Solar cell

US4199377A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Rudolph E. Corwin · Seattle, US
• Dietrich E. Riemer · Auburn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 1979
• Grant date: Apr 22, 1980
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50

Abstract

A solar cell including a dielectric isolation member to electrically isolate an active region of the cell from the unfinished edge thereof and to protect the p-n junction from surface contaminants. The isolation member is fabricated on top of a semiconductor wafer before diffusion.