H10F 19/20
Comprising photovoltaic cells in arrays in or on a single semiconductor substrate
Official title: comprising photovoltaic cells in arrays in or on a single semiconductor substrate, the photovoltaic cells having planar junctions (having multiple thin-film photovoltaic cells deposited on the same substrate H10F19/31)
H10F19/20 (Comprising photovoltaic cells in arrays in or on a single semiconductor substrate) appears on 292 US grants and 367 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 292
- Published applications
- 367
- Assignees
- 235
- Inventors
- 755
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 6 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Solar array devices with structural electrical connections4 Aug 2026US 12,701,793 B2Stellaris Corporation
- Solar tracker system28 Jul 2026US 12,695,413 B2FCX Solar LLC
- Wind-cleaned photovoltaic solar panel3 Feb 2026US 12,542,514 B2Dustoss Ltd.
- Solar cell, photovoltaic module, and electrical device27 Jan 2026US 12,538,606 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Installation method and installation equipment for photovoltaic module in photovoltaic field area, and photovoltaic array20 Jan 2026US 12,531,506 B2Hunan Sunmotive Co., Ltd.
- Topcon solar cell, cell assembly, and photovoltaic system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282595 A1Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Solar cell module20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247746 A1Kaneka Corporation
- Back contact photovoltaic module18 Jun 2026US 2026/0173546 A1Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
- Power generation module and method for manufacturing power generation module28 May 2026US 2026/0150412 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Solar cell string and photovoltaic module14 May 2026US 2026/0136701 A1Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated photovoltaic switch with integrated power device including etching backside of substrate172US 6,472,254 B2International Rectifier Corporation · 2002
- Monolithic integration of cylindrical solar cells158US 7,235,736 B1Solyndra, Inc. · 2007
- Photovoltaic cell and method155US 5,261,968 APhoton Energy, Inc. · 1993
- Monolithic series-connected solar cells having improved cell isolation and method of making same150US 5,164,019 ASunPower Corporation · 1992
- Manufacturing of optoelectronic devices142US 7,122,398 B1Nanosolar, Inc. · 2006