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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yukio Nakashima, Hirakata, JP;
Hisao Haku, Neyagawa, JP;
Kaneo Watanabe, Yawata, JP;
Tsugufumi Matsuoka, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136258 ; 357 30 ; 357 59 ; 437-2 ; 437101 ; 437110 ; 148D / ;
Abstract
A photovoltaic device has a semiconductive multilayer of one conductivity type, which includes a plurality of amorphous thin constituent layers of different kinds stacked periodically to form at least one quantum well. A semiconductor layer of an i-type, which is contiguous to the multilayer so that light may be applied to the i-type layer through the multilayer.