Patents
US 11799049 B2: Metamorphic solar cells
- Granted
- 2023-10-24
- Filed
- 2021-04-27 application 17241336
- Type
- Utility · 22 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A multijunction solar cell including a metamorphic layer, and particularly the design and specification of the composition, lattice constant, and band gaps of various layers above the metamorphic layer in order to achieve reduction in “bowing” of the semiconductor wafer caused by the lattice mismatch of layers associated with the metamorphic layer.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg231024.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SolAero Technologies Corp 189 patents | US company or organization | Albuquerque, NM | SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Federal lobbying client FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Bittner | Albuquerque, NM | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| John Hart | Albuquerque, NM | 19 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Samantha Whipple | Albuquerque, NM | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Nathaniel Miller | Albuquerque, NM | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Daniel Derkacs | Albuquerque, NM | 84 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H10F | Inorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation | H10F71/1272 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H01L | Semiconductor devices not covered by class h10 | H01L21/02381 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02E | Reduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution | Y02E10/544 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02P | Climate change mitigation technologies in the production or processing of goods | Y02P70/50 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
No recorded assignments or security interests on file for this patent.
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