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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:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Zhibo Zhao, Novi, MI (US);
Dale Roberts, Temperance, MI (US);
Yu Yang, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Douglas Dauson, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Zhibo Zhao, Novi, MI (US);
Dale Roberts, Temperance, MI (US);
Yu Yang, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Douglas Dauson, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a multilayered structure may include forming a transparent conductive oxide layer including cadmium stannate adjacent to a substrate and annealing the structure in an annealing environment including a reducing agent at a temperature greater than 500 degrees C. to crystallize the cadmium stannate.