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Richard M. Swanson
Also filed as: SWANSON RICHARD M
37 granted patents·2 pending applications·2,942 citations·filing 1978–2023
98Inventor score
Files withSUNPOWER CORP22ELECTRIC POWER RES INST5SWANSON RICHARD M4UNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR3DE CEUSTER DENIS2
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39 records- 0199US7468485B1Back side contact solar cell with doped polysilicon regionsSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 23, 2008·341 cites·20 claims
- 0298US7633006B1Back side contact solar cell with doped polysilicon regionsSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 15, 2009·87 cites·18 claims
- 0398US7554031B2Preventing harmful polarization of solar cellsSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 30, 2009·110 cites·10 claims
- 0498US7339110B1Solar cell and method of manufactureSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 4, 2008·339 cites·16 claims
- 0598US4567505AHeat sink and method of attaching heat sink to a semiconductor integrated circuit and the likeUNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR·Filed 1983·Granted Jan 28, 1986·263 cites·12 claims
- 0698US4234352AThermophotovoltaic converter and cell for use thereinELECTRIC POWER RES INST·Filed 1978·Granted Nov 18, 1980·180 cites·17 claims
- 0797US9224902B2Solar cell having silicon nano-particle emitterSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 29, 2015·18 cites·8 claims
- 0897US9219173B2Solar cell having an emitter region with wide bandgap semiconductor materialSWANSON RICHARD M·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 22, 2015·22 cites·20 claims
- 0997US8409912B2Back side contact solar cell structures and fabrication processesDE CEUSTER DENIS·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 2, 2013·25 cites·14 claims
- 1097US8163638B2Back side contact solar cell structures and fabrication processesDE CEUSTER DENIS·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 24, 2012·38 cites·15 claims
- 1197US7897867B1Solar cell and method of manufactureSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 1, 2011·51 cites·11 claims
- 1297US7883343B1Method of manufacturing solar cellSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 8, 2011·71 cites·18 claims
- 1397US7820475B2Back side contact solar cell structures and fabrication processesSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 26, 2010·44 cites·5 claims
- 1497US7786375B2Preventing harmful polarization of solar cellsSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 31, 2010·38 cites·6 claims
- 1597US7705237B2Solar cell having silicon nano-particle emitterSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 27, 2010·39 cites·14 claims
- 1697US7388147B2Metal contact structure for solar cell and method of manufactureSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 17, 2008·153 cites·10 claims
- 1797US4927770AMethod of fabricating back surface point contact solar cellsELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INST C·Filed 1988·Granted May 22, 1990·366 cites·14 claims
- 1896US9035167B2Preventing harmful polarization of solar cellsSWANSON RICHARD M·Filed 2010·Granted May 19, 2015·18 cites·2 claims
- 1996US8716596B1Solar cell having silicon nano-particle emitterSWANSON RICHARD M·Filed 2010·Granted May 6, 2014·18 cites·7 claims
- 2096US8399287B1Method of manufacturing solar cellMULLIGAN WILLIAM P·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 19, 2013·35 cites·17 claims
- 2196US5057439AMethod of fabricating polysilicon emitters for solar cellsELECTRIC POWER RES INST·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 15, 1991·172 cites·13 claims
- 2295US9054255B2Solar cell having an emitter region with wide bandgap semiconductor materialSWANSON RICHARD M·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 9, 2015·19 cites·11 claims
- 2394US10170657B2Solar cell having an emitter region with wide bandgap semiconductor materialSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 1, 2019·6 cites·22 claims
- 2494US4933022ASolar cell having interdigitated contacts and internal bypass diodesUNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR·Filed 1988·Granted Jun 12, 1990·98 cites·3 claims
- 2592US5369291AVoltage controlled thyristorSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 29, 1994·105 cites·5 claims
- 2690US4933021AMonolithic series-connected solar cells employing shorted p-n junctions for electrical isolationELECTRIC POWER RES INST·Filed 1988·Granted Jun 12, 1990·65 cites·6 claims
- 2788US5360990AP/N junction device having porous emitterSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 1, 1994·77 cites·3 claims
- 2885US12009449B2Solar cell having an emitter region with wide bandgap semiconductor materialMAXEON SOLAR PTE LTD·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 11, 2024·0 cites·22 claims
- 2981US5030295ARadiation resistant passivation of silicon solar cellsELECTRIC POWER RES INST·Filed 1990·Granted Jul 9, 1991·75 cites·8 claims
- 3080US10957809B2Solar cell having an emitter region with wide bandgap semiconductor materialSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 23, 2021·0 cites·19 claims
- 3176US11605750B2Solar cell having an emitter region with wide bandgap semiconductor materialSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 14, 2023·0 cites·10 claims
- 3276US5907766AMethod of making a solar cell having improved anti-reflection passivation layerELECTRIC POWER RES INST·Filed 1996·Granted May 25, 1999·49 cites·9 claims
- 3375US10903786B2Preventing harmful polarization of solar cellsSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 26, 2021·0 cites·14 claims
- 3471US10490685B2Solar cell having an emitter region with wide bandgap semiconductor materialSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 26, 2019·0 cites·16 claims
- 3565US4960468APhotovoltaic converter having apertured reflective enclosureUNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR·Filed 1988·Granted Oct 2, 1990·20 cites·13 claims
- 3664US2015288328A1Preventing harmful polarization of solar cellsSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 3761US10164567B2Preventing harmful polarization of solar cellsSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 25, 2018·0 cites·12 claims
- 3860US9774294B2Preventing harmful polarization of solar cellsSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 26, 2017·0 cites·17 claims
- 3958US2008210301A1Metal contact structure for solar cell and method of manufactureSUNPOWER CORP·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
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