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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:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
David D. Smith, Campbell, CA (US);
Helen Liu, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Tim Dennis, Canton, TX (US);
Jane Manning, Woodside, CA (US);
Hsin-Chiao Luan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ann Waldhauer, La Honda, CA (US);
Genevieve A. Solomon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brenda Pagulayan Malgapu, Cavite, PH;
Joseph Ramirez, Batangas, PH;
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0368 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/20 (2006.01); H01L 31/0216 (2014.01); H01L 31/0376 (2006.01); H01L 31/062 (2012.01); H01L 31/0745 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0368 (2013.01); H01L 31/02167 (2013.01); H01L 31/0376 (2013.01); H01L 31/062 (2013.01); H01L 31/0745 (2013.01); H01L 31/182 (2013.01); H01L 31/1804 (2013.01); H01L 31/1864 (2013.01); H01L 31/1872 (2013.01); H01L 31/1876 (2013.01); H01L 31/202 (2013.01); Y02E 10/547 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract
Methods of fabricating emitter regions of solar cells are described. Methods of forming layers on substrates of solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are also described.