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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163589 | Active layer for solar cell and the manufacturing method making the same A method for manufacturing an active layer of a solar cell is disclosed, the active layer manufactured including multiple micro cavities in sub-micrometer scale, which can increase the photoelectric conversion rate of a solar cell. The method comprises following ste... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8129211 | Dye-sensitized solar cell comprising metal oxide nanoball layer and preparation method thereof A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising a semiconductor electrode prepared by spraying a metal oxide nanoparticle dispersion on a conductive substrate using an electric field to form a metal oxide nanoball layer which is composed of agglomerated metal oxide nanoparti... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8093090 | Integrated circuit edge and method to fabricate the same In the fabrication of an integrated circuit, a trench with a sidewall is formed along the periphery of the integrated circuit and the substrate is back-lapped to a thickness smaller than the trench depth to separate the integrated circuit from other integrated circu... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7951638 | Method for making a textured surface on a solar cell A method is disclosed for making a textured surface on a solar cell. At first, there is provided a solar cell with a P-type layer and an N-type layer. Then, a silicon quantum dot-silicon nitride film is provided on the solar cell by chemical vapor deposition. Then, ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7906361 | Photodetector using nanoparticles The present invention relates to a photodetector using nanoparticles, and more particularly, to a novel photodetector wherein surfaces of nanoparticles synthesized by a wet colloidal process are capped with organic materials which then serve as channels for electron... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7829368 | Methods of forming double pinned photodiodes A pinned photodiode, which is a double pinned photodiode having increased electron capacitance, and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The invention provides a pinned photodiode structure comprising a substrate base over which is a first layer of semicondu... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820471 | Photoelectric conversion element and process for fabricating the same, electronic apparatus and process for fabricating the same, and semiconductor layer and process for forming the same A paste in which semiconductor fine grain such as titanium oxide fine grain or the like and a binder made of a polymer compound are mixed is coated onto a transparent conductive substrate and sintered, thereby forming a semiconductor layer made of the semiconductor ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7790495 | Optoelectronic device with germanium photodetector An optoelectronic device comprises a photodetector feature, an interfacial layer disposed above at least a portion of the photodetector feature, and a vertical contact disposed on at least a portion of the interfacial layer. The photodetector feature comprises germa... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7544532 | Infrared photodiodes and sensor arrays with improved passivation layers and methods of manufacture InSb infrared photodiodes and sensor arrays with improved passivation layers and methods for making same are disclosed. In the method, a passivation layer of AlInSb is deposited on an n-type InSb substrate using molecular beam epitaxy before photodiode detector regi... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7507599 | ZnX (X=S, Se, Te) quantum dot preparation method A ZnX, X is S, Se, Te or a combination thereof, quantum dot preparation method. This method comprises the following steps: dissolving S powder, Se powder, Te powder or a combination thereof into an organic alkali to form a first complex solution; dissolving ZnO into... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7422923 | Photoelectric transducer and its manufacturing method A photoelectric transducer comprises an electrode (5) on which a semiconductor layer (7) carrying a sensitizing dye is deposited. The semiconductor layer (7) contains semiconductor particles and a binder and has a porosity of 40 to 80%. A method... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7358658 | Amorphous diamond materials and associated methods for the use and manufacture thereof An electroluminescence device having improved luminescence per volt input is provided. The device can include a first electrode, a second electrode, a diamond-like carbon layer electrically coupled to at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode, and ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7339248 | Self-adjusting serial circuit of thin layers and method for production thereof The invention relates to a self-adjusting serial connection of thin layers and a method for the production thereof. The invention is characterized in that electrically conducting conductor tracks (20) are applied to a substrate (10), whereupon several ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7317566 | Electrode with transparent series resistance for uniform switching of optical modulation devices Switching uniformity of an optical modulation device for controlling the propagation of electromagnetic radiation is improved by use of an electrode comprising an electrically resistive layer that is transparent to the radiation. The resistive layer is preferably an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7288426 | Automatically adjusting serial connections of thick and thin layers and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a method for the production of automatically adjusting serial connections of thick and/or thin layers. The method comprises the following process steps: applying electrically conductive strip conductors (20) to a substrate (10)... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7231707 | Method of manufacturing planar inductors Method of forming a ferromagnetic layer on at least one surface of a dielectric material that may be serve as an inductive core on a printed circuit board or a multichip module. Conductive leads can form two separate coils around the core to form a transformer, and ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7179742 | Interconnect circuitry, multichip module, and methods for making them Methods of electroless plating metal on a dielectric material includes dipping the dielectric in a solution containing attractive catalytic metal particles and a metal salt solution. A thicker metallic layer can be deposited on top of the resulting layer by electrop... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7148072 | Method and apparatus for oxidizing conductive redeposition in TMR sensors A method and apparatus for oxidizing conductive redeposition in TMR sensors is disclosed. A TMR barrier layer is etched. Redeposition material is oxidized and the barrier is healed using an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of ozone and water vapor.... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7094623 | Method for producing semiconductor nanoparticles and semiconductor nanoparticles produced by the same This invention provides a method for producing semiconductor nanoparticles having a monodispersed distribution of particle sizes and the semiconductor nanoparticles produced by the same, which were insufficient in conventional reversed micelle methods. This method f... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094622 | Polymer based tunneling sensor A process for fabricating a polymer based circuit by the following steps. A mold of a design is formed through a lithography process. The design is transferred to a polymer substrate through a hot embossing process. A metal layer is then deposited over at least part... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7045833 | Avalanche photodiodes with an impact-ionization-engineered multiplication region An avalanche photodiode including a multiplication layer is provided. The multiplication layer may include a well region and a barrier region. The well region may include a material having a higher carrier ionization probability than a material used to form the barr... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6991958 | Solid-state electric device A solid state electric device includes templated charge-carrier-transporting channel layer interposed between a pair of conductive substrates. The templated charge-carrier-transporting channel layer includes a layer of a first charge-carrier-transporting material ha... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992298 | Coated spherical silicon nanoparticle thin film UV detector with UV response and method of making A UV detector has a UV detection thin film of coated spherical silicon nanoparticles formed upon a substrate. The detector includes structures to bias the thin film. In preferred embodiments, a thin conductor that is at least semi-transparent to UV radiation is form... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6964201 | Large dimension, flexible piezoelectric ceramic tapes A flexible detection/test tape includes a first flexible conductive layer, and a second flexible conductive layer positioned opposite the first conductive layer. A plurality of at least one of sensors, actuators or transducers are positioned between and are bonded t... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6951770 | Method of manufacturing a photovoltaic foil The invention pertains to a method of manufacturing a photovoltaic foil comprising a TCO layer, a photovoltaic layer, and a back electrode, which method comprises the following steps: providing a conductive temporary substrate; applying a TCO layer on the temporary ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6916981 | Semiconductor layer, solar cell using it, and production methods and applications thereof The objects of the present invention are to provide semiconductor layers for obtaining solar cells having a relatively high energy conversion efficiency, solar cells using the same, and their production methods and uses; all of which are solved by providing semicond... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913943 | Photovoltaic device This invention is a layered thin film semiconductor device comprising a first transparent layer; a thin, second transparent layer having a conductivity less than the first transparent layer; an n-type layer; and a p-type layer comprising one or more IIB and VIA elem... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6897085 | 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... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6838743 | Optoelectronic material, device using the same and method for manufacturing optoelectronic material This invention relates an optoelectronic material comprising a uniform medium with a controllable electric characteristic; and semiconductor ultrafine particles dispersed in the medium and having a mean particle size of 100 nm or less, and an application device usin... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6803320 | Protective tape applying and separating methods A protective tape is applied by a tape applying mechanism on a surface of a wafer suction-supported by a chuck table. The protective tape is cut to the shape of the wafer by a cutter unit. This process is repeated a plurality of times to apply protective tape in a p... | 10/12/2004 |
