Patents by Inventor Kurt Richard Mikeska

Kurt Richard Mikeska 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-lithium-oxides, and their use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 11158746
    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: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SOLAR PASTE, LLC
    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: 11043605
    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: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    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
  • Conductive paste composition and semiconductor devices made therewith
    Patent number: 10784383
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a first oxide component, a second, non-oxide, magnesium-containing component, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Lapkin K Cheng, Kurt Richard Mikeska
  • 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-TELLURIUM-LITHIUM- OXIDES, AND THEIR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20200013910
    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: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    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: 10468542
    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: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    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
  • Conductive paste used for solar cell electrodes
    Patent number: 9761348
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Esther Kim, Brian J Laughlin, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Yusuke Tachibana, 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
  • CONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MADE THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20170141245
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a first oxide component comprising an alkali metal vanadium oxide composition, an optional second non-oxide, non-metal component, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: LAPKIN K. CHENG, NICHOLAS J. GLASSMAKER, KURT RICHARD MIKESKA, CARMINE TORARDI, PAUL DOUGLAS VERNOOY
  • Conductive paste composition and semiconductor devices made therefrom
    Patent number: 9640675
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a lead-tellurium-based oxide, a discrete oxide of an adhesion promoting element, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and lead-tellurium-based oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenneth Warren Hang, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Raj G Rajendran, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy, Yueli Wang
  • CONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MADE THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20170040470
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a first oxide component, a second, non-oxide, magnesium-containing component, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: LAPKIN K. CHENG, KURT RICHARD MIKESKA
  • Process for forming an electrically conductive structure on a substrate
    Patent number: 9284459
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, an alkaline-earth-metal boron tellurium oxide, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Zhigang Rick Li, Kurt Richard Mikeska, David Herbert Roach, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • Conductive paste composition and semiconductor devices made therewith
    Patent number: 9236161
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a Ti—Te—Li oxide, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Kurt Richard Mikeska, David Herbert Roach, Carmine Torardi, 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
  • Conductive paste composition containing lithium, and articles made therefrom
    Patent number: 9129725
    Abstract: A paste composition contains an electrically conductive silver powder, one or more glass frits or fluxes, and a lithium compound dispersed in an organic medium. The paste is useful in forming an electrical contact on the front side of a solar cell device having an insulating layer. The lithium compound aids in establishing a low-resistance electrical contact between the front-side metallization and underlying semiconductor substrate during firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Dale Ittel, Zhigang Rick Li, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Paul Douglas Vernooy
  • CONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20150083217
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a lead-tellurium-based oxide, a discrete oxide of an adhesion promoting element, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and lead-tellurium-based oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: KENNETH WARREN HANG, KURT RICHARD MIKESKA, RAJ G. RAJENDRAN, CARMINE TORARDI, PAUL DOUGLAS VERNOOY, YUELI WANG
  • CONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MADE THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20150068598
    Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, an alkaline-earth-metal boron tellurium oxide, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: ZHIGANG RICK LI, Kurt Richard Mikeska, David Herbert Roach, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy