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  • H01L - Semiconductor devices not covered by class
  • H01L 31/0747 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PN heterojunction type comprising a AIVBIV heterojunction, e.g. Si/Ge, SiGe/Si or Si/SiC solar cells comprising a heterojunction of crystalline and amorphous materials, e.g. heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer or HIT® solar cells

Patent holdings for IPC class H01L 31/0747

Total number of patents in this class: 740

10-year publication summary

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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
Kaneka Corporation
4445
135
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
27812
86
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18957
61
Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.
659
46
Shangrao Xinyuan Yuedong Technology Development Co. Ltd
238
33
International Business Machines Corporation
60644
22
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux energies alternatives
10525
22
Sharp Corporation
10015
20
Trina Solar Co., Ltd
268
17
Tesla, Inc.
1519
15
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
3926
14
Meyer Burger (Germany) GmbH
81
13
Choshu Industry Co., Ltd.
44
12
Panasonic Corporation
20786
10
REC Solar Pte. Ltd.
72
9
Solarlab Aiko Europe GmbH
29
9
LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
180
8
SolarCity Corporation
82
7
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
6132
6
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
43934
5
Other owners 190