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Bhushan L. Sopori
Also filed as: SOPORI BHUSHAN · SOPORI BHUSHAN L · SOPORI BHUSHAN LAL
28 granted patents·1 pending application·876 citations·filing 1983–2016
97Inventor score
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29 records- 0194US9234843B2On-line, continuous monitoring in solar cell and fuel cell manufacturing using spectral reflectance imagingSOPORI BHUSHAN·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 12, 2016·48 cites·24 claims
- 0292US5217285AApparatus for synthesis of a solar spectrumUS ARMY·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 8, 1993·119 cites·12 claims
- 0391US5897331AHigh efficiency low cost thin film silicon solar cell design and method for makingMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 27, 1999·102 cites·32 claims
- 0488US5304509ABack-side hydrogenation technique for defect passivation in silicon solar cellsMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 19, 1994·116 cites·7 claims
- 0585US8006566B2Screening of silicon wafers used in photovoltaicsALLIANCE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 30, 2011·8 cites·23 claims
- 0685US5426061AImpurity gettering in semiconductorsMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 20, 1995·91 cites·28 claims
- 0780US10684128B2Batch and continuous methods for evaluating the physical and thermal properties of filmsALLIANCE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 16, 2020·2 cites·21 claims
- 0880US5581346ASystem for characterizing semiconductor materials and photovoltaic deviceMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 3, 1996·50 cites·25 claims
- 0980US5406367ADefect mapping systemMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 11, 1995·49 cites·20 claims
- 1076US5452396AOptical processing furnace with quartz muffle and diffuser plateMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 19, 1995·49 cites·5 claims
- 1175US6852371B2Metal processing for impurity gettering in siliconMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 8, 2005·18 cites·14 claims
- 1274US5757474ASystem for characterizing semiconductor materials and photovoltaic devices through calibrationMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1995·Granted May 26, 1998·50 cites·12 claims
- 1372US5358574ADry texturing of solar cellsMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 25, 1994·31 cites·25 claims
- 1469US7815862B2Wafer characteristics via reflectometryALLIANCE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 19, 2010·7 cites·44 claims
- 1566US5577157AOptical processing furnace with quartz muffle and diffuser plateMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 19, 1996·27 cites·11 claims
- 1664US6275295B1Optical system for determining physical characteristics of a solar cellMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 14, 2001·25 cites·22 claims
- 1762US8895416B2Semiconductor device PN junction fabrication using optical processing of amorphous semiconductor materialALLIANCE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 25, 2014·1 cites·24 claims
- 1859US8735204B1Contact formation and gettering of precipitated impurities by multiple firing during semiconductor device fabricationALLIANCE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY·Filed 2013·Granted May 27, 2014·0 cites·21 claims
- 1959US7238912B2Wafer characteristics via reflectometry and wafer processing apparatus and methodMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 3, 2007·8 cites·36 claims
- 2057US6201261B1High efficiency, low cost, thin film silicon solar cell design and method for makingMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 13, 2001·18 cites·15 claims
- 2154US5223453AControlled metal-semiconductor sintering/alloying by one-directional reverse illuminationUS ENERGY·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 29, 1993·24 cites·10 claims
- 2253US7420669B2Optic probe for semiconductor characterizationMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 2, 2008·7 cites·28 claims
- 2345US5429985AFabrication of optically reflecting ohmic contacts for semiconductor devicesMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 4, 1995·10 cites·23 claims
- 2443US8796160B2Optical cavity furnace for semiconductor wafer processingSOPORI BHUSHAN L·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 5, 2014·0 cites·14 claims
- 2543US8780343B2Wafer screening device and methods for wafer screeningSOPORI BHUSHAN·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 15, 2014·0 cites·25 claims
- 2641US4463927AApparatus for sectioning demountable semiconductor samplesUS ENERGY·Filed 1983·Granted Aug 7, 1984·5 cites·14 claims
- 2740US2013226330A1Optical techniques for monitoring continuous manufacturing of proton exchange membrane fuel cell componentsSOPORI BHUSHAN·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 2838US5639520AApplication of optical processing for growth of silicon dioxideMIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 17, 1997·6 cites·17 claims
- 2935US5426569AMethod and apparatus for simulating atomospheric absorption of solar energy due to water vapor and CO2MIDWEST RESEARCH INST·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 20, 1995·5 cites·23 claims
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