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| H01L31/04-31/06,600;H02S10/00-10/40;30/00-99/00 | AA | AA00 MATERIAL OF THE BODY |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 | |
| . Group IV | . . Single crystals | . . Polycrystals | . . Microcrystals * | . . Amorphous materials * | . Compound semiconductors * | . . Group III-V, e.g. gallium arsenide (GaAs) * | . . Group II-VI, e.g. cadmium sulfide (CdS) * | . . Group I-III-VI, e.g. copper indium diselenide (CuInSe2) * | ||||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA14 | AA16 | AA18 | AA20 | |||||||
| . Organic semiconductors * | . . Phthalocyanine dye | . Electrolytes or semiconductor electrodes, e.g. in wet methods * | . Dopant materials * | . Binder materials * | . Other materials * | |||||||
| BA | BA00 USE OR PURPOSE |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | ||||||
| . Use | . . for satellites | . . for building materials | . . for clocks or calculators | . . for other use * | ||||||||
| BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA18 | |||||
| . Purposes, excluding higher efficiency and cost reduction | . . for enlarging areas | . . for increasing power | . . for mass production or automation | . . for flexibility | . . for improving light transmissivity | . . for stabilising output | . . for enhancing environmental resistance | |||||
| CA | CA00 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AMORPHOUS MATERIAL, INCLUDING MICROCRYSTAL |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | CA09 | ||
| . Growth layers | . . p or p+ layers | . . i layers | . . n or n+ layers | . . Interface layers | . Raw materials | . . Raw gases * | . . Dilution gases * | . . characterised by dilution ratios | ||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | CA19 | CA20 | |||
| . Physical vapour deposition (PVD) | . . Vacuum deposition methods | . . Sputtering | . Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) | . . Plasma chemical vapour deposition, e.g. glow discharge | . . . using high frequencies | . . . using microwaves | . . Thermal chemical vapour deposition processes | . . Photochemical vapour deposition processes | . Other processes for manufacturing amorphous materials | |||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA26 | CA27 | |||||||
| . Device structures | . . separating deposition chambers for depositing layers successively | . . for discharging electrodes | . . Shapes or arrangements of substrate holders or means for heating substrates | . Additional mechanisms | . . for applying magnetic fields | |||||||
| CA31 | CA32 | CA34 | CA35 | CA36 | CA37 | CA40 | ||||||
| . Treatment processes | . . Annealing or plasma treatments | . Manufacturing conditions | . . Pressure or vacuum levels | . . Temperature of substrates | . . Gas flow rates | . Others | ||||||
| CB | CB00 THIS PLACE COVERS THE SUBJECT MATTER CHARACTERISED BY PROCESSES FOR MANUFACTURING MATERIALS OTHER THAN AMORPHOUS MATERIALS, E.G. SILICON CRYSTAL GROWTH, CRYSTAL GROWTH OF GROUP III-V ELEMENTS, THIN FILM DEPOSITION OF GROUP II-VI ELEMENTS, TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES (SURFACE ELECTRODES) OR BACKPLANE ELECTRODES, DOPING, ETCHING, THERMALLY-TREATING THESE MATERIALS. |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB05 | CB06 | CB08 | CB09 | CB10 | ||
| . Silicon-crystal growth methods | . . Single-crystal growth methods | . . . CZ method or pulling-up methods | . . Polycrystal growth methods | . . . Casting | . . . Ribbon methods, including edge-defined, film-fed growth (EFG) | . Growth methods of group III-V elements | . . on single-crystal silicon substrates | . . Peeled single-crystal films | ||||
| CB11 | CB12 | CB13 | CB14 | CB15 | CB18 | CB19 | CB20 | |||||
| . Film deposition | . . Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) | . . Coating or baking | . . Vacuum deposition | . . Sputtering | . Doping, including limiting concentration | . . Ion implantation | . . Thermal diffusion | |||||
| CB21 | CB22 | CB24 | CB25 | CB27 | CB28 | CB29 | CB30 | |||||
| . Etching | . . Dry etching | . Heat treatments | . . Light annealing | . Forming electrodes | . Separating elements | . characterised by manufacturing conditions | . characterised by other manufacturing processes | |||||
| DA | DA00 ELEMENT STRUCTURE (DETAILS THEREOF EA-HA) |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | |
| . Shapes of elements | . Junctions | . . pn junctions | . . pin junctions | . . Schottky junctions | . . . Schottky metals * | . . Heterojunctions | . . Metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) junctions | . . . Materials of insulation films * | . . This place covers the subject matter having a structure where the p electrode and the n electrode are formed on the backplane of a solar cell. | |||
| DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA15 | DA16 | DA17 | DA18 | DA19 | DA20 | ||||
| . Band structures | . . Graded bands | . . Superlattices | . Tandem structures | . . Types thereof | . . . repeating the same junctions | . . Intermediate layers for bonding layers | . . . pn tunnel layers | . Others | ||||
| EA | EA00 MODULARISING OR INTEGRATING |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | EA09 | EA10 | |
| . Shapes of modules | . Connection structures | . . at the sides of the elements | . . at the ends of the substrates | . . in brick-lay patterns | . . to diodes | . Patterning | . . Objects to be patterned | . . . Surface electrodes | . . . Element bodies | |||
| EA11 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | EA16 | EA17 | EA18 | EA19 | EA20 | ||||
| . . . Backplane electrodes | . . Means therefor | . . . Mask deposition | . . . Screen printing | . . . Laser scribers | . Processing connectors | . Protective films * | . Interconnector | . Other modularizing | ||||
| FA | FA00 ELECTRODE |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | ||
| . Materials thereof | . . Transparent electrodes * | . . . Tin oxide (SnO2) | . . . Indium tin oxide (ITO) | . . Metal electrodes * | . . Organic materials * | . . Dopants * | . . Members of blocking layers * | . . Pastes * | ||||
| FA11 | FA12 | FA13 | FA14 | FA15 | FA16 | FA17 | FA18 | FA19 | ||||
| . Structures thereof | . . Kinds thereof | . . . Surface electrodes | . . . . Collectors | . . . Backplane electrodes | . . Shapes thereof | . . Structures | . . . double-layered | . . . textured | ||||
| FA21 | FA22 | FA23 | FA24 | FA25 | FA30 | |||||||
| . . Functions | . . . for preventing the surfaces from reflecting light | . . . combined with reflective layers | . . . decreasing resistance | . . . combined with doping, e.g. electric fields of the backplanes | . Other electrodes | |||||||
| GA | GA00 SUBSTRATE |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | |||||
| . Materials thereof | . . conductive * | . . insulating * | . . Semiconductor substrates * | . . flexible * | . . for coating * | |||||||
| GA11 | GA12 | GA13 | GA14 | GA15 | GA16 | GA20 | ||||||
| . Structures or treatments | . . smoothing the surfaces | . . . by coating | . . roughening the surfaces | . . . by chemical etching | . . . by coating | . Others | ||||||
| HA | HA00 OTHER ELEMENT |
HA01 | HA02 | HA03 | HA04 | HA05 | HA06 | HA07 | ||||
| . Anti-reflection films | . . Materials | . . . inorganic * | . . . organic * | . . Structures thereof | . . . Optical multilayer films | . . . textured | ||||||
| HA11 | HA12 | HA13 | HA14 | HA15 | HA16 | HA17 | HA18 | HA19 | HA20 | |||
| . Filter films | . . Kinds thereof | . . . Phosphor films | . . . Optical multilayer films | . . . Colour filters or inks | . . Functions thereof | . . . converting wavelengths | . . . dividing wavelengths | . Window layers | . OthersThis place covers the subject matter characterised by "other elements," which is not covered by either of HA01-HA07 for anti-reflection films, HA11-HA18 for filter films, or HA19 for window layers. | |||
| JA | JA00 GENERATOR |
JA01 | JA02 | JA03 | JA04 | JA05 | JA06 | JA07 | JA08 | JA09 | ||
| . Arrays or panels | . . Panel structures | . . . Materials of windows * | . . . Fillers * | . . . Backplane sheet | . . . Laminating modules | . . . connecting modules | . . . . diode-connected, e.g. for preventing currents from reversing | . . . connecting panels | ||||
| JA12 | JA13 | JA14 | JA15 | |||||||||
| . . connecting panels | . . Supporting structures | . . . for adjusting angles, including solar tracking apparatus | . . Cleaning devices or snow-proof structures | |||||||||
| JA21 | JA22 | JA23 | JA24 | JA25 | JA27 | JA28 | JA29 | JA30 | ||||
| . Concentrators | . . Lenses | . . Reflecting mirrors or reflecting plates | . . Optical fibres | . . having optical filters | . Terminal boxes | . combined with secondary cells | . combined with apparatus using solar heat | . Generators not otherwise provided for | ||||
| KA | KA00 CONTROLLING OR TESTING |
KA01 | KA02 | KA03 | KA04 | KA05 | KA06 | KA07 | KA08 | KA09 | KA10 | |
| . Stabilising output | . . Monitoring | . . Controlling | . . . Constant voltage circuits, e.g. DC-DC converters | . . . switching power supplies | . . . controlling the quantity of incident light | . Maintenance | . . detecting or warning failures | . Apparatus for testing functions | . Controlling or testing not otherwise provided for |