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| 20080272391 | SILICON COMPATIBLE INTEGRATED LIGHT COMMUNICATOR - Various methods and devices are implemented using efficient silicon compatible integrated light communicators. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device is implemented for communicating light, such as by detecting, modulating or emitting light. The device has a silicon-seeding location, an insulator layer and a second layer on the insulator layer. The second layer includes a silicon-on-insulator region and an active region surrounded by the silicon-on-insulator region and connected to the silicon-seeding location. The active region includes a single-crystalline germanium-based material that extends from the silicon-seeding location through a passageway with a cross-sectional area that is sufficiently small to mitigate crystalline growth defects. The single-crystalline germanium-based material is physically coupled to the insulating layer such that the insulating layer introduces a high tensile strain to the germanium-based material, and a more specific aspect is directed to an SOI implementation. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20100149864 | MEMORY CIRCUIT WITH QUANTUM WELL-TYPE CARRIER STORAGE - Data is stored in a quantum-well type structure with double gate control. According to an example embodiment, a transistor-based data storage circuit includes a gate, a back gate and a semiconductor channel between the gate and the back gate. Carriers are stored in a storage pocket structure in the channel, in response to biases applied to the gate and back gate. Current passing through the channel is sensed and used to detect the stored carriers and, correspondingly, a memory state of the storage circuit. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100294333 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY AND MECHANICAL STRENGTH - The present disclosure presents a three-dimensional thin film solar cell (3-D TFSC) substrate having enhanced mechanical strength, light trapping, and metal modulation coverage properties. The substrate includes a plurality of unit cells, which may or may not be different. Unit cells are defined as a small self-contained geometrical pattern which may be repeated. Each unit cell structure includes a wall enclosing a trench. Further, the unit cell includes an aperture having an aperture diameter. For the purposes of the present disclosure, the dimensions of interest include wall thickness, wall height, and aperture diameter. A pre-determined variation in these dimensions among unit cells across the substrate produces specific advantages. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100304522 | ION IMPLANTATION FABRICATION PROCESS FOR THIN-FILM CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS - A front contact thin-film solar cell is formed on a thin-film crystalline silicon substrate. Emitter regions, selective emitter regions, and a back surface field are formed through ion implantation processes. In yet another embodiment, a back contact thin-film solar cell is formed on a thin-film crystalline silicon substrate. Emitter regions, selective emitter regions, base regions, and a front surface field are formed through ion implantation processes. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110014742 | METHOD OF CREATING REUSABLE TEMPLATE FOR DETACHABLE THIN FILM SUBSTRATE - A structure and method operable to create a reusable template for detachable thin semiconductor substrates is provided. The template has a shape such that the 3-D shape is substantially retained after each substrate release. Prior art reusable templates may have a tendency to change shape after each subsequent reuse; the present disclosure aims to address this and other deficiencies from the prior art, therefore increasing the reuse life of the template. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110108098 | STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY PYRAMIDAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOLAR CELLS - The present disclosure enables high-volume cost effective production of three-dimensional thin film solar cell (3-D TFSC) substrates. First, the present disclosure discloses pyramid-like unit cell structure | 05-12-2011 |
| 20130171808 | DOUBLE-SIDED REUSABLE TEMPLATE FOR FABRICATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL AND MICROELECTRONICS DEVICE MANUFACTURING - This disclosure presents manufacturing methods and apparatus designs for making TFSSs from both sides of a re-usable semiconductor template, thus effectively increasing the substrate manufacturing throughput and reducing the substrate manufacturing cost. This approach also reduces the amortized starting template cost per manufactured substrate (TFSS) by about a factor of 2 for a given number of template reuse cycles. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130330872 | ION IMPLANTATION FABRICATION PROCESS FOR THIN-FILM CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS - A front contact thin-film solar cell is formed on a thin-film silicon solar cell. Emitter regions, selective emitter regions, and a back surface field are formed through ion implantation processes. In one embodiment, front contact thin-film solar cell is formed on a thin-film silicon solar cell. Emitter regions, selective emitter regions, base regions, and a back surface field are formed through ion implantation processes. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130337601 | STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR CELLS - Methods and structures are provided for the growth and separation of a relatively thin layer crystalline compound semiconductor material containing III-V device layers, including but not limited to Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), on top of a crystalline silicon template wafer. Solar cell structures and manufacturing methods based on the crystalline compound semiconductor material are described. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140318611 | MULTI-LEVEL SOLAR CELL METALLIZATION - Fabrication methods and structures relating to multi-level metallization for solar cells as well as fabrication methods and structures for forming thin film back contact solar cells are provided. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150020877 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AND MODULES USING THIN CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR ABSORBERS - Fabrication methods and structures relating to backplanes for back contact solar cells that provide for solar cell substrate reinforcement and electrical interconnects as well as Fabrication methods and structures for forming thin film back contact solar cells are described. | 01-22-2015 |
