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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:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Subhendu Guha, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
United Solar Systems Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438 96 ; 136258 ; 257458 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device which includes a layer of hydrogenated semiconductor alloy material has the hydrogen content of that semiconductor layer optimized by the inclusion of a hydrogen-rich body of reservoir material in the device. Migration of hydrogen from the reservoir to the semiconductor layer provides and maintains an optimum hydrogen content in the semiconductor layer.