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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:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanford R Ovshinsky, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Arun Madan, Birmingham, MI (US);
Assignee:
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 30 ; 357-2 ; 357 15 ;
Abstract
A photodetection device and a current control device, both including means responsive to the intensity of incident radiation for providing an output signal corresponding thereto. The responsive means includes a thin semiconductor film comprising a solid amorphous silicon or amorphous germanium host matrix having electronic configurations and an energy gap. At least one compensating element is introduced into that matrix for reducing the density of states in the energy gap thereof.