Patent ID: 6979589
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: H01L,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a silicon-based thin-film photoelectric conversion device having a multilayered structure comprised of a p-type semiconductor layer, an i-type microcrystalline silicon-based photoelectric conversion layer and an n-type semiconductor layer by plasma CVD, comprising the steps of: successively depositing said p-type semiconductor layer, said i-type microcrystalline silicon-based photoelectric conversion layer and said n-type semiconductor layer on a substrate within the same plasma CVD film deposition chamber; transferring said substrate out of said film deposition chamber; and eliminating influences of remaining n-type impurities on a cathode and/or within said film deposition chamber, on a subsequent step of depositing said p-type semiconductor layer, said i-type microcrystalline silicon-based photoelectric conversion layer and said n-type semiconductor layer.