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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2006
Applicants:

Scott V. Thomsen, South Lyon, MI (US);

Richard Hulme, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Leonid M. Landa, Brownstown, MI (US);

Ksenia A. Landa, Brownstown, MI (US);

Inventors:

Scott V. Thomsen, South Lyon, MI (US);

Richard Hulme, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Leonid M. Landa, Brownstown, MI (US);

Ksenia A. Landa, Brownstown, MI (US);

Assignee:

Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A high transmission low iron glass, that is highly oxidized, is provided for use in solar cells or the like. In certain example embodiments, the glass composition used for the glass is a low-iron type glass composition which is highly oxidized thereby permitting the glass to realize a combination of high visible transmission (Lta or T), high ultraviolet (UV) and/or infrared (IR) transmission, and high total solar (TS) transmission. These features may be achieved without the need for antimony in certain example instances. The glass substrate used in a solar cell may be patterned in certain example embodiments of this invention.


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