Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Agc Flat Glass North America, Inc.

Optrex Corporation

Ag Technology Co., Ltd.

Agc Flat Glass Europe, S.a.

Kunio Masumo

Christopher Robert Cording

Naoki Kato

Masaya Kunigita

Masanori Yuki

Mika Yokoyama

Matthew Spencer

Sveinn Otto Agustsson

The present invention provides transparent conductive oxide (TCO) thin films with improved optical and electrical properties and methods of making the same. More specifically, the invention provides on-line processes for producing TCO thin films that allow for improvements in optical properties and post-production improvements in electrical properties of the TCO.

Transparent conductive oxide coating for thin film photovoltaic applications and methods of making the same

The present invention provides for cost-efficient methods for on-line deposition of semi-conducting metallic layers. More specifically, the present invention provides on-line pyrolytic deposition methods for deposition of p-type, n-type and i-type semi-conducting metallic layers in the float glass production process. Furthermore, the present invention provides for on-line pyrolytic deposition methods for production of single-, double-, triple- and multi-junction p-(i-)n and n-(i-)p type semi-conducting metal layers. Such p-type, n-type and i-type semi-conducting metal layers are useful in the photovoltaic industry and attractive to manufacturers of photovoltaic modules as 'value-added' products.

Silicon thin film deposition for photovoltaic device applications

In one mode of the present invention, there is provided an organic EL display device, which includes an organic light emitting layer provided between sets of electrodes, comprising color filtersand an overcoat layerprovided on a substrate; an inorganic solid layerprovided on the overcoat layer; a first set of transparent electrodesprovided on the inorganic solid layer; a light emitting layerprovided on the first set of electrodes; and a second set of electrodesformed on the light emitting layer; wherein the inorganic solid layerhas routes for moisture passage formed in regions between adjacent electrodes of the first set so as to be uniform over an entire active area.

Organic EL display device and method for fabricating the same

An organic EL display device includes color filters, an overcoat layerand an inorganic solid layerdisposed on a substrate; a first electrodes, an organic filmand a second electrodesdisposed on the inorganic solid layer; an insulating layerdisposed so as to cover edge portions of the first electrodes. The organic EL display device can improve production yield and restrain visual failure from being caused with the lapse of time by including a protection layerso as to prevent the inorganic solid layerfrom being damaged.

A polycrystalline semiconductor thin film formed in a stripe shape on an insulating substrate wherein crystal particles are arranged in a line-texture form in a longitudinal direction of a stripe; an electric field effect mobility .nu..sub.L in a longitudinal direction of a stripe is different from an electric field effect mobility .nu..sub.S in a width direction of the stripe, and .nu..sub.L .gtoreq.1.5.multidot..nu..sub.S is satisfied.

Polycrystalline semiconductor thin film for semiconductor TFT on a

A process for preparing a polycrystalline semiconductor thin film transistor wherein a non-singlecrystalline semiconductor formed on a transparent insulating substrate is annealed by laser beams, such process comprising forming a gate insulation layer and a gate electrode on the non-singlecrystalline semiconductor; implanting impurity ions into a source-drain region of the semiconductor wherein the gate electrode is used as a mask, and irradiating laser beams from the rear surface side of the transparent insulating substrate to thereby polycrystallize the non-singlecrystalline semiconductor under the gate electrode or improve the crystallinity of the semiconductor without causing the non-singlecrystalline semiconductor in a completely molten state.

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Yokohama, Japan

Kunio Masumo