Patents by Inventor Peter A. IIes

Peter A. IIes 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).

  • 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