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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
5886364 Semiconductor device and process for fabricating the same Mar. 23, 1999
5883398 Device having a switch comprising a chromium layer and method for depositing chromium layers by sputtering Mar. 16, 1999
5880472 Multilayer plate for x-ray imaging and method of producing same Mar. 9, 1999
5869851 Photoelectric conversion device with graded band gap and carrier concentration Feb. 9, 1999
5824418 Optically transparent, electrically conductive semiconductor windows Oct. 20, 1998
5821598 Uncooled amorphous YBaCuO thin film infrared detector Oct. 13, 1998
5801399 Semiconductor device with antireflection film Sep. 1, 1998
5753936 Image forming member for electrophotography May. 19, 1998
5751016 Device having a switch comprising a chromium layer May. 12, 1998
5747864 Light receiving element and a method of fabricating the same May. 5, 1998
5744849 Photoelectric converting device and image processing apparatus using the same Apr. 28, 1998
5723878 Active matrix liquid crystal panel having thin film transistors Mar. 3, 1998
5720827 Design for the fabrication of high efficiency solar cells Feb. 24, 1998
5705828 Photovoltaic device Jan. 6, 1998
5693957 Photovoltaic element and method of manufacturing the same Dec. 2, 1997
5682037 Thin film detector of ultraviolet radiation, with high spectral selectivity option Oct. 28, 1997
5676765 Pin junction photovoltaic device having a multi-layered I-type semiconductor layer with a specific non-single crystal I-type layer formed by a microwave plasma CVD process Oct. 14, 1997
5677236 Process for forming a thin microcrystalline silicon semiconductor film Oct. 14, 1997
5648675 Semiconductor device with heterojunction Jul. 15, 1997
5646050 Increasing stabilized performance of amorphous silicon based devices produced by highly hydrogen diluted lower temperature plasma deposition Jul. 8, 1997
5603778 Method of forming transparent conductive layer, photoelectric conversion device using the transparent conductive layer, and manufacturing method for the photoelectric conversion device Feb. 18, 1997
5599403 Semiconductor device containing microcrystalline germanium & method for producing the same Feb. 4, 1997
5589007 Photovoltaic elements and process and apparatus for their formation Dec. 31, 1996
5578837 Integrating hyperacuity sensors and arrays thereof Nov. 26, 1996
5576555 Thin film semiconductor device Nov. 19, 1996
5573601 Pin amorphous silicon photovoltaic element with counter-doped intermediate layer Nov. 12, 1996
5567971 Variable size light sensor element Oct. 22, 1996
5563425 Photoelectrical conversion device and generating system using the same Oct. 8, 1996
5562781 Amorphous, hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) photovoltaic cell Oct. 8, 1996
5557133 Voltage-controlled variable spectrum photodetector for 2D color image detection and reconstruction applications Sep. 17, 1996
5552630 Thin film transistor having metallic light shield Sep. 3, 1996
5530264 Photoelectric conversion device and photoelectric conversion module each having a protective member comprised of fluorine-containing polymer resin Jun. 25, 1996
5514507 Electrophotographic photoreceptor with amorphous Si-Ge layer May. 7, 1996
5507881 Thin-film solar cell and method of manufacturing same Apr. 16, 1996
RE35198 Image forming member for electrophotography Apr. 2, 1996
5501745 Low temperature method for making a photovoltaic material Mar. 26, 1996
5495114 Miniaturized electronic imaging chip Feb. 27, 1996
5483096 Photo sensor Jan. 9, 1996
5464991 Nonlinear optical materials and their manufacturing method Nov. 7, 1995
5455430 Photovoltaic device having a semiconductor grade silicon layer formed on a metallurgical grade substrate Oct. 3, 1995
5449923 Amorphous silicon color detector Sep. 12, 1995
5446563 Photoconductor coupled liquid crystal light valve with impurity doping which varies in the thickness direction Aug. 29, 1995
5440149 Planar type image sensor having electrodes on a photoelectric conversion layer Aug. 8, 1995
5422511 Image sensor utilizing photo diode, blocking diode and clamping diode Jun. 6, 1995
5414275 Photoelectric converting device and image processing apparatus utilizing the same May. 9, 1995
5399882 Camera device and method of manufacturing the same Mar. 21, 1995
5388187 Information processing device capable of optically writing synapse strength matrix Feb. 7, 1995
5371380 Si- and/or Ge-containing non-single crystalline semiconductor film with an average radius of 3.5 A or less as for microvoids contained therein and a microvoid density 1.times.10.sup.(19) (cm.s Dec. 6, 1994
5366912 Fabrication method of thin-film transistor Nov. 22, 1994
5349204 Photoelectric conversion device Sep. 20, 1994

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