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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
5344499 Electric device of hydrogenated amorphous silicon and method of manufacture Sep. 6, 1994
5342452 Photovoltaic device Aug. 30, 1994
5336906 Image sensor and method of manufacture Aug. 9, 1994
RE34658 Semiconductor device of non-single crystal-structure Jul. 12, 1994
5329135 Light emitting device for achieving high luminous efficiency and high saturation level of light output Jul. 12, 1994
5311047 Amorphous SI/SIC heterojunction color-sensitive phototransistor May. 10, 1994
5308969 Image sensor May. 3, 1994
5308996 TFT device May. 3, 1994
5301048 Active matrix display device with Schottky contact switching elements Apr. 5, 1994
5291036 Amorphous silicon sensor Mar. 1, 1994
5288649 Method for forming uncooled infrared detector Feb. 22, 1994
5270536 Method of using DC photocurrent measurements to sense wavelength or color of light or to characterize semiconductor materials Dec. 14, 1993
5264710 Amorphous semiconductor, amorphous semiconductor device using hydrogen radicals Nov. 23, 1993
5262654 Device for reading an image having a common semiconductor layer Nov. 16, 1993
5256887 Photovoltaic device including a boron doping profile in an i-type layer Oct. 26, 1993
5245201 Photoelectric converting device and image processing apparatus utilizing the same Sep. 14, 1993
5243216 Phototransistor Sep. 7, 1993
5229622 Integrated semiconductor optoelectronic switch Jul. 20, 1993
5225706 Matrix of photosensitive elements associating a photodiode or a phototransistor and a storage capacitor Jul. 6, 1993
5216491 Semiconductor photoconductive device with laminated refractory metal electrode Jun. 1, 1993
5210766 Laser crystallized cladding layers for improved amorphous silicon light-emitting diodes and radiation sensors May. 11, 1993
5206523 Microporous crystalline silicon of increased band-gap for semiconductor applications Apr. 27, 1993
5196911 High photosensitive depletion-gate thin film transistor Mar. 23, 1993
5192991 Crystallized polycrystalline semiconductor device Mar. 9, 1993
5191202 Photoelectric conversion device Mar. 2, 1993
5191394 Amorphous silicon photodiode with sloped sidewalls and method of fabrication Mar. 2, 1993
5187563 Photoelectric conversion device with Al/Cr/TCO electrode Feb. 16, 1993
5184200 Thin film semiconductor device with particular grain size Feb. 2, 1993
5166757 Dry-etched amorphous silicon device with recessed electrode Nov. 24, 1992
5140395 X-ray sensor arrays Aug. 18, 1992
5140001 Integrated microelectronic assembly comprising photoconductor with superconducting leads Aug. 18, 1992
5140397 Amorphous silicon photoelectric device Aug. 18, 1992
5140398 Switching device Aug. 18, 1992
5130775 Amorphous photo-detecting element with spatial filter Jul. 14, 1992
5128729 Complex opto-isolator with improved stand-off voltage stability Jul. 7, 1992
5112409 Solar cells with reduced recombination under grid lines, and method of manufacturing same May. 12, 1992
5101260 Multilayer light scattering photovoltaic back reflector and method of making same Mar. 31, 1992
5101255 Amorphous photoelectric conversion device with avalanche Mar. 31, 1992
5093564 Photosensor having an amorphous silicon photoabsorption layer Mar. 3, 1992
5091638 Contact image sensor having light-receiving windows Feb. 25, 1992
5083175 Method of using offset gated gap-cell thin film device as a photosensor Jan. 21, 1992
5075749 Optical device including a grating Dec. 24, 1991
5075237 Process of making a high photosensitive depletion-gate thin film transistor Dec. 24, 1991
5066340 Photovoltaic device Nov. 19, 1991
5060041 Amorphous silicon photosensor Oct. 22, 1991
5060040 Photoelectric conversion apparatus Oct. 22, 1991
5053835 InP semiconductor thin film on Si Oct. 1, 1991
5051803 Diode and producing method thereof and contact image sensor device comprising the same Sep. 24, 1991
5047090 Semiconductor device Sep. 10, 1991
5045907 Graphotaxially formed photosensitive detector array Sep. 3, 1991

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