Patents by Inventor Arthur B. Cornfeld

Arthur B. Cornfeld 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).

  • Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells having a permanent supporting substrate
    Patent number: 11961931
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell that includes providing a semiconductor growth substrate; depositing on said growth substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; applying a metal contact layer over said sequence of layers; affixing the adhesive polyimide surface of a permanent supporting substrate directly over said metal contact layer and permanently bonding it thereto by a thermocompressive technique; and removing the semiconductor growth substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SolAero Technologies Corp
    Inventors: Arthur B. Cornfeld, Jeff Steinfeldt
  • INVERTED METAMORPHIC MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS HAVING A PERMANENT SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20220393056
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell that includes providing a semiconductor growth substrate; depositing on said growth substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; applying a metal contact layer over said sequence of layers; affixing the adhesive polyimide surface of a permanent supporting substrate directly over said metal contact layer and permanently bonding it thereto by a thermocompressive technique; and removing the semiconductor growth substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur B. Cornfeld, Jeff Steinfeldt