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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Sharone Zehavi, San Jose, CA (US);
Jerome S. Culik, San Jose, CA (US);
Raanan Y. Zehavi, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sharone Zehavi, San Jose, CA (US);
Jerome S. Culik, San Jose, CA (US);
Raanan Y. Zehavi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Photovoltaics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photovoltaic device on a non-semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The device comprises two semiconductor layers forming an active region; at least one of the semiconductor layers is formed by a high-purity plasma spray process; optional layers include one or more barrier layers, a cap layer, a conductive and/or metallization layer, an anti-reflection layer, and distributed Bragg reflector. The device may comprise multiple active regions.