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8183566 Hetero-crystalline semiconductor device and method of making same  
A hetero-crystalline semiconductor device and a method of making the same include a non-single crystalline semiconductor layer and a nanostructure layer that comprises a single crystalline...
8173891 Monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem, ultra-thin, strain-counterbalanced, photovoltaic energy converters with optimal subcell bandgaps  
Modeling a monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem, solar photovoltaic converter or thermophotovoltaic converter by constraining the bandgap value for the bottom subcell to no less than a particular...
8168972 Method for simultaneous recrystallization and doping of semiconductor layers and semiconductor layer systems produced according to this method  
A method for simultaneous recrystallization and doping of semiconductor layers, in particular for the production of crystalline silicon thin layer solar cells. A substrate base layer 1 is produced,...
8164092 PIN structures including intrinsic gallium arsenide, devices incorporating the same, and related methods  
Provided herein are PIN structures including a layer of amorphous n-type silicon, a layer of intrinsic GaAs disposed over the layer of amorphous n-type silicon, and a layer of amorphous p-type...
8153456 Bifacial solar cell using ion implantation  
An improved bifacial solar cell is disclosed. In some embodiments, the front side includes an n-type field surface field, while the back side includes a p-type emitter. In other embodiments, the...
8154020 Photo-voltaic cell device and display panel  
A photo-voltaic cell device includes a first electrode, an N-type doped silicon-rich dielectric layer, a P-type doped silicon-rich dielectric layer, and a second electrode. The N-type doped...
8143587 Radiation image detector having a doped intermediate layer  
An intermediate layer is located between a recording photoconductive layer and an electrode, which is either one of a bias electrode and a reference electrode, and which is located on the side at...
8138499 Stacked photoelectric conversion device  
To provide a stacked photoelectric conversion device capable of inhibiting extreme decrease of the output in the morning and evening. A stacked photoelectric conversion device of the present...
8129713 Photoelectric conversion element, method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion element, and electronic apparatus  
A photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion element provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The...
8120027 Backside nanoscale texturing to improve IR response of silicon solar cells and photodetectors  
The absorption coefficient of silicon for infrared light is very low and most solar cells absorb very little of the infrared light energy in sunlight. Very thick cells of crystalline silicon can be...
8115097 Grid-line-free contact for a photovoltaic cell  
Electrical contact to the front side of a photovoltaic cell is provided by an array of conductive through-substrate vias, and optionally, an array of conductive blocks located on the front side of...
8115203 Photoconductors for mid-/far-IR detection  
An infrared photodiode structure is provided. The infrared photodiode structure includes a doped semiconductor layer having ions of certain conductivity. An active photodetecting region is...
8080825 Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same  
An image sensor may include a first substrate having circuitry including wires and a silicon layer formed on and/or over the first substrate to selectively contact the wires. The image sensor may...
8067687 High-efficiency, monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem photovoltaic energy converters  
A monolithic, multi-bandgap, tandem solar photovoltaic converter has at least one, and preferably at least two, subcells grown lattice-matched on a substrate with a bandgap in medium to high energy...
8053666 Solar cell and manufacturing method of the solar cell  
A p type amorphous silicon layer is stacked, by a CVD method, on a main surface of an n type single-crystalline silicon substrate; an n type amorphous silicon layer is stacked, by the CVD method,...
8044445 Photoelectric conversion device and method of manufacturing the same  
A photoelectric conversion device includes a thin film transistor that is placed on a substrate, a photodiode that is connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor and includes an...
8039277 Providing current control over wafer borne semiconductor devices using overlayer patterns  
Disclosed are methods for providing wafer parasitic current control to a semiconductor wafer (1240) having a substrate (1240), at least one active layer (1240) and at least one surface layer...
8030745 ID chip and IC card  
The present invention provides an ID chip or an IC card in which the mechanical strength of an integrated circuit can be enhanced without suppressing a circuit scale. An ID chip or an IC card of...
8030651 Micro electro mechanical device and manufacturing method thereof  
To manufacture a micro structure and an electric circuit included in a micro electro mechanical device over the same insulating surface in the same step. In the micro electro mechanical device, an...
7994602 Titanium dioxide thin film systems  
A thin-film metal-oxide compound includes a titanium dioxide layer having a thickness of about 100 to 1000 nanometers. The titanium dioxide layer has a single-phase anatase structure. The titanium...
7989142 Photo-masking method for fabricating TFT array substrate  
An exemplary method for fabricating a TFT array substrate includes providing an insulating substrate (201); coating a gate metal layer (202) on the substrate; forming a plurality of gate electrodes...
7985604 Method of manufacturing photoelectric conversion device  
A photoelectric conversion device having an excellent photoelectric conversion characteristic is provided while effectively utilizing limited resources. A fragile layer is formed in a region at a...
7977144 Thin film transistor array panel and manufacture thereof  
A method for a thin film transistor array panel includes forming a gate line and a pixel electrode on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer covering the gate line, forming a data line...
7956354 Method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor, and an organic electroluminescene display device having the organic thin film transistor  
Provided is a method of patterning an organic thin film which can prevent surface damage of an organic semiconductor layer. Also, an organic thin film transistor that can reduce an off-current and...
