CA1123525A - Semiconducteur amorphe pouvant supporter les hautes temperatures et methode de fabrication - Google Patents

Semiconducteur amorphe pouvant supporter les hautes temperatures et methode de fabrication

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CA1123525A
CA1123525A CA311,648A CA311648A CA1123525A CA 1123525 A CA1123525 A CA 1123525A CA 311648 A CA311648 A CA 311648A CA 1123525 A CA1123525 A CA 1123525A
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amorphous
host matrix
semiconductor member
amorphous semiconductor
modifier material
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Stanford R. Ovshinsky
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Energy Conversion Devices Inc
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Energy Conversion Devices Inc
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Priority claimed from US05/841,369 external-priority patent/US4177474A/en
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/02Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/04Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their crystalline structure, e.g. polycrystalline, cubic or particular orientation of crystalline planes
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/0248Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies
    • H01L31/036Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes
    • H01L31/0376Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes including amorphous semiconductors
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/06Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers
    • H01L31/07Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers the potential barriers being only of the Schottky type
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10NELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N10/00Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
    • H10N10/80Constructional details
    • H10N10/85Thermoelectric active materials
    • H10N10/851Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions
    • H10N10/855Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions comprising compounds containing boron, carbon, oxygen or nitrogen
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50Photovoltaic [PV] energy

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  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
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  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
  • Battery Electrode And Active Subsutance (AREA)
  • Physical Vapour Deposition (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
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CA311,648A 1977-10-12 1978-09-20 Semiconducteur amorphe pouvant supporter les hautes temperatures et methode de fabrication Expired CA1123525A (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US05/841,369 US4177474A (en) 1977-05-18 1977-10-12 High temperature amorphous semiconductor member and method of making the same
US841,369 1977-10-12

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CA1123525A true CA1123525A (fr) 1982-05-11

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JP (1) JPS5464981A (fr)
AU (1) AU523107B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA1123525A (fr)
DE (1) DE2844070A1 (fr)
ES (1) ES474153A1 (fr)
FR (1) FR2454186A1 (fr)
GB (1) GB2007021B (fr)

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JPS57136377A (en) * 1981-02-17 1982-08-23 Kanegafuchi Chem Ind Co Ltd Amorphous silicon nitride/amorphous silicon heterojunction photoelectric element
NL8104140A (nl) * 1980-09-09 1982-04-01 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Werkwijze voor het vervaardigen van amorfe halfgeleiderinrichtingen met verbeterde fotogevoelige eigenschappen alsmede als zodanig verkregen inrichtingen.
CA1176740A (fr) * 1980-12-03 1984-10-23 Yoshihisa Tawada Cellule photovoltaique a haute tension ayant une heterojonction de semiconducteur amorphe et de silicium amorphe
IE53485B1 (en) * 1981-02-12 1988-11-23 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Improved photoresponsive amorphous alloys
JPH03188682A (ja) * 1981-04-30 1991-08-16 Kanegafuchi Chem Ind Co Ltd 高電圧アモルファス半導体/アモルファスシリコン・ヘテロ接合光起電力素子
JPS5814583A (ja) * 1981-07-17 1983-01-27 Kanegafuchi Chem Ind Co Ltd アモルフアス半導体およびアモルフアス半導体/アモルフアスシリコン・ヘテロ接合光起電力素子
EP0070509B2 (fr) * 1981-07-17 1993-05-19 Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Semiconducteur amorphe et dispositif photovoltaique en silicium amorphe
DE3277665D1 (en) * 1981-08-07 1987-12-17 British Petroleum Co Plc Non-volatile electrically programmable memory device
JPS62162366A (ja) * 1981-09-17 1987-07-18 Semiconductor Energy Lab Co Ltd 炭素被膜を有する複合体
JPH07105507B2 (ja) * 1982-02-25 1995-11-13 プラズマ・フィジクス・コ−ポレ−ション 光起電力装置
DE3314197A1 (de) * 1982-04-28 1983-11-03 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., 48084 Troy, Mich. P-leitende amorphe siliziumlegierung mit grossem bandabstand und herstellungsverfahren dafuer
JPS5957407A (ja) * 1982-09-27 1984-04-03 Sanyo Electric Co Ltd 光起電力装置
JPS59108370A (ja) * 1982-12-14 1984-06-22 Kanegafuchi Chem Ind Co Ltd 光起電力装置
JPS58180074A (ja) * 1983-03-28 1983-10-21 Shunpei Yamazaki 光電変換半導体装置
ES8602301A1 (es) * 1983-07-18 1985-11-01 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Una aleacion amorfa mejorada de separacion de bandas estrecha, para aplicaciones fotovoltaicas
US4569697A (en) * 1983-08-26 1986-02-11 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Method of forming photovoltaic quality amorphous alloys by passivating defect states
JPS62162367A (ja) * 1986-11-19 1987-07-18 Semiconductor Energy Lab Co Ltd 炭素被膜を有する複合体
JPS6316678A (ja) * 1986-12-26 1988-01-23 Shunpei Yamazaki 光電変換装置
JP2648733B2 (ja) * 1993-11-18 1997-09-03 プラズマ・フィジクス・コーポレーション 半導体装置
JPH077168A (ja) * 1994-04-15 1995-01-10 Semiconductor Energy Lab Co Ltd 光電変換半導体装置
TWI245288B (en) * 2003-03-20 2005-12-11 Sony Corp Semiconductor memory element and semiconductor memory device using the same
US20080042119A1 (en) * 2005-08-09 2008-02-21 Ovonyx, Inc. Multi-layered chalcogenide and related devices having enhanced operational characteristics

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JPS51128268A (en) * 1975-04-30 1976-11-09 Sony Corp Semiconductor unit
CA1078078A (fr) * 1976-03-22 1980-05-20 David E. Carlson Dispositif a semiconducteur a barriere de schottky et methode de fabrication

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FR2454186B1 (fr) 1984-08-24
AU523107B2 (en) 1982-07-15
AU4023778A (en) 1980-04-03
ES474153A1 (es) 1979-10-16
DE2844070A1 (de) 1979-04-26
GB2007021B (en) 1982-05-06
JPS5464981A (en) 1979-05-25
JPS6230512B2 (fr) 1987-07-02
DE2844070C2 (fr) 1990-02-01
FR2454186A1 (fr) 1980-11-07
GB2007021A (en) 1979-05-10

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