Owner Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

Inventors Ishiyama, Noriko; Abe, Yoshiyuki

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2003252783

Priority 2002-359975 11.12.02 JP; 2002-292434 04.10.02 JP; 2003-324825 17.09.03 JP

Filing date 3 October 2003

Wipo publication date 22 April 2004

Acceptance publication date 1 December 2005

H01L 031/0224 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 - Electrodes

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H01L 031/04 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

H01L 031/036 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 - characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes

C03C 017/23 Surface treatment of glass, e.g. of devitrified glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by coating - Oxides

H01L 031/101 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 - Devices sensitive to infra-red, visible or ultra-violet radiation

H01L 031/0264 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 - Inorganic materials

C23C 014/34 Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation - Sputtering

C03C 004/14 Compositions for glass with special properties