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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ming-Jau Yin, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
David P Tanner, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Solar Industries, L.P., Camarillo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357-4 ; 357 67 ; 357 71 ; 357 68 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device having a thin film silicon-containing active layer and a metallic first electrode is provided with an interfacial metallic layer at an inner surface of a second electrode to increase electrical resistance and thereby reduce shunts adjacent pinhole-type defects of the active layer. The interfacial layer is preferably made of a metal selected from the group consisting of tin, gold, titanium, palladium and tantalum.