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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187911 | Method for forming the separating lines of a photovoltaic module with series-connected cells For forming the separating lines, (5, 6, 7) which are produced in the functional layers (2, 3, 4) deposited on a transparent substrate (1) during manufacture of a photo-voltaic module with series-connected cells (C1, C2, . . . ), a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8114702 | Method of manufacturing a monolithic thin-film photovoltaic device with enhanced output voltage The invention provides a method of manufacturing a monolithic thin-film photovoltaic cell or module with enhanced output voltage as high as 100 V or higher in a single microelectronic process without connecting in series a plurality of premanufactured solar cells. T... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8021913 | Method and apparatus for forming the separating lines of a photovoltaic module with series-connected cells For forming the separating lines, (5, 6, 7) which are produced in the functional layers (2, 3, 4) deposited on a transparent substrate (1) during manufacture of a photovoltaic module with series-connected cells (C1, C2, . . . ), th... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7977146 | Method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module For the manufacture of a photovoltaic module (1), there are attached to a transparent substrate (2) a transparent front electrode layer (3), a semiconductor layer (4) and a rear electrode layer (5) which, for forming cells (C1... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7960202 | Photodiode array having semiconductor substrate and crystal fused regions and method for making thereof Disclosed is a photodiode array comprising a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of photodiodes formed on the semiconductor substrate; and crystal fused regions losing crystallinity by fusing a semiconductor material of the photodiodes between the plurality of phot... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7915070 | Method for fabricating organic light emitting display device A fabricating method of an organic light emitting display device including performing a sheet test as a sheet unit on a mother board formed with panels and sheet wires for supplying test signals to the panels on the mother board, the method including: forming drive ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7759158 | Scalable photovoltaic cell and solar panel manufacturing with improved wiring A method and apparatus for fabricating large scale PV cell and solar module/panel is disclosed. The method includes designing a PV cell wiring scheme for a number of PV cells and patterning a plurality of features on a large size silicon sheet. A number of large sca... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7592201 | Adjustments of masks by re-flow As a step in performing a process on a structure, a hole pattern is provided in a thin layer of organic resin masking material formed over the structure to provide a process mask. A processing step is then performed through the openings in the mask, and after a proc... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7585696 | Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. The image sensor includes a substrate provided with a transistor circuit, first and second interconnections separated from each other on the substrate, a first conductive-type conductive layer fo... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7507600 | Semiconductor photodetecting device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor photodetecting device including a PIN photodiode formed on an SI-InP substrate; a buried optical waveguide portion formed on the SI-InP substrate and including the film thickness continuously increased toward the PIN photodiode and an InP clad layer ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7406761 | Method of manufacturing vibrating micromechanical structures A method for fabrication of single crystal silicon micromechanical resonators using a two-wafer process, including either a Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) or insulating base and resonator wafers, wherein resonator anchors, a capacitive air gap, isolation trenches, and a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7351598 | Solid-stage image pickup device and method for producing the same A solid-state image pickup device includes an element isolation insulating film electrically isolating pixels on the surface of a well region; a first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film; and a seco... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7336685 | Laser irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device YAG laser can simultaneously emit a plurality of laser beams having different wavelengths from each other. By simultaneously irradiating the laser beams having different wavelengths from each other to a same region of a non-single crystal semiconductor film, an inte... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7238878 | Photovoltaic module with light reflecting backskin A photovoltaic module comprises electrically interconnected and mutually spaced photovoltaic cells that are encapsulated by a light-transmitting encapsulant between a light-transparent front cover and a back cover, with the back cover sheet being an ionomer/nylon al... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232713 | Methods of forming interconnect lines In one aspect, the invention provides a method of forming an electrical connection in an integrated circuitry device. According to one preferred implementation, a diffusion region is formed in semiconductive material. A conductive line is formed which is laterally s... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7211469 | Semiconductor wafer having electrically connected passive device chips, passive devices and semiconductor package using the same A semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of passive device units, which are electrically connected across scribe lines. Passive device chips in the wafer that are adjacent to one another in a first direction are electrically connected in parallel, while passive de... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7180110 | Organic photoelectric conversion element The organic photoelectric conversion element according to the invention has enhanced the light-absorbing property by incorporating two or more kinds of electron donating organic materials 4a and 4b in the photoelectric conversion region | 02/20/2007 |
