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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:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Applicant:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Gang Xiong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rick C. Powell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Xilin Peng, Bloomington, MN (US);
John Barden, Ottawa Hills, OH (US);
Arnold Allenic, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Feng Liao, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Kenneth M. Ring, Waterville, OH (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 21/02551 (2013.01); H01L 21/02568 (2013.01); H01L 21/02573 (2013.01); H01L 21/0262 (2013.01); H01L 31/02963 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for controlling the amount of a second material incorporated into a first material by controlling the amount of a third material which can interact with the second material.