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Harold J. Hovel
Also filed as: HOVEL HAROLD J · HOVEL HAROLD JOHN
63 granted patents·20 pending applications·923 citations·filing 1976–2019
99Inventor score
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83 records- 0197US5470661ADiamond-like carbon films from a hydrocarbon helium plasmaIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 28, 1995·362 cites·7 claims
- 0294US8790804B2Battery with self-programming fuseDELIGIANNI HARIKLIA·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 29, 2014·12 cites·13 claims
- 0391US8861728B2Integrated circuit tamper detection and responseIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 14, 2014·12 cites·23 claims
- 0490US8795502B2Electrodeposition under illumination without electrical contactsCOTTE JOHN M·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 5, 2014·5 cites·19 claims
- 0590US4289920AMultiple bandgap solar cell on transparent substrateIBM·Filed 1980·Granted Sep 15, 1981·71 cites·10 claims
- 0689US8043886B2Methods for manufacturing a contact grid on a photovoltaic cellIBM·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 25, 2011·5 cites·14 claims
- 0788US5569501ADiamond-like carbon films from a hydrocarbon helium plasmaIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 29, 1996·82 cites·28 claims
- 0887US8614115B2Photovoltaic solar cell device manufactureCLEVENGER LAWRENCE A·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 24, 2013·5 cites·3 claims
- 0986US8665575B2Solar module with overheat protectionCLEVENGER LAWRENCE A·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 4, 2014·4 cites·12 claims
- 1086US8426236B2Method and structure of photovoltaic grid stacks by solution based processesCABRAL JR CYRIL·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 23, 2013·4 cites·13 claims
- 1185US8916769B2Tandem nanofilm interconnected semiconductor wafer solar cellsHOVEL HAROLD J·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 23, 2014·6 cites·17 claims
- 1285US8569803B2BEOL compatible FET structrureTYBERG CHRISTY S·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 29, 2013·6 cites·13 claims
- 1385US8138410B2Optical tandem photovoltaic cell panelsHOVEL HAROLD J·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 20, 2012·7 cites·11 claims
- 1481US8723021B2Efficiency in antireflective coating layers for solar cellsHOVEL HAROLD J·Filed 2012·Granted May 13, 2014·2 cites·8 claims
- 1580US8129216B2Method of manufacturing solar cell with doping patterns and contactsEICKELMANN HANS-JUERGEN·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 6, 2012·8 cites·14 claims
- 1680US6602757B2Self-adjusting thickness uniformity in SOI by high-temperature oxidation of SIMOX and bonded SOIIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 5, 2003·28 cites·38 claims
- 1780US4292461AAmorphous-crystalline tandem solar cellIBM·Filed 1980·Granted Sep 29, 1981·40 cites·9 claims
- 1879US4482906AGallium aluminum arsenide integrated circuit structure using germaniumIBM·Filed 1982·Granted Nov 13, 1984·44 cites·3 claims
- 1978US8878259B2Super lattice/quantum well nanowiresHOVEL HAROLD J·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 4, 2014·3 cites·24 claims
- 2077US8119904B2Silicon wafer based structure for heterostructure solar cellsGUHA SUPRATIK·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 21, 2012·4 cites·8 claims
- 2176US8101856B2Quantum well GaP/Si tandem photovoltaic cellsHOVEL HAROLD J·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 24, 2012·5 cites·17 claims
- 2273US8535970B2Manufacturing process for making photovoltaic solar cellsKRAUSER RANIER·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 17, 2013·2 cites·15 claims
- 2373US8441042B2BEOL compatible FET structureTYBERG CHRISTY S·Filed 2009·Granted May 14, 2013·4 cites·18 claims
- 2473US7897434B2Methods of fabricating solar cell chipsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 1, 2011·2 cites·11 claims
- 2573US7288446B2Single and double-gate pseudo-FET devices for semiconductor materials evaluationIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 30, 2007·3 cites·6 claims
- 2673US6823098B2Evanescent wave tunneling optical switch and networkIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 23, 2004·14 cites·44 claims
- 2773US4576652AIncoherent light annealing of gallium arsenide substrateIBM·Filed 1984·Granted Mar 18, 1986·33 cites·19 claims
- 2872US8273591B2Super lattice/quantum well nanowiresHOVEL HAROLD J·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 25, 2012·3 cites·13 claims
- 2969US2015096176A1Concentrating Thin Film Absorber Device and Method of ManufactureIBM·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3069US2015030283A1Concentrating Thin Film Absorber Device and Method of ManufactureIBM·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3168US6429145B1Method of determining electrical properties of silicon-on-insulator wafersIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 6, 2002·11 cites·10 claims
- 3268US4062698APhotoelectrical converterIBM·Filed 1976·Granted Dec 13, 1977·30 cites·12 claims
- 3368US2014109961A1Compositionally-graded band gap heterojunction solar cellIBM·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3466US8946844B2Integration of a titania layer in an anti-reflective coatingIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 3, 2015·0 cites·19 claims
- 3565US10693025B2Solar cell panels and method of fabricating sameIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 23, 2020·0 cites·2 claims
- 3665US4379005ASemiconductor device fabricationIBM·Filed 1982·Granted Apr 5, 1983·17 cites·4 claims
- 3764US9337363B2Low resistance, low reflection, and low cost contact grids for photovoltaic cellsGOLDBLATT RONALD·Filed 2011·Granted May 10, 2016·3 cites·25 claims
- 3862US2019288146A1Solar cell with borderless interdigitated contacts and method of makingIBM·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3961US6955932B2Single and double-gate pseudo-FET devices for semiconductor materials evaluationIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 18, 2005·6 cites·18 claims
- 4060US8294027B2Efficiency in antireflective coating layers for solar cellsHOVEL HAROLD J·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 23, 2012·0 cites·17 claims
- 4160US2010075261A1Methods for Manufacturing a Contact Grid on a Photovoltaic CellIBM·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4259US9680044B2Tandem nanofilm photovoltaic cells joined by wafer bondingIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 13, 2017·0 cites·12 claims
- 4359US8653360B2Compositionally-graded band gap heterojunction solar cellBEDELL STEPHEN W·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 18, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
- 4458US10396229B2Solar cell with interdigitated back contacts formed from high and low work-function-tuned silicides of the same metalDE SOUZA JOEL P·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 27, 2019·0 cites·24 claims
- 4558US2010304519A1Method of fabricating solar cell chipsIBM·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 4657US9837571B2Tandem nanofilm photovoltaic cells joined by wafer bondingIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 5, 2017·0 cites·14 claims
- 4757US8962374B2Integration of a titania layer in an anti-reflective coatingPAPA RAO SATYAVOLU S·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 24, 2015·0 cites·17 claims
- 4856US7923628B2Method of controlling the composition of a photovoltaic thin filmIBM·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 12, 2011·0 cites·7 claims
- 4955US7682846B2Single and double-gate pseudo-FET devices for semiconductor materials evaluationIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 23, 2010·0 cites·4 claims
- 5055US2015060856A1Beol compatible fet structureIBM·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
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