Patents by Inventor Cosmo R. Baraona

Cosmo R. Baraona 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).

  • Screen printed interdigitated back contact solar cell
    Patent number: 4478879
    Abstract: Interdigitated back contact solar cells are made by screen printing dopant materials onto the back surface of a semiconductor substrate in a pair of interdigitated patterns. These dopant materials are then diffused into the substrate to form junctions having configurations corresponding to these patterns. Contacts having configurations which match the patterns are then applied over the junctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Cosmo R. Baraona, George A. Mazaris, An-ti Chai