Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making device or circuit responsive to nonelectrical signal – Responsive to corpuscular radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-31
2007-07-31
Nhu, David (Department: 2818)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making device or circuit responsive to nonelectrical signal
Responsive to corpuscular radiation
C438S107000, C438S741000, C438S414000, C438S356000, C257SE21008, C257S705000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11257520
ABSTRACT:
A method of making an energy conversion device includes forming a plurality of pores within a substrate and forming a junction region within each of the plurality of pores. Each of the junction regions has a depletion region and each of the plurality of pores defines an opening size in the substrate and a spacing from adjacent pores so that the depletion regions of each of the pores is at least substantially in contact with the depletion region of the pores which are adjacent.
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Fauchet Philippe M.
Gadeken Larry L.
Hirschman Karl D.
Kherani Nazir P.
Sun Wei
BetaBatt Inc.
Nhu David
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Rochester
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