Patents by Inventor Ruud Schropp

Ruud Schropp 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).

  • Light-trapping plasmonic back reflector design for solar cells
    Publication number: 20110186119
    Abstract: A solar cell includes a nano-scale patterned back contact layer; a spacer layer on the nano-scale patterned back contact layer; a semiconductor layer on the spacer layer; and a light transmissive first electrode on the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Harry A. Atwater, Vivian Ferry, Albert Polman, Ruud Schropp, Marc Verschuuren