IP Library Granted Patent US 8,969,713
Granted Patent B2
US 8,969,713 · App. 13/359,606 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Method of manufacturing photoelectric conversion device

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Patent No.
US 8,969,713
App. No.
13/359,606
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a photoelectric conversion device having a semiconductor substrate including a front side and back side, a protective layer formed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, a first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer formed on the back side of the semiconductor substrate, a first conductive layer including a first impurity formed on a first portion of a back side of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer including the first impurity and a second impurity formed on a second portion of the back side of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer.

Claims (14)

1. A manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device, the method comprising:

forming a protective layer on a front side of a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer comprising a first impurity and a transparent conductive layer on a back side of the semiconductor substrate;

forming a first collective electrode on a first portion of a back side of the transparent conductive layer; and

forming a second conductive layer including the first impurity and a second impurity by inputting a second impurity in a second portion of the first conductive layer, wherein the second portion of the first conductive layer is exposed by the first collective electrode on a back side of the first conductive layer,

wherein:

the first impurity comprises a group 3 or 5 element, the second impurity comprises a group 3 or 5 element, and the first and second impurities comprise different group elements than each other; and

the first and second conductive layers include polycrystalline or amorphous silicon.

2. The manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device of claim 1 , wherein inputting the second impurity in the second portion comprises using the first collective electrode as a mask.

3. The manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device of claim 2 , wherein a concentration of the second impurity in the second conductive layer is greater than that of the first impurity in the second conductive layer.

4. The manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device of claim 3 , further comprising forming a second collective electrode on a back side of the second portion of the transparent conductive layer.

5. The manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device of claim 2 , wherein the concentration of the second impurity is less than or equal to that of the first impurity in the second conductive layer.

6. The manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device of claim 5 , further comprising forming a second non-single crystalline semiconductor layer by inputting a second impurity in the second portion of the first non-single crystalline semiconductor layer.

7. The manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion device of claim 6 , further comprising forming a second collective electrode on a second portion of the back side of the transparent conductive layer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2015
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: INTELLECTUAL KEYSTONE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 035641/0964 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2013
From: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031426/0137 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029123/0419 →