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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. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
Abstract
A manufacturing method of a photovoltaic device comprising a plurality of unit cells including a first electrode of zinc oxide, a photovoltaic conversion layer, and a second electrode on a surface of a substrate includes a process for forming a zinc oxide film on the surface of the substrate, a process for eliminating a predetermined part of the zinc oxide film by laser beam irradiation and dividing the zinc oxide film into a plurality of the first electrodes, and a process for etching the surface of the substrate including the plurality of the first electrodes.