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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160111584 | METHODS OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS AND DEVICES THEREON - A method is disclosed for making semiconductor films from a eutectic alloy comprising a metal and a semiconductor. Through heterogeneous nucleation said film is deposited at a deposition temperature on flexible substrates, such as glass. Specifically said film is vapor deposited at a fixed temperature in said deposition temperature where said deposition temperature is above a eutectic temperature of said eutectic alloy and below a temperature at which the substrate softens. Such films are nearly to entirely free of metal impurities and have widespread application in the manufacture and benefit of photovoltaic and display technologies. | 04-21-2016 |
20150267289 | METHOD OF MAKING CERAMIC GLASS - A method is provided for manufacturing ceramic glass, including sapphire glass, for use in display covers in smartphones, computers, and watches, as well as for use as substrates on which semiconductor films can be deposited for a wide range of electronic applications, including solar cells, LEDs, and FETs. | 09-24-2015 |
20150263201 | METHODS OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS AND DEVICES THEREON - A method is disclosed for making semiconductor films from a eutectic alloy comprising a metal and a semiconductor. Through homogeneous nucleation said film is deposited at a deposition temperature on flexible substrates, such as glass. Specifically said film is vapor deposited at a fixed temperature in said deposition temperature where said deposition temperature is above a eutectic temperature of said eutectic alloy and below a temperature at which the substrate softens. Such films could have widespread application in photovoltaic and display technologies. | 09-17-2015 |
20150179985 | HYBRID ORGANIC/INORGANIC EUTECTIC SOLAR CELL - A method is disclosed for making a hybrid solar cell comprising organic and inorganic materials on an inexpensive substrate, such as glass. The materials are deposited on the substrate at low temperatures using eutectics and crystalline buffer layers such as MgO and Al2O3. Such a device can also be used for OLETs and OLEDs used in displays. | 06-25-2015 |
20140338799 | EUTECTIC FUEL CELL - Eutectic fuel cells are prepared by depositing a metal-semiconductor eutectic alloy over non-platinum electrodes on a substrate. In some embodiments the electrodes are the same metal and in other cases the electrodes are dissimilar. | 11-20-2014 |
20140331915 | METHOD OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS ON GLASS SUBSTRATES AND DEVICES THEREON - Inexpensive semiconductors are produced by depositing a single crystal or large grained silicon on an inexpensive substrate. These semiconductors are produced at low enough temperatures such as temperatures below the melting point of glass. Semiconductors produced are suitable for semiconductor devices such as photovoltaics or displays | 11-13-2014 |
20140299047 | METHOD OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS ON GLASS SUBSTRATES AND DEVICES THEREON - Inexpensive semiconductors are produced by depositing a single crystal or large grained silicon on an inexpensive substrate. These semiconductors are produced at low enough temperatures such as temperatures below the melting point of glass. Semiconductors produced are suitable for semiconductor devices such as photovoltaics or displays | 10-09-2014 |
20140245947 | METHODS OF PRODUCING LARGE GRAIN OR SINGLE CRYSTAL FILMS - Highly textured [111] oriented films such as MgO crystalline films are deposited by e-beam evaporation on ordinary soda-lime glass. Semiconductor films such as silicon can be deposited on these MgO films using eutectics at temperatures below the softening point of ordinary glass and having extremely high textured and strong [111] orientation. The invention may be used for efficient and cost effective solar cells, displays, etc. | 09-04-2014 |
20140242785 | SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS ON SAPPHIRE GLASS - A method is disclosed for growing large grain to single crystalline semiconductor films on inexpensive glass substrates. The method comprises deposition of semiconductor films from a eutectic melt on sapphire glass | 08-28-2014 |
20140206126 | METHODS OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS ON GLASS SUBSTRATES AND DEVICES THEREON - A method is disclosed for making semiconductor films from a eutectic alloy comprising a metal and a semiconductor. Through heterogeneous nucleation said film is deposited at a deposition temperature on relatively inexpensive buffered substrates, such as glass. Specifically said film is vapor deposited at a fixed temperature in said deposition temperature where said deposition temperature is above a eutectic temperature of said eutectic alloy and below a temperature at which the substrate softens. Such films could have widespread application in photovoltaic and display technologies. | 07-24-2014 |
20140141601 | METHODS OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS AND DEVICES THEREON - A method is provided for producing field effect transistors (FETs) for display applications. The method involves low temperature deposition of semiconductor films on inexpensive substrates such as ordinary soda-lime glass or borosilicate glass. | 05-22-2014 |
20140116329 | METHODS OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS AND DEVICES THEREON - A method is disclosed for making sapphire glass, consisting of a layer of sapphire on glass. The sapphire layer, or crystalline Al | 05-01-2014 |
20130284258 | METHODS OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS AND DEVICES THEREON - A method is disclosed for making semiconductor films from a eutectic alloy comprising a metal and a semiconductor. Through heterogeneous nucleation said film is deposited at a deposition temperature on relatively inexpensive buffered substrates, such as glass. Specifically said film is vapor deposited at a fixed temperature in said deposition temperature where said deposition temperature is above a eutectic temperature of said eutectic alloy and below a temperature at which the substrate softens. Such films could have widespread application in photovoltaic and display technologies. | 10-31-2013 |
20120252192 | METHOD OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS ON GLASS SUBSTRATES AND DEVICES THEREON - Inexpensive semiconductors are produced by depositing a single crystal or large grained silicon on an inexpensive substrate. These semiconductors are produced at low enough temperatures such as temperatures below the melting point of glass. Semiconductors produced are suitable for semiconductor devices such as photovoltaics or displays | 10-04-2012 |
20120142536 | ENHANCING CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY OF CUPRATE SUPERCONDUCTORS - The present invention concerns the enhancement of critical current densities in cuprate superconductors. Such enhancement of critical current densities include using wave function symmetry and restricting movement of Abrikosov (A) vortices, Josephson (J) vortices, or Abrikosov-Josephson (A-J) vortices by using the half integer vortices associated with d-wave symmetry present in the grain boundary. | 06-07-2012 |
20110033969 | METHODS OF GROWING HETEROEPITAXIAL SINGLE CRYSTAL OR LARGE GRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS AND DEVICES THEREON - A method is disclosed for making semiconductor films from a eutectic alloy comprising a metal and a semiconductor. Through heterogeneous nucleation said film is deposited at a deposition temperature on relatively inexpensive buffered substrates, such as glass. Specifically said film is vapor deposited at a fixed temperature in said deposition temperature where said deposition temperature is above a eutectic temperature of said eutectic alloy and below a temperature at which the substrate softens. Such films could have widespread application in photovoltaic and display technologies. | 02-10-2011 |