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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158454 | Method for manufacturing solar cell module A method for manufacturing a solar cell module 10 comprises the steps of exposing a part of the metal electrode layer 4 in a pinhole PHii′ which is formed in the resin layer 5 by applying a reverse voltage across the transparent ele... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8101455 | Method of fabricating solar cell A method of fabricating a solar cell is disclosed. The solar cell fabricating method includes forming a first transparent conductive layer on a transparent substrate, texturing an upper surface of the first transparent conductive layer using an etchant solution conf... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7910395 | LED structure An LED structure includes a first substrate; an adhering layer formed on the first substrate; first ohmic contact layers formed on the adhering layer; epi-layers formed on the first ohmic contact layers; a first isolation layer covering the first ohmic contact layer... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7305091 | Quantum cipher communication system A quantum cipher communication system includes a sender's apparatus, a recipient's apparatus and a transmission path. The sender's apparatus includes a beam splitting for splitting a laser beam into a weak signal light and an intense reference light, a phase modulat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7259390 | Organic semiconductor material There is provided a liquid crystalline material, suitable for use as an organic semiconductor material, in which, even when the charge transport distance is long, the charge transport capability is satisfactory, the charge mobility is high, and the dependence of the... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7227066 | Polycrystalline optoelectronic devices based on templating technique Methods for passivating crystalline grains in an active layer for an optoelectronic device and optoelectronic devices having active layers with passivated crystalline grains are disclosed. Crystalline grains of an active layer material and/or window layer material a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214557 | Light receiving or light emitting modular sheet and process for producing the same A light receiving or light emitting modular sheet having a plurality of spherical elements arranged in matrix. It is constituted only of acceptable spherical elements and photoelectric conversion efficiency thereof is enhanced. The light receiving modular she... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7176514 | Method and configuration for reinforcement of a dielectric layer at defects by self-aligning and self-limiting electrochemical conversion of a substrate material A method for producing a dielectric layer on a substrate made of a conductive substrate material includes reducing a leakage current that flows through defects of the dielectric layer at least by a self-aligning and self-limiting electrochemical conversion of the co... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7091519 | Semiconductor thin film, semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an insulating film on its surface, and ac active layer made of a semiconductive thin film on the substrate surface. The thin film contains a mono-domain region formed of multiple columnar and/or needle-like crystals... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6946597 | Photovoltaic devices fabricated by growth from porous template Photovoltaic devices, such as solar cells, and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. A device may be characterized by an architecture where two more materials having different electron affinities are regularly arrayed such that their presence alternates withi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6861279 | Method of manufacturing electro-optical device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus The invention provides an electro-optical device and a manufacturing method therefor which makes it possible to manufacture power source wiring lines more simply. Power source wiring lines are formed by an inkjet method. ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6852920 | Nano-architected/assembled solar electricity cell Nano-architected/assembled solar cells and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. The solar cells comprise oriented arrays of nanostructures wherein two or more different materials are regularly arrayed and wherein the presence of two different materials alter... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6660537 | Method of inducing movement of charge carriers through a semiconductor material A conductive trace is formed over and insulated from a region of semiconductor material, such as a region adjacent to the n+ region of an n+/p- photodiode, and a sawtooth current is made to flow through the conductive trace. The sawtooth current induces c... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6653550 | Integrated thin-film photoelectric conversion module An integrated thin-film photoelectric conversion module includes a multi-layered film including a first electrode layer, a semiconductor layer and a second electrode layer stacked on a main surface of a substrate. The multi-layered film includes a cell re... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6638788 | Solar cell and method of manufacturing same A solar cell is manufactured by bringing a front side of a semiconductor crystal substrate into contact with an electrolytic liquid containing a fluoride, placing an electrode in the electrolytic liquid, passing a current between the electrode and the sem... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6613973 | Photovoltaic element, producing method therefor, and solar cell modules A photoelectric conversion layer 13, a transparent electrode layer 14, an insulating layer 15, and a back electrode layer 16 are successively formed in this order on a conductive substrate 11 having a through-hole 17 formed therein, and the transparent el... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6605484 | Process for optically erasing charge buildup during fabrication of an integrated circuit A process for optically reducing charge build-up in an integrated circuit includes exposing the integrated circuit or portions thereof to a broadband radiation source. The process effectively reduces charge buildup that occurs in the manufacture of integr... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6589848 | Photodetector device and method for manufacturing the same A photodetector device and a process for manufacturing the same are described. The photodetector device comprises a doped semiconductor substrate; an intrinsic semiconductor material layer formed over the substrate, for absorbing incident light; an upper ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6541299 | Semiconductor device having thin film resistors made of bolometer materials A method of trimming for a semiconductor device comprising bolometers arranged in two-dimensional form corresponding to pixels for converting incoming infrared rays into electrical signals includes vertical switches, a vertical shift register, horizontal ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6512250 | Light-emitting device A light-emitting device (1000) has a light-emitting device section (100) and a waveguide section (200) for transmitting light emitted from the light-emitting device section, which are integrally formed on a substrate (10). The light-emitting device sectio... