Patent · US Expired

Photovoltaic device and method for producing the same

US5094697A · kind A · utility

37Cited by
3References
13Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 14, 1990
Grant dateMar 10, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 14, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A photovoltaic device comprises a substrate having a plurality of conductive surfaces surrounded by an insulating surface, a plurality of first photovoltaic elements having single-crystal layer regions covering said conductive surfaces, and a second photovoltaic element covering said plurality of first photovoltaic elements. The single-crystal layer regions are separated from each other.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.