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| 20090305441 | NEXT GENERATION SCREEN PRINTING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for processing substrates using a multiple screen printing chamber processing system that has an increased system throughput, improved system uptime, and improved device yield performance, while maintaining a repeatable and accurate screen printing process on the processed substrates. In one embodiment, the multiple screen printing chamber processing system is adapted to perform a screen printing process within a portion of a crystalline silicon solar cell production line in which a substrate is patterned with a desired material, and then processed in one or more subsequent processing chambers. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090308860 | SHORT THERMAL PROFILE OVEN USEFUL FOR SCREEN PRINTING - The present invention(s) provide an apparatus and method for efficiently drying material deposited on a substrate surface. The apparatus and methods described herein may be useful for removing a solvent type material from a material deposited on a surface of a substrate. In some cases the material may be deposited using a screen printing process. In one embodiment, a screen printing chamber is adapted to deposit a patterned material on a crystalline silicon substrate and then dry the deposited material in a drying chamber. In one embodiment, the screen printing chamber and the drying chamber are both positioned within the Rotary line tool or the Softline™ tool available from Baccini S.p.A., which is owned by Applied Materials, Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090311439 | Short Thermal Profile Oven Useful For Screen Printing - The present invention(s) provide an apparatus and method for efficiently drying material deposited on a substrate surface. The apparatus and methods described herein may be useful for removing a solvent type material from a material deposited on a surface of a substrate. In some cases the material may be deposited using a screen printing process. In one embodiment, a screen printing chamber is adapted to deposit a patterned material on a crystalline silicon substrate and then dry the deposited material in a drying chamber. In one embodiment, the screen printing chamber and the drying chamber are both positioned within the Rotary line tool or the Softline™ tool available from Baccini S.p.A., which is owned by Applied Materials, Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090314201 | ACCURATE CONVEYANCE SYSTEM USEFUL FOR SCREEN PRINTING - The present invention(s) provide an apparatus and method for processing substrates in a screen printing chamber that can deliver a repeatable and accurate screen printed pattern on one or more processed substrates. In one embodiment, the screen printing chamber is adapted to perform a screen printing process within a portion of a crystalline silicon solar cell production line in which a substrate is patterned with a desired material. In one embodiment, the screen printing chamber is a processing chamber positioned within the Rotary line tool or Softline™ tool available from Baccini S.p.A., which is owned by Applied Materials, Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100296903 | END EFFECTOR FOR HANDLING SUBSTRATES - Embodiments of the present invention provide an end effector for a substrate handling robot. In one embodiment, the end effector comprises one or more Bernoulli chucks surrounded by a plurality of suction cup devices. In one embodiment, the suction cup devices are configured in the form of a bellows to provide both cushioning and lateral stability to the substrate. In one embodiment, the suction cup devices further include an air pressure device to provide light positive pressure to the substrate during release. Embodiments of the end effector described herein provide a small vacuum pressure over a large area of ultra-thin substrates to minimize damage during handling. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20120034382 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT MATERIAL USEFUL FOR SCREEN PRINTING PROCESSES - The present invention provides a support material ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120037475 | SUBSTRATE INVERTING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for performing high-speed substrate inverting to facilitate photovoltaic fabrication processing of either substrate surface, comprising two stacked conveyors which are rotated in tandem and positioned to simultaneously engage both surfaces of a substrate to enable loading, inverting, and dispensing of the substrates traveling along the substrate production flow plane of an automated production system, and further having provisions to continually remove processing and environmental debris that may be collected on the conveyer belts as the result of coming into contact with substrate surfaces and facilitating cleaning of processing and environmental debris directly from substrate surfaces. | 02-16-2012 |
