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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7163835 | Method for producing thin semiconductor films by deposition from solution A method is described for producing thin semiconductor films on a substrate by contacting a substrate with a solution containing a metal salt, a source of a Group VIa element, and chelating agent, and a noble metal in its elemental form. The resulting semiconductor ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7129058 | Method of production of a nanoparticle of a compound semiconductor in a cavity of protein The method of the production of a nanoparticle of the present invention includes a step of forming a nanoparticle of a group II–group VI compound semiconductor in the cavity part of a protein, in a solution containing the protein having a cavity part therein repre... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7094354 | Method and apparatus for separation of particles in a microfluidic device A microfluidic device provides separation of particles in a liquid sample, particularly, separation of a sample of whole blood into its components for further analysis. Separation into red blood cells and plasma occurs within a few seconds after the blood sample has... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7041530 | Method of production of nano particle dispersed composite material A method of the production of a nanoparticle dispersed composite material capable of controlling a particle size and a three dimensional arrangement of the nanoparticles is provided. The method of the production of a nanoparticle dispersed composite material of the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6933553 | Field effect transistor using vanadium dioxide layer as channel material and method of manufacturing the field effect transistor Provided is a field effect transistor. The field effect transistor includes an insulating vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin film used as a channel material, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the insulating VO2 thin film to be space... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6908782 | High carrier concentration p-type transparent conducting oxide films A p-type transparent conducting oxide film is provided which is consisting essentially of, the transparent conducting oxide and a molecular doping source, the oxide and doping source grown under conditions sufficient to deliver the doping source intact onto the oxid... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6890777 | Quantum dot white and colored light emitting diodes An electronic device comprising a population of quantum dots embedded in a host matrix and a primary light source which causes the dots to emit secondary light of a selected color, and a method of making such a device. The size distribution of the quantum dots is ch... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6855556 | Binding protein as biosensors The invention is directed to compositions of mutated binding proteins containing reporter groups, analyte biosensor devices derived there from, and their use as analyte biosensor both in vitro and in vivo. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6696700 | P-type transparent copper-aluminum-oxide semiconductor This invention provides a transparent Cu--Al--O semi-conducting film having a p-type conductivity greater than 0.95×10-1 S.multidot.cm-1. This invention also relates to a process for preparing a Cu--Al--O film having p-type conducti... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6664565 | ZnO crystal growth method, ZnO crystal structure, and semiconductor device using ZnO crystal A ZnO crystal growing method having the steps of: growing a low temperature growth ZnO layer on a sapphire substrate at a temperature lower than a single crystal ZnO growth temperature; thermally processing the low temperature growth ZnO layer at a temper... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6548751 | Thin film flexible solar cell A thin-film flexible solar cell built on a plastic substrate comprises a cadmium telluride p-type layer and a cadmium sulfide n-type layer sputter deposited onto a plastic substrate at a temperature sufficiently low to avoid damaging or melting the plasti... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6503839 | Endpoint stabilization for polishing process A system for performing chemical mechanical polishing wherein a dopant is added to the slurry during a chemical mechanical planarization so as to enhance end point determination. In one embodiment, the CMP system includes a laser end point detection syste... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6368892 | Monolithic multi-junction solar cells with amorphous silicon and CIS and their alloys Efficient broader spectrum monolithic solar cells are produced by coupling a CIS or CIGS polycrystalline semiconductor to an amorphous silicon semiconductor. Coupling can be accomplished with a n-type conductor, such as cadmium sulfide or microcrystalline... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6307148 | Compound semiconductor solar cell and production method thereof An indium layer and a copper layer, and whenever necessary, a gallium layer or a gallium-alloy layer, are laminated on an electrode film formed on one of the surfaces of a substrate to form a metallic film. The metallic film is then subjected to sulfuriza... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6287879 | Endpoint stabilization for polishing process A system for performing chemical mechanical polishing wherein a dopant is added to the slurry during a chemical mechanical planarization so as to enhance end point determination. In one embodiment the CMP system includes a laser end point detection system... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6023020 | Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same A solar cell utilizing a chalcopyrite semiconductor and reducing the density of defects on the junction interface of pn junctions is provided. This solar cell includes a substrate, a back electrode formed on the substrate, a p-type chalcopyrite semiconduc... | 02/08/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5541118 | Process for producing cadmium sulfide on a cadmium telluride surface A process for producing a layer of cadmium sulfide on a cadmium telluride surface to be employed in a photovoltaic device. The process comprises providing a cadmium telluride surface which is exposed to a hydrogen sulfide plasma at an exposure flow rate, ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5538903 | Method of manufacturing solar cell A method of manufacturing a solar cell, comprising the steps of forming a layer of n-type compound semiconductor, a layer of p-type compound semiconductor, and an electrode layer on a glass substrate, wherein at least one of said steps of forming a layer ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 4812416 | Method for executing a reproducible glow discharge In order to be able to check whether or not a glow procedure is executed properly, i.e. reproducibly, the temporal course of the formation of characteristic stable reaction products is traced mass spectrometrically.... