Patents by Inventor Michael Y. Taouk

Michael Y. Taouk 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).

  • Buried contact interconnected thin film and bulk photovoltaic cells
    Patent number: 5595607
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate material having a photovoltaic cell, a semiconductor substrate material having an integrated array of at least two photovoltaic cells in electrical series with one another, systems for the production of electricity and method for the production of electricity are disclosed. In the semiconductor substrate material (301) having a photovoltaic cell (303, 304), the photovoltaic cell comprises at least one first type groove (305, 306, 307) having walls doped with a first type dopant (308), the first type groove having a first conducting material in conducting electrical contact with the first type doped walls and at least one second type groove (310, 311, 312) having walls doped with a second type dopant, the second type groove having a second conducting material in conducting electrical contact with the second type doped walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Unisearch Limited
    Inventors: Stewart R. Wenham, Martin A. Green, Michael Y. Taouk