Patents Assigned to Siva Power, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10458014
    Abstract: In various embodiments, evaporation sources for deposition processes have disposed therearound an insulation material configurable to fit snugly around the source body of the evaporation source and to be at least partially distanced away from the source body to expedite heat transfer therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Ulrich Alexander Bonne
  • Patent number: 10236402
    Abstract: In various embodiments, photovoltaic modules are hermetically sealed by providing a first glass sheet, a photovoltaic device disposed on the first glass sheet, and a second glass sheet, a gap being defined between the first and second glass sheets, disposing a glass powder within the gap, and heating the powder to seal the glass sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventor: Markus Eberhard Beck
  • Patent number: 10174417
    Abstract: In various embodiments, evaporation sources are heated and/or cooled via a fluid-based thermal management system during deposition of thin films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Ulrich Alexander Bonne, Robert G. Wendt
  • Patent number: 9972741
    Abstract: In various embodiments, photovoltaic devices incorporate discontinuous passivation layers (i) disposed between a thin-film absorber layer and a partner layer, (ii) disposed between the partner layer and a front contact layer, and/or (iii) disposed between a back contact layer and the thin-film absorber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Timothy J. Nagle, Sourav Roger Basu
  • Patent number: 9932666
    Abstract: In various embodiments, evaporation sources for deposition systems are heated and/or cooled via a fluid-based thermal management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Ulrich Alexander Bonne, Robert G. Wendt
  • Patent number: 9929295
    Abstract: In various embodiments, photovoltaic modules are hermetically sealed by providing a first glass sheet, a photovoltaic device disposed on the first glass sheet, and a second glass sheet, a gap being defined between the first and second glass sheets, disposing a glass powder within the gap, and heating the powder to seal the glass sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventor: Markus Eberhard Beck
  • Patent number: 9816175
    Abstract: In various embodiments, evaporation sources are heated and/or cooled via a fluid-based thermal management system during deposition of thin films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Ulrich Alexander Bonne, Robert G. Wendt
  • Patent number: 9748435
    Abstract: In various embodiments, photovoltaic devices incorporate discontinuous passivation layers (i) disposed between a thin-film absorber layer and a partner layer, (ii) disposed between the partner layer and a front contact layer, and/or (iii) disposed between a back contact layer and the thin-film absorber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Timothy J. Nagle, Sourav Roger Basu
  • Patent number: 9362423
    Abstract: In various embodiments, photovoltaic devices incorporate discontinuous passivation layers (i) disposed between a thin-film absorber layer and a partner layer, (ii) disposed between the partner layer and a front contact layer, and/or (iii) disposed between a back contact layer and the thin-film absorber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Siva Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Timothy J. Nagle, Sourav Roger Basu
  • Patent number: 9257585
    Abstract: In various embodiments, photovoltaic modules are hermetically sealed by providing a first glass sheet, a photovoltaic device disposed on the first glass sheet, and a second glass sheet, a gap being defined between the first and second glass sheets, disposing a glass powder within the gap, and heating the powder to seal the glass sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Siva Power, Inc.
    Inventor: Markus Eberhard Beck
  • Patent number: 9178082
    Abstract: In various embodiments, photovoltaic devices incorporate discontinuous passivation layers (i) disposed between a thin-film absorber layer and a partner layer, (ii) disposed between the partner layer and a front contact layer, and/or (iii) disposed between a back contact layer and the thin-film absorber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Siva Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Timothy J. Nagle, Sourav Roger Basu
  • Patent number: 8927392
    Abstract: Methods for forming semiconductor devices include providing a textured template, forming a buffer layer over the textured template, forming a substrate layer over the buffer layer, removing the textured template, thereby exposing a surface of the buffer layer, and forming a semiconductor layer over the exposed surface of the buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Siva Power, Inc.
    Inventor: Leslie G. Fritzemeier