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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:
Mar. 08, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Prem Nath, Rochester, MI (US);
Craig Vogeli, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Assignee:
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437225 ; 437-4 ; 437170 ; 437923 ; 437939 ; 136258 ; 136290 ; 204130 ; 204140 ;
Abstract
An electronic device of the type including a thin film body having a superposed electrode has short circuit defects therein passivated by a conversion process in which the electrical resistivity of the electrode material is increased proximate the defect regions. Conversion is accomplished by exposing the electrode material to a conversion reagent and activating the reagent proximate the defect regions. The process may be utilized for a variety of differently configured devices, and may be readily adapted for use in a roll-to-roll device fabrication process.