Inventor · Burbank, CA, US

James H. Ermer

19Patents
11h-index
24Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 6, 1984 → Jul 19, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4915745A Thin film solar cell and method of making Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 173 Expired
US4798660A Method for forming Cu In Se.sub.2 films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 167 Expired
US4611091A CuInSe.sub.2 thin film solar cell with thin CdS and transparent window layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 129 Expired
US5045409A Process for making thin film solar cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 126 Expired
US7122734B2 Isoelectronic surfactant suppression of threading dislocations in metamorphic epitaxial layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US6255580A Bilayer passivation structure for photovoltaic cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US7119271B2 Wide-bandgap, lattice-mismatched window layer for a solar conversion device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US7812249B2 Multijunction photovoltaic cell grown on high-miscut-angle substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Active
US6150603A Bilayer passivation structure for photovoltaic cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6380601B1 Multilayer semiconductor structure with phosphide-passivated germanium substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US7126052B2 Isoelectronic surfactant induced sublattice disordering in optoelectronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6586669B2 Lattice-matched semiconductor materials for use in electronic or optoelectronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7626116B2 Isoelectronic surfactant suppression of threading dislocations in metamorphic epitaxial layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US9863890B2 Solar cell testing apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10066318B2 Isoelectronic surfactant induced sublattice disordering in optoelectronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8846134B2 Isoelectronic surfactant induced sublattice disordering in optoelectronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US7687386B2 Method of forming a semiconductor structure having metal migration semiconductor barrier layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US7202542B2 Semiconductor structure with metal migration semiconductor barrier layers and method of forming the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired
US9745668B2 Isoelectronic surfactant induced sublattice disordering in optoelectronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.