The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2012
Applicant:
University Court of the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, GB;
Inventors:
Emiliano Rezende Martins, St Andrews, GB;
Thomas Fraser Krauss, St Andrews, GB;
Assignee:
University Court of the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0236 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 31/052 (2014.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02327 (2013.01); H01L 31/02363 (2013.01); H01L 31/052 (2013.01); H01L 31/0543 (2014.12); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar cell that has a thin film of active material in which is defined a series or array of diffraction cells, wherein each diffraction unit-cell has a non-periodic series of diffraction features and is adapted to suppress at least one low order diffraction mode.