Patents by Inventor Frank Ho

Frank Ho 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).

  • Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode
    Patent number: 7449630
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Emcore Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Y. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter A. Iles
  • Teaching Arithmetic Operations Using Geometric Chess Symbols
    Publication number: 20080224398
    Abstract: A chess set in which each chess symbol is respectively created according to its directional mobility permitted. The orientation indicator is diverging about a center point directed by geometric line, line segment or ray to its relevant square on a chess board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Frank Ho
  • Semiconductor body forming a solar cell with a bypass diode
    Patent number: 7115811
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: EMCORE Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Y. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter A. IIes
  • Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode
    Publication number: 20050183765
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter Iles
  • Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode
    Publication number: 20040040593
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Y. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter A. Iles
  • Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode
    Patent number: 6600100
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Emcore Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Y. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter A. Iles
  • Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass
    Publication number: 20020179141
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Y. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter A. Iles
  • Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode
    Patent number: 6359210
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Tecstar Power System, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Y. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter A. Iles
  • Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode
    Publication number: 20010027805
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Y. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter A. Iles
  • Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode
    Patent number: 6278054
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Tecstar Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Ho, Milton Y. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu, Peter A. Iles
  • Control method and device of scanner with built-in plug-and-play printer port
    Patent number: 5732199
    Abstract: A control device for controlling the switching operation between a scanner having built-in printer port to which a printer is connected and the printer is disclosed. The control device has a computer connector for connection with the parallel port of the computer to receive control bus signals, status bus signals and data bus signals therefrom. The control bus and status bus signals are applied to the printer and the scanner through latches and tri-state buffers which are controlled respectively by the scanner and the printer. The two control units receive the data bus signals from the computer and perform decoding operation on the data received to enable/disable the latches and tri-state buffers so as to activate/de-activate the printer and scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Behavior Tech Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Poe Kuo, Frank Ho