Owner EniTecnologie S.p.A.

Inventors Romagnoli, Amerigo; Zarcone, Mariano

Agent Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Pub. Number AU-B-2002358050

PCT Number PCT/EP02/13372

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/054975

Priority MI01A002628 13.12.01 IT

Filing date 27 November 2002

Wipo publication date 9 July 2003

Acceptance publication date 11 October 2007

H01L 31/18 (2006.01) Semiconductor devices sensitive to infra-red radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength, or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof

F27B 9/24 (2006.01) Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type

H01L 21/00 (2006.01) Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof

H01L 31/04 (2006.01) Semiconductor devices sensitive to infra-red radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength, or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation - adapted as conversion devices