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6455344 | Method of fabricating a planar porous silicon metal-semicoductor-metal photodetector A high gain and low leakage current porous silicon metal-semiconductor-metal planar photodetector was fabricated through rapid thermal oxidation (RTO) and rapid thermal annealing (RTA). A high responsivity of 2.15 A/W can be obtained under a 0.85 mW 675 n... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6365825 | Reverse biasing apparatus for solar battery module A reverse biasing apparatus is used to remove short-circuited portions in a solar battery module having multiple strings of solar cells each including a first electrode layer, a photovoltaic semiconductor layer and a second electrode layer formed on a gla... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6288323 | Thin film photoelectric conversion module and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides a thin film photoelectric conversion module, including a substrate and a plurality of thin film photoelectric conversion cells formed on the substrate and connected to each other in series to form a series-connected array. W... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6242687 | Amorphous silicon photovoltaic devices and method of making same A process for producing a thin film semiconductor solar cell, said solar cell at least comprising: a p-type layer, and an n-type layer, which are deposited on carrier material, wherein the composition of the p-type layer, especially the optical band gap a... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6100464 | Solar cell and method of producing same A method is provided of producing a solar cell having a semiconductor layer within which, in a direction of thickness, a p-n barrier layer is present, and which can be irradiated with light from at least one side. The cell has contacts for electrical cont... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5977477 | Photovoltaic device A method for making a photovoltaic device includes the steps of: (a) forming a transparent conductive layer on a substrate, (b) putting the surface of the transparent conductive layer into contact with an ionized inert gas, and (c) forming a semiconductor... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5895227 | Method of fabricating a photo-device A method of fabricating a photo-device includes the steps of forming an optically nontransparent, electrically conductive layer on the surface of a photoelectric conversion substrate, and transferring a portion of the optically nontransparent, electricall... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5837562 | Process for bonding a shell to a substrate for packaging a semiconductor A process for manufacturing a vacuum enclosure for a semiconductor device formed on a substrate with leads extending peripherally. Assembly of the enclosure is compatible with known batch fabrication techniques and is carried out at pressures required for... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5665423 | Method for manufacturing a photodetector for sensing light having a wavelength within a wide range The present invention is related to a method for manufacturing a photodetector which comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a substrate having a back surface; (b) applying a first conducting layer on the back surface; (c) annealing the substrate coated wit... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5650337 | Monolithic optoelectronic and electronic structures The invention related to a process for the production of a monolithic electronic and/or optoelectronic single-element or multi-element structure from a semionic material selected from the group of semionic materials comprising doped elemental semiconducto... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5478757 | Method for manufacturing photodetector using a porous layer The present invention is related to a method for manufacturing a photodetector which comprises steps of: (a) preparing a substrate having a back surface; (b) applying a first metal layer on the back surface; (c) annealing the substrate coated with the fir... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5320723 | Method of removing short-circuit portion in photoelectric conversion device A method of removing any short-circuit defect existing in a photoelectric conversion device such as solar batteries having a semiconductor layer which is disposed between an upper transparent electrode and a lower electrode and which produces an electromo... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5281541 | Method for repairing an electrically short-circuited semiconductor device, and process for producing a semiconductor device utilizing said method A method for repairing a defective semiconductor device, the defective semiconductor device including a semiconductor thin film and a conductive thin film, disposed in the named order, on a conductive surface of a substrate, such that the conductive thin ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5277786 | Process for producing a defect-free photoelectric conversion device A process for producing a photoelectric conversion device comprising a substrate having a conductive surface, a semiconductor layer disposed on said conductive surface of said substrate, a transparent and conductive layer disposed on said semiconductor la... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5262350 | Forming a non single crystal semiconductor layer by using an electric current A semiconductor device which has a non-single crystal semiconductor layer formed on a substrate and in which the non-single crystal semiconductor layer is composed of a first semiconductor region formed primarily of non-single crystal semiconductor and a ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5098850 | Process for producing substrate for selective crystal growth, selective crystal growth process and process for producing solar battery by use of them A process for producing a substrate for selective crystal growth, which comprises subjecting a substrate having a layer comprising a first material having higher nucleation density and a layer comprising a second material having lower nucleation density t... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5086328 | Photo-anodic oxide surface passivation for semiconductors A method is disclosed for passivating infrared detector arrays 50. A wafer 48 of indium antimonide (InSb) is subjected an anodization process while being illuminated by a bright incandescent lamp 66. In one embodiment, the photo-anodized layer 72 is used ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5084400 | Conversion process for passivating short circuit current paths in electronic devices having a metallic electrode An electronic device of the type including a thin film body having a superposed metallic electrode has short circuit defects therein passivated by a conversion process in which the electrical resistivity of the metallic electrode material is increased pro... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5039620 | Method of making a photoelectric conversion device with a high response speed An improved photoelectric conversion device is shown. The device includes a plurality of photoelectric semiconductor elements each of which are composed of a first electrode and a semiconductor layer and a second electrode. The opposed surfaces of semicon... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4929281 | Method for producing thin-film solar cells in a series-connected array Disclosed is a method for producing an array of thin-film solar cells so that the individual solar cells are electrically connected in series. Individual solar cells are manufactured by depositing and structuring the layers required by each solar cell on ... | 05/29/1990 |
