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Number: 257/53
Name: Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes) > Non-single crystal, or recrystallized, semiconductor material forms part of active junction (including field-induced active junction) > Amorphous semiconductor material > Responsive to nonelectrical external signals (e.g., light)
Description: Subject matter wherein the amorphous semiconductor active junction generates an electrical signal when subjected to non-electrical (e.g., optical, thermal, or vibratory) signals.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
257/55 Amorphous semiconductor is alloy or contains material to change band gap (e.g., si x ge 1-x , sin y ) 216
257/56 With impurity other than hydrogen to passivate dangling bonds (e.g., halide) 120
257/54 With schottky barrier to amorphous material 76


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
6963120 Photovoltaic element Nov. 8, 2005
6951689 Substrate with transparent conductive layer, and photovoltaic element Oct. 4, 2005
6927417 Photoelectric conversion element and method of manufacturing the same Aug. 9, 2005
6911594 Photovoltaic device Jun. 28, 2005
6909161 Photodiode Jun. 21, 2005
6894359 Sensitivity control for nanotube sensors May. 17, 2005
6891193 MRAM field-inducing layer configuration May. 10, 2005
6855957 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Feb. 15, 2005
6852566 Self-aligned rear electrode for diode array element Feb. 8, 2005
6849873 Thin film transistor array panel for a liquid crystal display Feb. 1, 2005
6825491 Integrated variable electrical capacitance device and method for producing said device Nov. 30, 2004
6825492 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device Nov. 30, 2004
6821808 CMOS APS with stacked avalanche multiplication layer which provides linear and logarithmic photo-conversion characteristics Nov. 23, 2004
6822157 Thin film solar battery module Nov. 23, 2004
6815247 Thin-film opto-electronic device and a method of making it Nov. 9, 2004
6798033 Photoconductor-on-active-pixel (POAP) sensor utilizing a multi-layered radiation absorbing structure Sep. 28, 2004
6774444 Semiconductor, solid-state imaging device, and method for making the same Aug. 10, 2004
6770808 Thermoelectric module and method of assembling the thermoelectric module in a radiating member Aug. 3, 2004
6753548 Laser heat treatment method, laser heat treatment apparatus, and semiconductor device Jun. 22, 2004
6747290 Information device Jun. 8, 2004
6737123 Silicon-based film formation process, silicon-based film, semiconductor device, and silicon-based film formation system May. 18, 2004
6737719 Image sensor having combination color filter and concave-shaped micro-lenses May. 18, 2004
6734352 Photoelectric conversion device May. 11, 2004
6724010 Solid state imager having gated photodiodes and method for making same Apr. 20, 2004
6720576 Plasma processing method and photoelectric conversion device Apr. 13, 2004
6700058 Hole transporting agents and photoelectric conversion device comprising the same Mar. 2, 2004
6677760 Method of and apparatus for analyzing failure Jan. 13, 2004
6670542 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Dec. 30, 2003
6670543 Thin-film solar cells and method of making Dec. 30, 2003
6670657 Integrated circuit having photodiode device and associated fabrication process Dec. 30, 2003
6667240 Method and apparatus for forming deposited film Dec. 23, 2003
6664567 Photoelectric conversion device, glass composition for coating silicon, and insulating coating in contact with silicon Dec. 16, 2003
6664566 Photoelectric conversion device and method of making the same Dec. 16, 2003
6661025 Method of manufacturing electro-optical apparatus substrate, electro-optical apparatus substrate, electro-optical apparatus and electronic apparatus Dec. 9, 2003
6653554 Thin film polycrystalline solar cells and methods of forming same Nov. 25, 2003
6635942 Semiconductor element, especially a solar cell, and method for the production thereof Oct. 21, 2003
6593164 Silicon photoelectric conversion device, method of manufacturing the same and method of processing the same Jul. 15, 2003
6586765 Wafer-level antenna effect detection pattern for VLSI Jul. 1, 2003
6566683 Laser heat treatment method, laser heat treatment apparatus, and semiconductor device May. 20, 2003
6566685 Double gate photo sensor array May. 20, 2003
6548751 Thin film flexible solar cell Apr. 15, 2003
6531654 Semiconductor thin-film formation process, and amorphous silicon solar-cell device Mar. 11, 2003
6531711 Photoelectric conversion device and process for producing photoelectric conversion device Mar. 11, 2003
6512170 Photoelectric conversion device Jan. 28, 2003
6479744 Photovoltaic device module Nov. 12, 2002
6469317 Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same Oct. 22, 2002
6465727 Photovoltaic element and method of manufacturing the same Oct. 15, 2002
6459035 Photovoltaic cell having a colored appearance, particularly for a watch dial Oct. 1, 2002
6437233 Solar cell having multi-quantum well layers transitioning from small to large band gaps and method of manufacture therefor Aug. 20, 2002
6433269 Silicon photoelectric conversion device, method of fabricating the same and method of processing the same Aug. 13, 2002

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