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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
6432521 Group III-V compound semiconductor, and semiconductor device using the compound semiconductor Aug. 13, 2002
6429417 Highly transmissive sensor for detecting the position of an optical signal Aug. 6, 2002
6420644 Solar battery and method of treating a board for a solar battery Jul. 16, 2002
6395973 Photovoltaic device May. 28, 2002
6384316 Photovoltaic device May. 7, 2002
6384319 Non-single-crystal solar cell May. 7, 2002
6384460 Self-aligned metal electrode structure for elevated sensors May. 7, 2002
6372525 Wafer-level antenna effect detection pattern for VLSI Apr. 16, 2002
6355939 Multi-band infrared photodetector Mar. 12, 2002
6348356 Method and apparatus for determining the robustness of memory cells to alpha-particle/cosmic ray induced soft errors Feb. 19, 2002
6346716 Semiconductor material having particular oxygen concentration and semiconductor device comprising the same Feb. 12, 2002
6344670 Solid-state sensor and system Feb. 5, 2002
6335540 Semiconductor device and process for fabricating the same Jan. 1, 2002
6333456 Solar cell device and method of producing the same Dec. 25, 2001
6323056 Solar cell, method for manufacturing same, and photolithographic mask for use in manufacturing a solar cell Nov. 27, 2001
RE37441 Photoelectric conversion device Nov. 13, 2001
6297442 Solar cell, self-power-supply display device using same, and process for producing solar cell Oct. 2, 2001
6288325 Producing thin film photovoltaic modules with high integrity interconnects and dual layer contacts Sep. 11, 2001
6281430 Electronic device comprising a columnar discotic phase Aug. 28, 2001
6252157 Amorphous silicon-based thin film photovoltaic device Jun. 26, 2001
6242686 Photovoltaic device and process for producing the same Jun. 5, 2001
6239451 Semiconduction devices having a thin film structure exhibiting high conductivity May. 29, 2001
6239474 Integration type photovoltaic apparatus and method of fabricating the same May. 29, 2001
6229191 Conductive guard rings for elevated active pixel sensors May. 8, 2001
6211532 Microprobe chip for detecting evanescent waves probe provided with the microprobe chip and evanescent wave detector, nearfield scanning optical microscope, and information regenerator provided Apr. 3, 2001
6204516 Method and apparatus for determining the robustness of memory cells to alpha-particle/cosmic ray induced soft errors Mar. 20, 2001
6201261 High efficiency, low cost, thin film silicon solar cell design and method for making Mar. 13, 2001
6140666 Thin film semiconductor device with a semiconductor large including crystals of an average grain size with a range of 50-350-.ANG. Oct. 31, 2000
6140570 Photovoltaic element having a back side transparent and electrically conductive layer with a light incident side surface region having a specific cross section and a module comprising said pho Oct. 31, 2000
6133112 Thin film formation process Oct. 17, 2000
6132585 Semiconductor element and method and apparatus for fabricating the same Oct. 17, 2000
6130455 Semiconductor device, thin film transistor having an active crystal layer formed by a line containing a catalyst element Oct. 10, 2000
6100464 Solar cell and method of producing same Aug. 8, 2000
6080997 Electromagnetic-wave detector Jun. 27, 2000
6075256 Photoelectric converter, its driving method, and system including the photoelectric converter Jun. 13, 2000
6072201 Hole-injection type separate absorption and multiplication avalanche photodiode Jun. 6, 2000
6054747 Integrated photoreceiver having metal-insulator-semiconductor switch Apr. 25, 2000
6043549 Responsivity photodetector Mar. 28, 2000
6037611 Thin film transistor and its fabrication Mar. 14, 2000
6037644 Semi-transparent monitor detector for surface emitting light emitting devices Mar. 14, 2000
6028264 Semiconductor having low concentration of carbon Feb. 22, 2000
5990489 Thin film semiconductor apparatus and production method thereof Nov. 23, 1999
5986285 Group III-V amorphous and microcrystalline optical semiconductor including hydrogen, and method of forming thereof Nov. 16, 1999
5973335 Semiconductor memory devices with amorphous silicon alloy Oct. 26, 1999
5959312 Sensor with doped microcrystalline silicon channel leads with bubble formation protection means Sep. 28, 1999
5942049 Increasing stabilized performance of amorphous silicon based devices produced by highly hydrogen diluted lower temperature plasma deposition Aug. 24, 1999
5936230 High light collection X-ray image sensor array Aug. 10, 1999
5929489 Display matrix structure with a parasitic transistor having a storage capacitor electrode and column electrode as source and drain regions Jul. 27, 1999
5923049 Trichromatic sensor Jul. 13, 1999
5917198 Gate electrodes and matrix lines made of W/Ta alloy for LCD apparatus Jun. 29, 1999

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