| OERLIKON SOLAR AG, TRUBBACH Patent applications |
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| 20110300692 | METHOD FOR DIVIDING A SEMICONDUCTOR FILM FORMED ON A SUBSTRATE INTO PLURAL REGIONS BY MULTIPLE LASER BEAM IRRADIATION - The present invention relates to a method for dividing a semiconductor film formed on a substrate into plural regions by multiple laser beam irradiation using a sequence of at least two laser beam treatments affecting essentially a same area of said film. Except of a final laser beam treatment, the treatments of said sequence of at least two laser beam treatments are used for a conditioning of the treated film area which is to be removed. Said final laser beam treatment is applied to actually remove material in order to form a groove. Further, the invention relates to an arrangement for dividing a semiconductor film formed on a substrate into plural regions by multiple laser beam irradiation using a sequence of at least two laser beam treatments affecting essentially a same area of said film. Said arrangement comprises a first conditioning laser for the treatments of said sequence of at least two laser beam treatments except of a final laser beam treatment and it comprises a second laser for said final laser beam treatment. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110252969 | HOT-TRAP ASSEMBLY FOR TRAPPING UNREACTED GAS BY- PRODUCTS - The present invention provides a hot-trap device ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110240107 | LARGE-AREA THIN-FILM-SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES - Micromorph tandem cells with stabilized efficiencies of 11.0% have been achieved on as-grown LPCVD ZnO front TCO at bottom cell thickness of just 1.3 μm in combination with an antireflection concept. Applying an advanced LPCVD ZnO front TCO stabilized tandem cells of 10.6% have been realized at a bottom cell thickness of only 0.8 μm. Implementing intermediate reflectors in Micromorph tandem cell devices allow for, compared to commercial SnO | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110220185 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a photovoltaic module comprising the following steps: a) assembling a front end part ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110209662 | VACUUM PROCESSING CHAMBER MANUFACTURED BY ALUMINUM CASTING - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a vacuum processing chamber comprising a volume which is defined by a wall and which can be evacuated, said wall being made of aluminum by casting, said wall comprising an outer face and an inner face, said inner face faces the volume, and a method for improving the inner face of the wall of a vacuum processing chamber, wherein the inner face of said wall is smoothened by grinding and is subsequently pearl-blasted or shot-blasted. Vacuum processing chambers obtained by said methods are provided too. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110203610 | REMOTE PLASMA CLEANING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SAID METHOD - A vacuum processing system with a vacuum chamber has an inlet, at least first and second outlets, exhaust means at a first of said outlets and a remote plasma source RPS, wherein the RPS is attached to a connecting point to the second of said outlets. In a method for remote plasma cleaning of a vacuum processing system with such an arrangement a flow of radicals is generated by said remote plasma source and directed to the first of said outlets whilst operating exhaust means via the second of said outlets. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110104399 | METHOD OF REMOVING CONTAMINATION FROM A REACTOR - The present invention provides a method for removing metal and/or metal oxide contamination from the interior of a vacuum coating reactor, the method comprising the steps of: a) performing an idle coating step by depositing a coating layer, wherein the coating layer comprises silicon; b) at least partly removing the deposited coating layer. The method according to the invention is particularly suitable for cleaning reactors in the context of solar cell manufacturing. The method is time saving and cost saving. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110089960 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - The invention discloses a contacting device for a thin film solar cell, comprising a positioning plane for positioning the solar cell thereon, a contact element for electrically contacting the solar cell and a suction element, wherein the solar cell is arrangeable on the top side of the positioning plane, the contact element is arranged slideably in a direction orthogonal to the positioning plane and arranged slideably through an opening of the positioning plane, and the suction element is arranged on the bottom side of the positioning plane for sucking air through the opening. The contacting device allows for obtaining improved measurement accuracy. | 04-21-2011 |
