US Patent Issued to Maxeon Solar on Dec. 9 for "Tri-layer semiconductor stacks for patterning features on solar cells" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,639, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Tri-layer semiconductor stacks for patterning features on solar cells" was invented by Kieran Mark Tracy (San Jose, Calif.), David D. Smith (Campbell, Calif.), Venkatasubramani Balu (Santa Clara, Calif.), Asnat Masad (Mountain View, Calif.) and Ann Waldhauer (La Honda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tri-layer semiconductor stacks for patterning features on solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are described herein. In an example, a solar cell includes a substrate. A semiconductor structure is disposed above the substrate. The semiconductor structu...