7952019 Electrochemical cell structure and method of fabrication  
An electrochemical cell and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The electrochemical cell comprises a first conductive layer; a metal oxide layer formed on the first conductive layer,...
7935966 Semiconductor device with heterojunctions and an inter-finger structure  
A semiconductor device including, on at least one surface of a crystalline semiconductor substrate, at least one first amorphous semiconductor region doped with a first type of conductivity. The...
7919779 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof  
The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises steps of forming a metal film, an insulating film, and an amorphous semiconductor film in sequence...
7915612 Photoelectric conversion device and method of producing the same  
A photoelectric conversion device includes a p-type layer, an i-type layer and an n-type layer each made of a silicon base semiconductor, stacked in this order, wherein the i-type layer contains...
7906778 Methods of making nano-scale structures having controlled size, nanowire structures and methods of making the nanowire structures  
Methods of making nanometer-scale semiconductor structures with controlled size are disclosed. Semiconductor structures that include one or more nanowires are also disclosed. The nanowires can...
RE42157 Photoelectric converter, its driving method, and system including the photoelectric converter  
A photoelectric converter of a high signal-to-noise ratio, low cost, high productivity and stable characteristics and a system including the above photoelectric converter. The photoelectric...
7888207 Transistor structures and methods for making the same  
Enhancement mode, field effect transistors wherein at least a portion of the transistor structure may be substantially transparent. One variant of the transistor includes a channel layer comprising...
7888167 Photoelectric conversion device and method for manufacturing the same  
To provide a photoelectric conversion device with improved photoelectric conversion characteristics and cost competitiveness. A photoelectric conversion device including a semiconductor junction...
7884375 Solar cell, uneven surface on an insulation layer as a screen mesh pattern, and manufacturing method thereof  
A solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof. A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes: forming an emitter layer on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming an insulation...
7863518 Photovoltaic device  
A photovoltaic device capable of improving output characteristics is provided. This photovoltaic device comprises a crystalline semiconductor member, a substantially intrinsic first amorphous...
7863609 Compound semiconductor substrate, semiconductor device, and processes for producing them  
A compound semiconductor substrate 10 according to the present invention is comprised of a Group III nitride and has a surface layer 12 containing a chloride of not less than 200×1010 atoms/cm2 ...
7851695 Stacked-type photoelectric conversion device  
The present invention makes it possible to provide a stacked-type thin-film photoelectric conversion device having high photostability, at a high yield rate and significantly reduced production...
7847180 Nanostructure and photovoltaic cell implementing same  
A photovoltaic nanostructure according to one embodiment of the present invention includes an electrically conductive nanocable coupled to a first electrode, a second electrode extending along at...
7838762 Solar cell  
A solar cell comprises a substrate configured to have a plurality of via holes and a first conductive type, an emitter layer placed in the substrate and configured to have a second conductive type...
7834324 Radiation image detector  
An intermediate layer is located between a recording photoconductive layer and an electrode, which is either one of a bias electrode and a reference electrode, and which is located on the side at...
7786543 CDS capable sensor with photon sensing layer on active pixel circuit  
A MOS or CMOS based active pixel sensor with special sampling features to substantially eliminate clock noise. The sensor includes an array of pixels fabricated in or on a substrate, each pixel...
7768007 Information device  
Problems exist in areas such as image visibility, endurance of the device, precision, miniaturization, and electric power consumption in an information device having a conventional resistive film...
7759756 Dual-pixel full color CMOS imager  
A dual-pixel full color complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager is provided, along with an associated fabrication process. Two stand-alone pixels are used for three-color detection....
7732813 Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same  
An image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A metal wiring layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate including a circuit region, and first conductive layers are formed...
7709288 Method for manufacturing multi-junction solar cell  
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a multi-junction solar cell which makes it possible to implement a 4-junction solar cell and to increase the area of a device. A nucleus...
7693360 Optoelectronic hybrid integrated module and light input/output apparatus having the same as component  
On the back surface of a transparent plate having a light extracting part for outputting lights to the outside, an electrode for wiring, and an electrode for an electromagnetic shield, an optical...
7642114 Micro electro mechanical device and manufacturing method thereof  
To manufacture a micro structure and an electric circuit included in a micro electro mechanical device over the same insulating surface in the same step. In the micro electro mechanical device, an...
7638799 Image sensor structure with recessed separator layer  
An image sensor structure includes a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate. Each pixel includes an image senor interconnect structure, a separator layer and an electrode layer, wherein the...
7619240 Semiconductor photodetector, device for multispectrum detection of electromagnetic radiation using such a photodetector and method for using such a device  
This semiconductor photodetector consists of a diode with at least two heterojunctions comprising two external layers, a first layer with a given kind or type of doping and a second layer with a...
7615730 Device and method for measuring wavelength of an optical signal  
A wavelength meter, an associated method, and system are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes a photodiode to receive an optical signal and to generate a photocurrent upon...
7572668 Method of patterning an organic thin film, an organic thin film transistor, a method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor, and an organic electroluminescence display device having the organic thin film transistor  
Provided is a method of patterning an organic thin film which can prevent surface damage of an organic semiconductor layer. Also, an organic thin film transistor that can reduce an off-current and...