公开(公告)号：US08225496B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-24

申请号：US12202199

申请日：2008-08-29

申请人： Robert Z. Bachrach ,  Yong-Kee Chae ,  Soo Young Choi ,  Nicholas G. J. De Vries ,  Yacov Elgar ,  Eric A. Englhardt ,  Michel R. Frei ,  Charles Gay ,  Parris Hawkins ,  Choi (Gene) Ho ,  James Craig Hunter ,  Penchala N. Kankanala ,  Liwei Li ,  Wing Hoo (Hendrick) Lo ,  Danny Cam Toan Lu ,  Fang Mei ,  Stephen P. Murphy ,  Srujal (Steve) Patel ,  Matthew J. B. Saunders ,  Asaf Schlezinger ,  Shuran Sheng ,  Tzay-Fa (Jeff) Su ,  Jeffrey S. Sullivan ,  David Tanner ,  Teresa Trowbridge ,  Brice Walker ,  John M. White ,  Tae K. Won

发明人： Robert Z. Bachrach ,  Yong-Kee Chae ,  Soo Young Choi ,  Nicholas G. J. De Vries ,  Yacov Elgar ,  Eric A. Englhardt ,  Michel R. Frei ,  Charles Gay ,  Parris Hawkins ,  Choi (Gene) Ho ,  James Craig Hunter ,  Penchala N. Kankanala ,  Liwei Li ,  Wing Hoo (Hendrick) Lo ,  Danny Cam Toan Lu ,  Fang Mei ,  Stephen P. Murphy ,  Srujal (Steve) Patel ,  Matthew J. B. Saunders ,  Asaf Schlezinger ,  Shuran Sheng ,  Tzay-Fa (Jeff) Su ,  Jeffrey S. Sullivan ,  David Tanner ,  Teresa Trowbridge ,  Brice Walker ,  John M. White ,  Tae K. Won

IPC分类号： H01L51/44 ,  H01L51/48 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L31/072

CPC分类号： H01L21/67236 ,  B23K26/364 ,  B26F3/002 ,  B26F3/004 ,  B65G49/064 ,  B65G2249/02 ,  B65G2249/04 ,  C03B33/03 ,  C03B33/033 ,  H01L21/67132 ,  H01L21/67712 ,  H01L21/67715 ,  H01L21/67721 ,  H01L21/67727 ,  H01L21/6776 ,  H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/03921 ,  H01L31/0504 ,  H01L31/075 ,  H02S50/00 ,  H02S50/10 ,  Y02E10/548 ,  Y02P40/57 ,  Y10T29/49002 ,  Y10T29/49355 ,  Y10T29/5196 ,  Y10T29/53113 ,  Y10T29/5313 ,  Y10T29/5317 ,  Y10T29/53187 ,  Y10T29/53365 ,  Y10T29/53417 ,  Y10T225/10 ,  Y10T225/325 ,  Y10T225/329

摘要： The present invention generally relates to a system that can be used to form a photovoltaic device, or solar cell, using processing modules that are adapted to perform one or more steps in the solar cell formation process. The automated solar cell fab is generally an arrangement of automated processing modules and automation equipment that is used to form solar cell devices. The automated solar fab will thus generally comprise a substrate receiving module that is adapted to receive a substrate, one or more absorbing layer deposition cluster tools having at least one processing chamber that is adapted to deposit a silicon-containing layer on a surface of the substrate, one or more back contact deposition chambers, one or more material removal chambers, a solar cell encapsulation device, an autoclave module, an automated junction box attaching module, and one or more quality assurance modules that are adapted to test and qualify the completely formed solar cell device.

摘要翻译： 本发明一般涉及一种可用于形成光伏器件或太阳能电池的系统，该系统使用适于在太阳能电池形成过程中执行一个或多个步骤的处理模块。 自动化太阳能电池制造厂通常是用于形成太阳能电池器件的自动化处理模块和自动化设备的布置。 因此，自动化太阳能工厂将通常包括适于接收衬底的衬底接收模块，一个或多个吸收层沉积簇工具，其具有至少一个适于在衬底的表面上沉积含硅层的处理室 ，一个或多个背接触沉积室，一个或多个材料去除室，太阳能电池封装装置，高压釜模块，自动接线盒附接模块和一个或多个质量保证模块，其适于测试和限定完全形成 太阳能电池装置。