Patents by Inventor Eun-Chel Cho

Eun-Chel Cho has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10861987
    Abstract: Proposed is a method for manufacturing a selective emitter using a surface structure, the method includes: preparing a wafer; forming fine first surface unevenness in each of front and rear faces of the wafer; forming a texturing-inhibiting film on each of the front and rear faces of the wafer; partially patterning the front texturing-inhibiting film to expose a portion of the front face of the wafer; forming second surface unevenness in the exposed portion of the wafer, wherein the second surface unevenness has a roughness greater and deeper than a roughness of the first surface unevenness; removing the texturing-inhibiting films; and forming a selective emitter on a surface of the wafer having the first surface unevenness and the second surface unevenness defined therein using a doping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Junsin Yi, Minkyu Ju, Young-Hyun Cho, Eun-Chel Cho, Youngkuk Kim, Kumar Mallem
  • Publication number: 20200135944
    Abstract: Proposed is a method for manufacturing a selective emitter using a surface structure, the method includes: preparing a wafer; forming fine first surface unevenness in each of front and rear faces of the wafer; forming a texturing-inhibiting film on each of the front and rear faces of the wafer; partially patterning the front texturing-inhibiting film to expose a portion of the front face of the wafer; forming second surface unevenness in the exposed portion of the wafer, wherein the second surface unevenness has a roughness greater and deeper than a roughness of the first surface unevenness; removing the texturing-inhibiting films; and forming a selective emitter on a surface of the wafer having the first surface unevenness and the second surface unevenness defined therein using a doping process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Junsin YI, Minkyu JU, Young-Hyun CHO, Eun-Chel CHO, Youngkuk KIM, Kumar MALLEM
  • Patent number: 8481356
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a back contact solar cell according to the present invention comprises the following steps: preparing a p-type silicon substrate having a via hole; performing a diffusion process to form an emitter layer all over the surface of the substrate; forming an etching mask on the front surface and back surface of the substrate so as to selectively expose a portion of the substrate; etching a portion of the thickness of the substrate in the region exposed to the etching mask so as to remove an emitter layer in the relevant region; forming an anti-reflection film on the front surface of the substrate; and forming a grid electrode on the front surface of the substrate, and forming an n-electrode and a p-electrode on the back surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Sic Moon, Eun Chel Cho, Won Jae Lee, Jong Keun Lim
  • Patent number: 8461011
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a back electrode-type solar cell. The method for manufacturing a back electrode-type solar cell disclosed herein includes: A method for manufacturing a back electrode-type solar cell, comprising: preparing an n-type crystalline silicon substrate; forming a thermal diffusion control film on a front surface, a back surface and a side surface of the substrate; forming a p-type impurity region by implanting p-type impurity ions onto the back surface of the substrate; patterning the thermal diffusion control film so that the back surface of the substrate is selectively exposed; and forming a high-concentration back field layer (n+) at an exposed region of the back surface of the substrate and a low-concentration front field layer (n?) at the front surface of the substrate by performing a thermal diffusion process, and forming a p+ emitter region by activating the p-type impurity region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Sung Jeon, Won Jae Lee, Eun Chel Cho, Joon Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20120288980
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a back contact solar cell according to the present invention comprises the following steps: preparing a p-type silicon substrate having a via hole; performing a diffusion process to form an emitter layer all over the surface of the substrate; forming an etching mask on the front surface and back surface of the substrate so as to selectively expose a portion of the substrate; etching a portion of the thickness of the substrate in the region exposed to the etching mask so as to remove an emitter layer in the relevant region; forming an anti-reflection film on the front surface of the substrate; and forming a grid electrode on the front surface of the substrate, and forming an n-electrode and a p-electrode on the back surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Sic Moon, Eun Chel Cho, Won Jae Lee, Jong Keun Lim
  • Publication number: 20120282732
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a back electrode-type solar cell. The method for manufacturing a back electrode-type solar cell disclosed herein includes: A method for manufacturing a back electrode-type solar cell, comprising: preparing an n-type crystalline silicon substrate; forming a thermal diffusion control film on a front surface, a back surface and a side surface of the substrate; forming a p-type impurity region by implanting p-type impurity ions onto the back surface of the substrate; patterning the thermal diffusion control film so that the back surface of the substrate is selectively exposed; and forming a high-concentration back field layer (n+) at an exposed region of the back surface of the substrate and a low-concentration front field layer (n?) at the front surface of the substrate by performing a thermal diffusion process, and forming a p+ emitter region by activating the p-type impurity region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Sung Jeon, Won Jae Lee, Eun Chel Cho, Joon Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20120270356
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell. The method for manufacturing a solar cell comprises: forming via holes in a silicon wafer; forming a shallow emitter on the front surface and the rear surface of the wafer, connecting the inner walls of the via holes and the via holes; and selectively forming an emitter through the heavy doping of a dopant to provide a plurality of regions along a direction linking the via holes of the shallow emitter with a certain concentration or higher. Accordingly, the present invention can selectively form an emitter on an MWT solar cell by performing laser doping or etching on a region contacting a front surface electrode having a certain width and height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Sik Moon, Eun-Chel Cho, Won-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 7884375
    Abstract: A solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof. A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes: forming an emitter layer on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming an insulation layer on the emitter layer; applying a chemical compound including a dopant having a conductive type of the emitter layer on the insulation layer according to a pattern; forming a high concentration emitter portion by removing a portion of the insulation layer corresponding to a positioning of the chemical compound and diffusing the dopant toward the emitting layer; removing the chemical compound; and forming a first electrode electrically connected to the high concentration emitter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Wook Park, Dae-Won Kim, Eun-Chel Cho
  • Publication number: 20070290283
    Abstract: A solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof. A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes: forming an emitter layer on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming an insulation layer on the emitter layer; applying a chemical compound including a dopant having a conductive type of the emitter layer on the insulation layer according to a pattern; forming a high concentration emitter portion by removing a portion of the insulation layer corresponding to a positioning of the chemical compound and diffusing the dopant toward the emitting layer; removing the chemical compound; and forming a first electrode electrically connected to the high concentration emitter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Sang-Wook Park, Dae-Won Kim, Eun-Chel Cho