DE69840726D1 - Thermophotovoltaische halbleiter-vorrichtung - Google Patents
Thermophotovoltaische halbleiter-vorrichtungInfo
- Publication number
- DE69840726D1 DE69840726D1 DE69840726T DE69840726T DE69840726D1 DE 69840726 D1 DE69840726 D1 DE 69840726D1 DE 69840726 T DE69840726 T DE 69840726T DE 69840726 T DE69840726 T DE 69840726T DE 69840726 D1 DE69840726 D1 DE 69840726D1
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- Germany
- Prior art keywords
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- thermophotovoltaic
- semiconductor device
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
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- 239000004065 semiconductor Substances 0.000 title 1
- 230000005611 electricity Effects 0.000 abstract 1
Classifications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H01L31/00—Semiconductor 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
- H01L31/04—Semiconductor 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
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
- H02S10/00—PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power
- H02S10/30—Thermophotovoltaic systems
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H01L31/00—Semiconductor 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
- H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
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- Y—GENERAL 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
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
- Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
- Electromagnetism (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
- Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Power Engineering (AREA)
- Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
- Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
- Cooling Or The Like Of Semiconductors Or Solid State Devices (AREA)
- Hybrid Cells (AREA)
- Micromachines (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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US08/902,817 US6084173A (en) | 1997-07-30 | 1997-07-30 | Method and apparatus for the generation of charged carriers in semiconductor devices |
PCT/IB1998/001130 WO1999007021A1 (en) | 1997-07-30 | 1998-07-27 | Thermophotovoltaic semiconductor device |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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DE69840726D1 true DE69840726D1 (de) | 2009-05-20 |
Family
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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DE69840726T Expired - Lifetime DE69840726D1 (de) | 1997-07-30 | 1998-07-27 | Thermophotovoltaische halbleiter-vorrichtung |
Country Status (12)
Country | Link |
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US (2) | US6084173A (de) |
EP (1) | EP1038323B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JP4708561B2 (de) |
KR (1) | KR100589470B1 (de) |
CN (1) | CN1265776B (de) |
AT (1) | ATE428188T1 (de) |
AU (1) | AU8352598A (de) |
CA (1) | CA2298790C (de) |
DE (1) | DE69840726D1 (de) |
HK (1) | HK1030300A1 (de) |
IL (1) | IL134277A0 (de) |
WO (1) | WO1999007021A1 (de) |
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1997
- 1997-07-30 US US08/902,817 patent/US6084173A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1998
- 1998-07-27 WO PCT/IB1998/001130 patent/WO1999007021A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1998-07-27 EP EP98933833A patent/EP1038323B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-07-27 KR KR1020007001025A patent/KR100589470B1/ko not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1998-07-27 AU AU83525/98A patent/AU8352598A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1998-07-27 IL IL13427798A patent/IL134277A0/xx unknown
- 1998-07-27 AT AT98933833T patent/ATE428188T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1998-07-27 DE DE69840726T patent/DE69840726D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-07-27 CN CN988078376A patent/CN1265776B/zh not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-07-27 CA CA002298790A patent/CA2298790C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-07-27 JP JP2000505655A patent/JP4708561B2/ja not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1999
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- 2001-02-13 HK HK01101020.1A patent/HK1030300A1/xx not_active IP Right Cessation
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HK1030300A1 (en) | 2001-04-27 |
CN1265776A (zh) | 2000-09-06 |
CA2298790A1 (en) | 1999-02-11 |
CN1265776B (zh) | 2010-06-23 |
US6232546B1 (en) | 2001-05-15 |
IL134277A0 (en) | 2001-04-30 |
CA2298790C (en) | 2009-03-24 |
AU8352598A (en) | 1999-02-22 |
JP4708561B2 (ja) | 2011-06-22 |
KR20010022441A (ko) | 2001-03-15 |
ATE428188T1 (de) | 2009-04-15 |
KR100589470B1 (ko) | 2006-06-14 |
EP1038323B1 (de) | 2009-04-08 |
JP2001512295A (ja) | 2001-08-21 |
US6084173A (en) | 2000-07-04 |
WO1999007021A1 (en) | 1999-02-11 |
EP1038323A1 (de) | 2000-09-27 |
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