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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yuanning Chen, Plano, TX (US);
Thomas P. Conroy, Dallas, TX (US);
Jeffrey R. DeBord, Dallas, TX (US);
Nagarajan Sridhar, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/165 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0687 (2012.01); H01L 31/0288 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 21/265 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1804 (2013.01); H01L 29/165 (2013.01); H01L 31/0687 (2013.01); H01L 31/1812 (2013.01); H01L 31/0288 (2013.01); H01L 23/481 (2013.01); Y02E 10/547 (2013.01); Y02E 10/544 (2013.01); H01L 21/26506 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic cell is provided as a composite unit together with elements of an integrated circuit on a common substrate. In a described embodiment, connections are established between a multiple photovoltaic cell portion and a circuitry portion of an integrated structure to enable self-powering of the circuitry portion by the multiple photovoltaic cell portion.