Patents by Inventor Brian J. Laughlin

Brian J. Laughlin 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).

  • Thick-film pastes containing lead-tellurium-boron-oxides, and their use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 10559703
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal and a lead-tellurium-boron-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Thick-film pastes containing lead- and tellurium-oxides, and their use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 10069020
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front-side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • THICK-FILM PASTES CONTAINING LEAD- AND TELLURIUM-OXIDES, AND THEIR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180226522
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front-side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: ALAN FREDERICK CARROLL, KENNETH WARREN HANG, BRIAN J. LAUGHLIN, KURT RICHARD MIKESKA, CARMINE TORARDI, PAUL DOUGLAS VERNOOY
  • THICK-FILM PASTES CONTAINING LEAD-TELLURIUM-LITHIUM- OXIDES, AND THEIR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180062007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-lithium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, KENNETH WARREN HANG, BRIAN J. LAUGHLIN, KURT RICHARD MIKESKA, CARMINE TORARDI, PAUL DOUGLAS VERNOOY
  • Thick-film pastes containing lead-tellurium-lithium-oxides, and their use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 9722100
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-lithium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • THICK-FILM PASTE CONTAINING LEAD-TUNGSTEN-BASED OXIDE AND ITS USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160108255
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers and a method for doing so. The thick-film paste comprises a source of an electrically conductive metal and a lead-tungsten-based oxide dispersed in an organic medium. The invention also provides a semiconductor device comprising an electrode formed from the thick-film paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: KATHERINE ANNE BERNARDINA, BRIAN J. LAUGHLIN, PAUL DOUGLAS VERNOOY
  • CONDUCTIVE PASTE USED FOR SOLAR CELL ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20150255185
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a conductive paste used for solar cell electrodes comprising, (i) 60 wt % to 95 wt % of a conductive powder, based on the total weight of the conductive paste, (ii) 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a lead-tellurium-oxide powder, based on the total weight of the conductive paste, comprising 20 wt % to 60 wt % of PbO and 20 wt % to 60 wt % of TeO2, based on the total weight of the lead-tellurium-oxide powder, (iii) 3 wt % to 38 wt % of an organic medium, based on the total weight of the conductive paste, and (iv) 0.01 wt % to 5.0 wt % of lithium oxide powder selected from the group consisting of LiMnO3, Li2WO4, Li2CO3, Li2TiO3, Li4Ti5O12, Li2MoO4 and a mixture thereof, based on the total weight of the conductive paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ESTHER KIM, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Yusuke Tachibana, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Use of a conductive composition containing lead—tellurium-based oxide in the manufacture of semiconductor devices with lightly doped emitters
    Patent number: 8969709
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for using a thick-film conductive paste composition to form an electrode on a silicon semiconductor device, e.g, a photovoltaic cell, containing a lightly doped emitter. The thick-film paste comprises a source of an electrically conductive metal and a Pb—Te-based oxide dispersed in an organic medium. Also provided are devices made by the process and a photovoltaic cell comprising a lightly doped emitter and an electrode formed from the thick-film conductive paste composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Thick-film pastes containing lead-tellurium-boron-oxides, and their use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 8895843
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal and a lead-tellurium-boron-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Thick-film pastes containing lead—tellurium—lithium—titanium—oxides, and their use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 8889979
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-lithium-titanium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Thick-film pastes containing lead—tellurium—lithium—oxides, and their use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 8889980
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-lithium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Glass-crystalline particle powders including a glass component and a crystalline component
    Patent number: 8685290
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plurality of glass-crystalline particles, wherein at least a portion of the glass-crystalline particles comprise a glass component and a crystalline component, and wherein the crystalline component comprises one or more metal oxides wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of: Zn, Ca, Sr, Mg, Ba, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Eric Lee Brantley, John T. Chaplinsky, Howard David Glicksman, James J. Krajewski, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Lawrence V. Triboletti
  • CONDUCTIVE SILVER PASTE FOR A METAL-WRAP-THROUGH SILICON SOLAR CELL
    Publication number: 20140083495
    Abstract: A conductive silver via paste comprising particulate conductive silver, a vanadium-phosphorus-oxide and an organic vehicle is particularly useful in providing the metallization of the holes in the silicon wafers of MWT solar cells. The result is a metallic electrically conductive via between the collector lines on the front side and the emitter electrode on the back-side of the solar cell. The paste can also be used to form the collector lines on the front-side of the solar cell and the emitter electrode on the back-side of the solar cell. Also disclosed are metal-wrap-through silicon solar cells comprising the fired conductive silver paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: BRIAN J. LAUGHLIN, Yueli Wang, Cengiz Ahmet Palanduz, Terry Roland Suess
  • USE OF A CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION CONTAINING LEAD-TELLURIUM-BASED OXIDE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH LIGHTLY DOPED EMITTERS
    Publication number: 20140060632
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for using a thick-film conductive paste composition to form an electrode on a silicon semiconductor device, e.g, a photovoltaic cell, containing a lightly doped emitter. The thick-film paste comprises a source of an electrically conductive metal and a Pb—Te-based oxide dispersed in an organic medium. Also provided are devices made by the process and a photovoltaic cell comprising a lightly doped emitter and an electrode formed from the thick-film conductive paste composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: BRIAN J. LAUGHLIN, KURT RICHARD MIKESKA, CARMINE TORARDI, PAUL D. VERNOOY
  • THICK-FILM PASTE CONTAINING LEAD-VANADIUM-BASED OXIDE AND ITS USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140038346
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers and a method for doing so. The thick-film paste comprises a source of an electrically conductive metal and a lead-vanadium-based oxide dispersed in an organic medium. The invention also provides a semiconductor device comprising an electrode formed from the thick-film paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: KENNETH WARREN HANG, Esther Kim, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Ahmet Cengiz Palanduz
  • Conductive compositions and processes for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 8552558
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thick film conductive composition comprising: (a) electrically conductive silver powder; (c) fluorine-containing glass frit; dispersed in (d) organic vehicle and devices made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Yueli Wang
  • THICK-FILM PASTES CONTAINING LEAD-TELLURIUM-BORON-OXIDES, AND THEIR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130255768
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal and a lead-tellurium-boron-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • THICK-FILM PASTES CONTAINING LEAD- AND TELLURIUM-OXIDES, AND THEIR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130255767
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front-side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: ALAN FREDERICK CARROLL, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • THICK-FILM PASTES CONTAINING LEAD-TELLURIUM-LITHIUM- OXIDES, AND THEIR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130255770
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-lithium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ALAN FREDERICK CARROLL, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • THICK-FILM PASTES CONTAINING LEAD-TELLURIUM-LITHIUM-TITANIUM-OXIDES, AND THEIR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130255769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-lithium-titanium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ALAN FREDERICK CARROLL, Kenneth Warren Hang, Brian J. Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy