light thereby enhancing the absorption of light by the semiconductor body. A photodetector ... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4661370 | Electric discharge processing of thin films A deposited film is processed in a preselected pattern by discharging electric energy through the film across a gas dielectric. In a preferred embodiment, a voltage pulse chain is applied to a moving probe spaced a preselected distance from the film. The ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4643913 | Process for producing solar cells A process for producing solar cells which comprises applying a composition for anti-reflection coating formation on one side of a silicon base plate having a p-n junction therein, printing an Ag paste for contact formation on predetermined areas of the co... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4638110 | Methods and apparatus relating to photovoltaic semiconductor devices A solar concentrator-photovoltaic module having a matrix of miniaturized photovoltaic cells is formed by using a laser beam to form the miniaturized photovoltaic cell sites in situ. A laminated sheet is formed by a light-transmissive lens sheet having a m... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4624715 | Process for passivation of photoconductive detectors made of Hg Cd Te The present invention relates to a process for passivation of photoconductive detectors constituted by Hg Cd Te, wherein a layer of native oxide is formed on the faces of an Hg Cd Te wafer and it is made to grow, by pure chemical oxidation in an aqueous s... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4592129 | Method of making an integral, multiple layer antireflection coating by hydrogen ion implantation A process is disclosed for fabricating an improved antireflection coating on a substrate. A layer of dielectric material having a first thickness and a first index of refraction are formed overlying a substrate. The dielectric material is implanted with h... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4511600 | Solar cell metal spray process The present invention provides a method of forming a metal pattern on a solar cell comprising the steps of forcing a molten metal through an aligned array of orifices by use of gas pressure; vibrating the aligned array of orifices to form the molten metal... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4481235 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing tape-shaped silicon bodies for solar cells A method and apparatus for manufacturing tape-shaped silicon bodies for solar cells wherein a tape-shaped reticulate carrier is passed vertically downwardly through a drawing nozzle including a slot which is full of molten silicon. The drawing nozzle is l... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4454186 | Primed surface and charge transfer media An article having a primed surface or improved electric charge transfer properties is disclosed. The surface has discrete sites of inorganic materials thereon.... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4410558 | Continuous amorphous solar cell production system The continuous production of solar cells by the glow discharge (plasma) deposition of layers of varying electrical characteristics is achieved by advancing a substrate through a succession of deposition chambers. Each of the chambers is dedicated to a spe... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4402771 | Substrate for silicon solar cells A substrate is made for silicon solar cells by heating a sheet of large-grained silicon steel at a temperature of at least about 1300° C. in an atmosphere of hydrogen and tungsten hexafluoride (or hexachloride) at a partial pressure ratio of hydrogen to ... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4387987 | Method of producing solid-state color imaging devices In a solid-state imaging device wherein filters of the three primary colors in the mosaic filter configuration are stacked on a solid-state imager LSI in which a plurality of picture elements each consisting of a photoelectric conversion element and a sca... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4388346 | Electrodes for solid state devices Contact electrodes on a semiconductor device (50) such as a photovoltaic solar cell is formed by screening through a mask (38) onto a surface (40) a pattern of ink containing a dispersion of lower melting, sinterable metal (tin) coated base metal (copper)... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4377604 | Copper stabilized dipping solution for a photovoltaic device incorporating a Cux S layer A copper stabilized dipping solution for a photovoltaic device incorporating a Cux S layer. The dipping solution contains copper metal which stabilizes the solution by providing a source of copper to continuously reduce CU++ ions to ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4376795 | Method of producing image sensor An image sensor having a photoconductor array comprising tightly adherent CdS-CdSe or CdS-CdTe photoconductive solid solution thin film and having fast photoresponse speed and excellent spectral sensitivity characteristics.... | 03/15/1983 |
