Patents by Inventor Laurie Le Tarte

Laurie Le Tarte 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).

  • CADMIUM DOPED TIN OXIDE BUFFER LAYER FOR THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND THEIR METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20130133731
    Abstract: Methods for forming a resistive transparent buffer layer on a substrate are provided. The method can include depositing a resistive transparent buffer layer on a transparent conductive oxide layer on a substrate. The resistive transparent buffer layer can comprise a cadmium doped tin oxide that has an as-deposited stoichiometry where cadmium is present in an atomic amount that is less than 33% of a total atomic amount of tin and cadmium. Zinc may also be provided in the resistive transparent buffer layer in certain embodiments. Additionally, thin film photovoltaic devices having such resistive transparent buffer layers are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMESTAR SOLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Daniel Feldman-Peabody, Robert Dwayne Gossman, George Theodore Dalakos, Anping Zhang, Allan Robert Northrup, Hong Piao, Laurie Le Tarte