| 7122398 | Manufacturing of optoelectronic devices A method for manufacturing optoelectronic devices is disclosed. A layered structure may be formed with a plurality of layers including a bottom electrode layer, a top electrode layer, and one or more active layers between the top and bottom electrode layers. The lay... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7098395 | Thin-film solar cell module of see-through type A thin-film solar cell module of a see-through structure has a plurality of integrated thin-film solar cell segments, each having a rectangular surface, provided on at least a portion of a surface region of a light-transmitting substrate having a rectangular surface... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098394 | Method and apparatus for powering circuitry with on-chip solar cells within a common substrate A system and method for providing power to a light-powered transponder. In order to create a sufficient voltage differential, two different photovoltaic elements are used. The photovoltaic elements generate voltages of different polarities. Because the photovoltaic ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091059 | Method of forming a photosensor comprising a plurality of trenches A method of forming a multiple-trench photosensor for use in a CMOS imager having an improved charge capacity. The multi-trench photosensor may be either a photogate or photodiode structure. The multi-trench photosensor provides the photosensitive element with an in... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7071505 | Method and apparatus for reducing imager floating diffusion leakage An imager having reduced floating diffusion leakage and a mechanism for improving the storing of collected charge is described. A polysilicon contact is provided between a floating diffusion region and a gate of a source follower output transistor, with the contact ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052998 | Method of manufacturing photovoltaic device The present invention provides a method for manufacturing integrated-type photovoltaic devices wherein light is incident from a side opposite to its substrate. The advantage of the method is easy patterning. A first electrode film, a photoelectric conversion layer, ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053294 | Thin-film solar cell fabricated on a flexible metallic substrate A thin-film solar cell (10) is provided. The thin-film solar cell (10) comprises a flexible metallic substrate (12) having a first surface and a second surface. A back metal contact layer (16) is deposited on the first surface of the flex... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7029943 | Photovoltaic component and module A photovoltaic component with at least one silicon wafer that has a certain basic doping, a light-receiving side, and electric bonding side opposite the light-receiving side, and at least one interdigital semiconductor structure arranged on the electric bonding side... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019207 | Method for producing a solar module with thin-film solar cells which are series-connected in an integrated manner and solar modules produced according to the method, especially using concentrator modules Known methods of producing large-surface integrated thin-film solar modules with an amorphous, poly- or microcrystalline absorber layer always comprise division and conversion structuring processes which can cause instabilities in the structuring and which are relat... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000664 | Sheet set apparatus for sealing preparation, output lead wire set apparatus for sealing preparation, and sealing preparation apparatus A sheet supply section disposed along a transport way of a substrate feeds a sheet wound in a roll shape. A sheet cutting section cuts a sealing sheet to be set on the substrate from a fed portion of the sheet. A sheet set section including a transfer head of a vacu... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6982183 | Method and system for manufacturing a pixel image sensor Pixel image sensors with lateral photodiode elements and vertical overflow drain systems. According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, an image sensor pixel includes a lateral photodiode element and a vertical overflow drain system for draining exc... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6963024 | Solar cell module and its installing module A solar cell module 60 has a plurality of solar cells 14 having a plurality of parallel grooves 8 on the individual light-receiving surfaces thereof, each of the grooves having an electrode 5 for extracting output on the inner side face (... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6949400 | Ultrasonic slitting of photovoltaic cells and modules An ultrasonic slitting device cuts and seals the edges of photovoltaic cells and modules to encapsulate the photoactive components in an environment substantially impervious to the atmosphere. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943430 | Semiconductor wafer having electrically connected passive device chips, passive devices and semiconductor package using the same A semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of passive device units, which are electrically connected across scribe lines. Passive device chips in the wafer that are adjacent to one another in a first direction are electrically connected in parallel, while passive de... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6914182 | Method of installing solar cell modules, and solar cell module Two types of solar cell modules having an equal output voltage and different sizes are used, and a plurality of solar cell modules of these two types are installed so that they are connected in parallel. The size of a solar cell module having two solar cell sub-modu... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6906253 | Method for fabricating a solar tile The present invention provides a solar tile and method for fabricating the same. The solar tile includes a flexible circuit having at least one electrically conductive path laminated between two insulating sheets. The flexible circuit includes a plurality of opening... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6870087 | Assembly method and apparatus for photovoltaic module A photovoltaic (PV) module 10 assembled by automated processes. PV module 10 comprises solar cells electrically connected in a linear string 24. Encapsulant 26 surrounds solar cell string 24. Dielectric 30 is positioned betw... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6846696 | Method for manufacturing solar battery The invention is aimed to prevent that fall of characteristic of a solar battery and producing yield caused by particles of powder condition generating from working part at laser beam process in the method producing the solar battery by laser beam process. The const... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6841728 | Solar cell stringing machine A machine for the automated assembly of wafers such as solar cells into strings, comprising a control system, a cell loader with wafer inspection station, a cell tab loader, a string assembly station, and a platen with adjacent pairs of individual cell, opposing edg... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6815347 | Method of forming a reflective electrode The present invention provides a method of forming a TFT and a reflective electrode having recesses or projections with reduced manufacturing cost and a reduced number of manufacturing steps, and provides a liquid crystal display device to which the method is applie... | 11/09/2004 |
