GB439774A - Improvements relating to photo-electric cells and methods of manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Improvements relating to photo-electric cells and methods of manufacturing the same

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GB439774A
GB439774A GB8392/35A GB839235A GB439774A GB 439774 A GB439774 A GB 439774A GB 8392/35 A GB8392/35 A GB 8392/35A GB 839235 A GB839235 A GB 839235A GB 439774 A GB439774 A GB 439774A
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selenium
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British Thomson Houston Co Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/04—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/06—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising selenium or tellurium in uncombined form other than as impurities in semiconductor bodies of other materials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02104—Forming layers
    • H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate
    • H01L21/02367—Substrates
    • H01L21/0237—Materials
    • H01L21/02425—Conductive materials, e.g. metallic silicides
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    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
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    • H01L21/02104—Forming layers
    • H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate
    • H01L21/02518—Deposited layers
    • H01L21/02521—Materials
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    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
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    • H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate
    • H01L21/02612—Formation types
    • H01L21/02617—Deposition types
    • H01L21/02631—Physical deposition at reduced pressure, e.g. MBE, sputtering, evaporation
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    • H01L21/02104—Forming layers
    • H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate
    • H01L21/02656—Special treatments
    • H01L21/02664—Aftertreatments
    • H01L21/02667—Crystallisation or recrystallisation of non-monocrystalline semiconductor materials, e.g. regrowth
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/04—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/06—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising selenium or tellurium in uncombined form other than as impurities in semiconductor bodies of other materials
    • H01L21/12—Application of an electrode to the exposed surface of the selenium or tellurium after the selenium or tellurium has been applied to the foundation plate

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Abstract

439,774. Light - - sensitive cells. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd., Crown House, Aldwych, London. March 18, 1935, No. 8392. Convention date, March 21, 1934. [Class 40 (iii)] Relates to a lightsensitive cell comprising a metal plate coated with a thin film of selenium rendered lightsensitive by heat treatment and having a transparent film of a non- oxidizable metal deposited thereon and consists in coating the selenium film with a film of a metal of the second group of the periodic table of the elements, e.g. cadmium, prior to its being coated with the final film of non- oxidizable metal. As shown, the light sensi. tive unit comprises an iron or nickel base plate 8 on to the roughened surface of which selenium which has been evaporated is condensed as a thin layer 9, the coated plate then being heat treated so as to convert the selenium into a metallic light-sensitive form. A film of cadmium 10 is then sputtered on the selenium surface and finally a film of platinum 16 is sputtered on the cadmium film. The unit so formed is mounted within a casing 1 of insulating material which is closed at the back by a cover 5 and is preferably provided with a front cover 15 of glass. This front cover may, however, be dispensed with in which case the platinum layer is covered with a transparent lacquer except at the place where electrical contact is to be made. The casing 1 carries a pair of contact pins 6 through which conductors 7 are threaded, one of the conductors contacting with the disc 8 whilst the other is wound several times about a slotted cardboard ring 11, and has its free end secured between this ring and a tinfoil ring 13. The ring 11 is positioned between the glass cover 15 and the platinum layer 16.
GB8392/35A 1934-03-21 1935-03-18 Improvements relating to photo-electric cells and methods of manufacturing the same Expired GB439774A (en)

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE884847C (en) * 1943-12-15 1953-07-30 Westinghouse Electric Corp Dry contact rectifier or light-sensitive element
DE933286C (en) * 1942-05-20 1955-09-22 Electrocell Ges M B H Falkenth Process for the production of layered, current-supplying photoelectric cells
DE1114251B (en) * 1953-05-23 1961-09-28 Siemens Ag Process for the manufacture of selenium rectifiers

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE933286C (en) * 1942-05-20 1955-09-22 Electrocell Ges M B H Falkenth Process for the production of layered, current-supplying photoelectric cells
DE884847C (en) * 1943-12-15 1953-07-30 Westinghouse Electric Corp Dry contact rectifier or light-sensitive element
DE1114251B (en) * 1953-05-23 1961-09-28 Siemens Ag Process for the manufacture of selenium rectifiers

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