Production line module for forming multiple sized photovoltaic devices

• Main Authors: SULLIVAN, JEFFREY S, WALKER, BRICE, HUNTER, JAMES CRAIG, WHITE, JOHN M, BACHRACH, ROBERT Z, WON, TAE K, LO, WING HOO (HENDRICK), LI, LIWEI, SCHLEZINGER, ASAF, TANNER, DAVID, SU, TZAY-FA (JEFF), SAUNDERS, MATTHEW J. B, PATEL, SRUJAL (STEVE), KANKANALA, PENCHALA N, LU, DANNY CAM TOAN, FREI, MICHEL R, TROWBRIDGE, TERESA, SHENG, SHURAN, HAWKINS, PARRIS, MEI, FANG, ENGLHARDT, ERIC A, GAY, CHARLES, MURPHY, STEPHEN P, DE VRIES, NICHOLAS G. J, HO, CHOI (GENE), CHAE, YONG-KEE, CHOI, SOO-YOUNG, ELGAR, YACOV
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.05.2009
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

The present invention generally relates to a sectioning module positioned within an automated solar cell device fabrication system. The solar cell device fabrication system is adapted to receive a single large substrate and form multiple silicon thin film solar cell devices from the single large substrate.