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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:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hirofumi Ichinose, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Hasebe, Nagahama, JP;
Tsutomu Murakami, Nara, JP;
Satoshi Shinkura, Nagahama, JP;
Yukie Ueno, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136256 ;
Abstract
A photovoltaic device is provided which comprises a semiconductor layer, and an electrode comprising an electrode member and an conductive resin layer, wherein the electrode member has a constitution of a complex of a core and a periphery, and the periphery contains no particle with a particle size larger than 2 .mu.m. The electrode of this photovoltaic device exhibits high current collecting efficiency and is reliable in long use term.