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6743655 |
Negative differential resistance reoxidized nitride silicon-based photodiode and method
A photodiode that exhibits a photo-induced negative differential resistance region upon biasing and illumination is described. The photodiode includes an N+ silicon substrate, a silicon nitride...
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6734037 |
Method and device for producing solar cells
The present invention concerns a process for fabricating a solar cell, wherein material is deposited on a multicrystalline silicon substrate and passivation is performed by means of hydrogen...
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6734452 |
Infrared radiation-detecting device
An Al x Ga 1−x As/GaAs/Al x Ga 1−x As quantum well exhibiting a bound-to-quasibound intersubband absorptive transition is described. The bound-to-quasibound transition exists when the first...
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6730536 |
Pre-drilled image sensor package fabrication method
A central aperture is formed in a substrate. Traces are formed on a lower surface of the substrate, the traces having tabs protecting beyond a sidewall of the central aperture. An image sensor is...
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6725528 |
Microsolenoid coil and its manufacturing method
A photosensitive material is coated on an insulating material ( 13 ) stacked on a substrate ( 1 ) (FIG. 16 A), and exposed and developed using a mask having a light-shielding film capable of...
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6720202 |
Photovoltaic cells
Improved photovoltaic cells utilizing for a semiconductor layer, titanium dioxide powders, consisting of porous particles, ranging in size from 0.1 to 10 microns (10 −6 meters), and possess...
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6709886 |
Method of fabricating micromachined devices
A method for fabricating a module for at least partially intercepting a light beam propagating along a beam path includes providing a single crystal silicon substrate with a first substrate surface...
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6706550 |
Photodiode having a plurality of PN injections and image sensor having the same
The present invention relates to a pinned photodiode for an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same; and, more particularly, to a pinned photodiode of an image sensor fabricated by...
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6706962 |
Hybrid solar cells with thermal deposited semiconductive oxide layer
Method for producing a hybrid organic solar cell having the general structure Substrate+EM/HTM/dye/SOL/EM, or Substrate+EM/SOL/dye/HTM/EM, or Substrate+EM/HTM/SOL/EM, in which EM is the electrode...
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6696738 |
Miniaturized image sensor
An image sensor includes a substrate, a frame layer, a photosensitive chip and a transparent layer. The substrate is composed of spaced metal sheets. Each metal sheet includes a first board, a...
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6694614 |
Laser processing method and equipment for printed circuit board
A laser processes a circuit board including at least two layers. The two layers are a conductive layer with a plurality of holes and an insulating layer. The conductive layer is disposed on a...
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6692981 |
Method of manufacturing a solar cell
A method of manufacturing a solar cell comprises interposing an intermediate layer containing p-type or n-type impurity between a silicon thin film and a support substrate, and heating all or part...
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6689950 |
Paint solar cell and its fabrication
A solar cell has an active structure including a paint voltage source having a first paint layer structure comprising p-type pigment particles dispersed in a first-layer binder, and a second paint...
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6686291 |
Undercut process with isotropic plasma etching at package level
A method ( 30 ) of fabricating a micromechanical device ( 10 ) by performing spacer layer undercutting ( 46 ) and passivation at the package level. A back-end assembly process utilizes a full-cut...
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6682960 |
Method of producing semiconductor device with a thin film transistor and a photoelectric conversion element
The present invention is a method of producing a semiconductor device usable as a photodetector having a plurality of pixels, each composed of an MIS photoelectric conversion element and a...
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6680216 |
Method of making imager structure
In an imager having an array of light-sensitive elements and employing striped common electrodes, exposed edges of preimidized polyimide layers above the light-sensitive imaging elements are sealed...
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6674106 |
Display device such as electro-optic element and thin film transistor and display device manufacturing method
A display device includes pixels disposed in a matrix on a transparent base plate. Each pixel includes an opening region, in which an electro-optic element for emitting light through the base plate...
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6670544 |
Silicon-germanium solar cell having a high power efficiency
A silicon-germanium thin-film solar cell having a quantum well structure as an active base layer within the space-charge region of the silicon p-n diode junction. The quantum well structure is...
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6670213 |
Method of preparing photoresponsive devices, and devices made thereby
A method of preparing an efficient photoresponsive device includes the steps of providing a first electrode on a substrate, providing a layer of an organic material including a blend of at least...
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6661080 |
Structure for backside saw cavity protection
A structure includes holes formed in a layer of tape. The holes are aligned over active areas on chips formed in a wafer. A custom vacuum chuck with a plurality of suction ports is aligned on the...
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6661025 |
Method of manufacturing electro-optical apparatus substrate, electro-optical apparatus substrate, electro-optical apparatus and electronic apparatus
A method of manufacturing an electro-optical apparatus substrate ( 10 ), includes the processes of: forming a light shield layer on one surface of an optically transparent substrate; patterning the...
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6660553 |
Semiconductor device having solid-state image sensor with suppressed variation in impurity concentration distribution within semiconductor substrate, and method of manufacturing the same
Photolithography is used to form a photoresist ( 30 ) having an opening over an end portion of a gate structure ( 15 ) and over a region adjacent to the gate structure ( 15 ) where a photodiode (...
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6660552 |
Reduced surface charging in silicon-based devices
A grating light valve with reduced surface charging is disclosed. Surface charging is measured by the propensity an insulating surface to accept and transport a charge. The grating light valve of...
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6660555 |
X-ray image sensor and method for fabricating the same
An X-ray image sensor having a photoelectric conversion part that converts X-ray photons into electric charges. The X-ray image sensor includes a pixel electrode for collecting the electric charges...
