IPC Subgroup
H10F 10/1 having potential barriers
Introduced: January 2025
Full Title
Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells > having potential barriers
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H10F 10/11 Photovoltaic cells having point contact potential barriers
- H10F 10/12 Photovoltaic cells having only metal-insulator-semiconductor [MIS] potential barriers
- H10F 10/13 Photovoltaic cells having absorbing layers comprising graded bandgaps
- H10F 10/14 Photovoltaic cells having only PN homojunction potential barriers
- H10F 10/16 Photovoltaic cells having only PN heterojunction potential barriers
- H10F 10/17 Photovoltaic cells having only PIN junction potential barriers
- H10F 10/18 Photovoltaic cells having only Schottky potential barriers
- H10F 10/19 Photovoltaic cells having multiple potential barriers of different types, e.g. tandem cells having both PN and PIN junctions
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H10, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 21,044
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 14,774
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 9,454
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 8,301
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY JP 7,642
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 6,845
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 6,806
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY 6,577
- LG CHEM KR 5,461
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 5,115