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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:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Yasha Yi, Somerville, MA (US);
Lionel C. Kimerling, Concord, MA (US);
Xiaoman Duan, Amesbury, MA (US);
Lirong Zeng, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Yasha Yi, Somerville, MA (US);
Lionel C. Kimerling, Concord, MA (US);
Xiaoman Duan, Amesbury, MA (US);
Lirong Zeng, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solar cell includes a photoactive region that receives light. A photonic crystal is coupled to the photoactive region, wherein the photonic crystal comprises a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) for trapping the light.