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6656760 |
Solid state imaging sensor in a submicron technology and method of manufacturing and use of a solid state imaging sensor
A detector and a camera system for electromagnetic radiation being integrated in a solid state substrate are disclosed. Said substrate comprises a first region of a first conductivity and a second...
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6656761 |
Method for forming a semiconductor device for detecting light
A method of forming a resonant cavity device useful for optoelectronic applications is disclosed. A monocrystalline top semiconductor substrate is wafer bonded to a mirror formed over or within a...
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6656762 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor image sensor with color filters and bonding pads
In a method for fabricating a semiconductor device suitable for an image sensor, a bonding pad is formed on a lower insulating layer after the lower insulating layer is formed on a substrate. Then,...
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6653164 |
Solid state imaging device, manufacturing method thereof, and solid state imaging apparatus
A sole state imaging device includes a photodetection diode and an insulated gate field effect transistor provided adjacent to the photodetection diode for optical signal detection. In a method of...
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6645789 |
On chip alpha-particle detector
An IC chip comprising, a nearby or remote source capable of particle emissions; circuitry formed in the IC chip that is adversely affected by impacts of particle emissions from said source; and a...
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6638786 |
Image sensor having large micro-lenses at the peripheral regions
An image sensor includes an array of pixels formed in a semiconductor substrate. The pixels are grouped as a center portion of pixels and an outer portion of pixels. A first set of micro-lenses is...
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6635507 |
Monolithic bypass-diode and solar-cell string assembly
An apparatus and method are described for making a solar cell with an integrated bypass diode. The method comprises the steps of depositing a second layer having a first type of dopant on a first...
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6632699 |
Process for making a color selective Si detector array
A multiplicity of components form a photodiode array on a substrate. Each of the components consists of a transistor of the p-n-p type with the outermost p-doped layer being transformed into an...
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6627475 |
Buried photodiode structure for CMOS image sensor
A method of forming an image sensor is disclosed. A partially processed semiconductor wafer is provided, containing a p-type region. An n-type photodiode region is formed within the p-type region....
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6627474 |
Increasing pixel conversion gain in CMOS image sensors
A pixel sensor system includes a photo-sensor, an output amplifier, and a feedback capacitor. The photo-sensor is configured to receive photons and to convert the photons into charge. The output...
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6613974 |
Tandem Si-Ge solar cell with improved conversion efficiency
P-type and n-type regions are defined in the first surface of a substrate upon which is formed an epitaxial layer of preferably Si—Ge material, preferably capped by Si material. During epitaxy...
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6607935 |
Method for fabricating array substrate for X-ray detector
An array substrate for use in an X-ray sensing device is fabricated using an etching stopper that enables good control of the etching process and that prevents over-etch of drain electrodes and...
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6605488 |
Layout technique for semiconductor processing using stitching
A technique and structure for simplifying the stitching process is disclosed. According to one aspect of the present system, a floor plan that minimizes the number of blocks for a two-dimensional...
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6600157 |
Semiconductor device, and radiation detection device and radiation detection system having same
A semiconductor device is provided which comprises a thin film transistor (TFT) comprising a gate electrode formed on an insulating substrate, a gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode,...
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6599771 |
Thermal infrared sensor and a method of manufacturing the same
A thermal type infrared sensor and a method of manufacturing the same that have a high degree of freedom of structure and a low cost. An infrared ray detecting portion and a support leg are formed...
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6593164 |
Silicon photoelectric conversion device, method of manufacturing the same and method of processing the same
A cyano process of introducing cyano ions (CN − ) into an amorphous silicon layer is performed after the amorphous silicon layer has been formed over a substrate or after the layer has been...
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6590150 |
Combination photovoltaic cell and RF antenna and method
A combination photovoltaic cell and RF antenna in a single unit performs the dual functions of transmitting and receiving RF signals to and from a transceiver and converting light waves to electric...
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6586270 |
Process for producing a photovoltaic element
A process for producing a stable photovoltaic element having an electrode structure comprising a collecting electrode and a metal bus bar which are connected to have an improved connection between...
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6586718 |
Photodetector and method for fabricating the same
A photodetector includes semiconductor conductive layer, light-absorbing layer and wide bandgap layer, which are stacked in this order on a semi-insulating semiconductor substrate. The conductive...
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6583350 |
Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion using photonic bandgap selective emitters
A method for thermophotovoltaic generation of electricity comprises heating a metallic photonic crystal to provide selective emission of radiation that is matched to the peak spectral response of a...
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6579739 |
Optical transmitting and receiving device and the manufacturing method
An insulation film (silicon dioxide film) is laminated on a platform substrate of Si, etc., and a transmitting unit wiring pattern and a receiving unit wiring pattern are provided on the insulation...
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6579740 |
Method of making a thin film sensor
In a thin-film infrared sensor, (100)-oriented semiconductor substrate is used for the sensor fabrication. A surface of the substrate is partially masked to provide an unmasked section where a...
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6573118 |
Method of forming a photo sensor in a photo diode
The surface of the semiconductor wafer includes a silicon substrate containing first-type dopants, a well of first-type dopants positioned in a predetermined region on the substrate, a photo diode...
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6569707 |
Method for improving performance of organic semiconductors in bottom electrode structure
A method for improving the performance of an organic thin film field effect transistor including the steps of: (a) forming a transistor structure having patterned source and drain electrodes; and...
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6566159 |
Method of manufacturing tandem thin-film solar cell
A method of manufacturing a tandem thin-film solar cell is provided, the solar cell including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units stacked on a substrate, the photoelectric conversion...
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6566595 |
Solar cell and process of manufacturing the same
A solar cell having a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer made of a first compound semiconductor material, and a semiconductor layer sandwiched between the p-type...
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