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4735909 | Method for forming a polycrystalline monolayer Improved techniques are provided for forming a very thin polycrystalline layer of a semiconductor material on a glass substrate. The film material may be formed from a slurry of a semiconductor powder and a liquid carrier, and the slurry economically appl... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4709119 | Photovoltaic cell and method of making same A thin film solar cell is proposed, in which the surface of the semiconductor layer (20) facing the front contact (28) is designed as an inversion layer, which can be tunnelled through by the charge carriers electrons and holes.... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4544797 | Method for preventing short-circuits or shunts in a large area thin film solar cell and cell obtained thereby A method to prevent short-circuits or shunts in a large area thin film solar cell comprises applying, to a substrate with a first conductive electrical contact, at least one first layer comprising a p-type or n-type conductive layer and a second layer com... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4526809 | Process and apparatus for formation of photovoltaic compounds The invention relates to a process and apparatus for formation and deposition of thin films on a substrate, in a vacuum, by evaporation of the elements to form a Znx Cd1-x S compound having a preselected fixed ratio of cadmium to zin... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4472458 | Process for the production of metallized semiconductors The firmly adhesive metallization, in particular partial metallization, of the surface of semiconductors is possible, without pickling, by carrying out the activation with organometallic compounds of metals of the IB and VIIIB Groups of the Periodic Table... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4404734 | Method of making a CdS/Cux S photovoltaic cell A photovoltaic cell is formed by combining a spray process, forming a crystalline layer containing cadmium and sulfur, and an evaporation process, depositing copper chloride for converting to Cux S. The crystals containing cadmium and sulfur ar... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4403398 | Method of manufacturing a cadmium sulphide photo-voltaic device The invention relates to the manufacture of a cadmium sulphide photo-voltaic device. A substrate such as a glass is coated with successive layers which are made, in order, of tin oxide, cadmium sulphide, cuprous sulphide and copper to build up a photo-vol... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4331707 | Process for thin film deposition of cadmium sulfide The present invention teaches a process for depositing layers of cadmium sulfide. The process includes depositing a layer of cadmium oxide by spray pyrolysis of a cadmium salt in an aqueous or organic solvent. The oxide film is then converted into cadmium... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4318938 | Method for the continuous manufacture of thin film solar cells A technique for manufacturing durable, reliable solar cells by a continuous process suitable for large-scale manufacture involves, in substance, providing a reel of thin metal foil substrate and forming on the substrate a series of layers operative to for... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4262411 | Method of making a solar cell array A method of producing an array of photovoltaic cells responsive to incident radiation by forming heterojunction-forming material layers over a transparent substrate panel having a transparent electrically conductive coating and thereafter removing selecte... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4254546 | Photovoltaic cell array In a photovoltaic cell which comprises: a substrate, a bottom electrode, a first layer of cadmium sulfide, a second layer of cuprous sulfide forming a barrier junction with said first layer and a top electrode, the improvement wherein said substrate is an... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4239553 | Thin film photovoltaic cells having increased durability and operating life and method for making same A solar cell having a copper-bearing absorber is provided with a composite transparent encapsulating layer specifically designed to prevent oxidation of the copper sulfide. In a preferred embodiment, the absorber is a layer of copper sulfide and the compo... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4167805 | Cuprous sulfide layer formation for photovoltaic cell An improved method for fabrication of a photovoltaic cell preferably of the CdS--Cux S type, having a copper electrode adjacent the Cux S. A portion of the CdS is converted to Cux S through ion exchange wherein the CdS is ... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4135290 | Method for fabricating solar cells having integrated collector grids A heterojunction or Schottky barrier photovoltaic device comprising a conductive base metal layer compatible with and coating predominately the exposed surface of the p-type substrate of the device such that a back surface field region is formed at the in... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4127424 | Photovoltaic cell array In a photovoltaic cell which comprises: a substrate, a bottom electrode, a first layer of cadmium sulfide, a second layer of cuprous sulfide forming a barrier junction with said first layer and a top electrode, the improvement wherein said substrate is an... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4120705 | Vacuum deposition process for fabricating a CdS--Cu2 S heterojunction solar cell device A solar cell is comprised of (1) a Cu2 S thin film evaporated on a conductive substrate at an elevated temperature thereby growing a polycrystalline film of preferred orientation, and (2) an outer CdS layer grown epitaxially on the Cu2 | 10/17/1978 |
| 4086101 | Photovoltaic cells A method of making low cost photovoltaic cells on a large scale basis by means of a continuous process of coating sheet glass while the sheet glass moves in and has its under surface immersed in a tank of molten material, comprising forming the film of Cd... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4052782 | Tubular solar cell and method of making same High efficiency, low cost solar energy conversation is facilitated by using tubular photovoltaic solar cells situated at the focus of a line-generated paraboloidal reflector. Advantageously each solar cell comprises a pair of concentric glass tubes that a... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4041140 | Method of making a sulphide ceramic body A method of making a polycrystalline sulphide ceramic body by sulphurizing an oxide material in a carbon disulphide atmosphere at a temperature in the range of 400-1000° C and less than the transforming temperature of the sulphide, which transforming tem... | 08/09/1977 |
