Inventor · Tustin, CA, US

Nasser H. Karam

40Patents
12h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 5, 1995 → Mar 28, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6255708A Semiconductor P-I-N detector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 464 Expired
US6010937A Reduction of dislocations in a heteroepitaxial semiconductor structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 446 Expired
US6340788B1 Multijunction photovoltaic cells and panels using a silicon or silicon-germanium active substrate cell for space and terrestrial applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 199 Expired
US6316715A Multijunction photovoltaic cell with thin 1st (top) subcell and thick 2nd subcell of same or similar semiconductor material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US6635507B1 Monolithic bypass-diode and solar-cell string assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Expired
US7119271B2 Wide-bandgap, lattice-mismatched window layer for a solar conversion device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US6255580A Bilayer passivation structure for photovoltaic cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
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
US9099595B2 Group-IV solar cell structure using group-IV or III-V heterostructures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US9997659B2 Group-IV solar cell structure using group-IV or III-V heterostructures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US9947823B2 Group-IV solar cell structure using group-IV or III-V heterostructures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US6586669B2 Lattice-matched semiconductor materials for use in electronic or optoelectronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US9985160B2 Group-IV solar cell structure using group-IV or III-V heterostructures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US9813022B2 Dynamically setting a threshold output level for a solar array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7151307B2 Integrated semiconductor circuits on photo-active Germanium substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US9530911B2 Solar cell structures for improved current generation and collection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10236822B2 Method and apparatus for calibrating a micro-concentrator solar array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10250182B2 Micro-concentrator solar array using micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) based reflectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10164140B2 Modular self-tracking micro-concentrator for space power Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10439091B2 Solar cell structures for improved current generation and collection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8993879B2 Solar cell structure and composition and method for forming the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10998462B2 Group-IV solar cell structure using group-IV or III-V heterostructures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10170652B2 Metamorphic solar cell having improved current generation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US6787818B2 Diffused junction photodetector and fabrication technique Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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