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20090084425 | Scribing Methods for Photovoltaic Modules Including a Mechanical Scribe - Methods for forming photovoltaic modules, and the photovoltaic modules produced by such methods are provided. A back-electrode layer is disposed on an elongated substrate. A first patterning is performed on the back-electrode layer using a laser scriber or a mechanical scriber. A semiconductor junction layer is disposed on top of the back-electrode layer. A second patterning is performed on the semiconductor junction layer using a mechanical scriber. A transparent conductor layer is disposed on top of the semiconductor junction layer. A third patterning is performed on the transparent conductor layer using a mechanical scriber thereby forming at least a first solar cell and a second solar cell, where the first solar cell and the second solar cell each comprise an isolated portion of the back-electrode layer, the semiconductor junction layer, and the transparent conductor layer. | 04-02-2009 |
20090094844 | CONSTANT FORCE MECHANICAL SCRIBERS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS - A scribing system comprising a mounting mechanism, stylus, and force generating mechanism is provided. The mounting mechanism is configured to rotate an elongated object in such a manner that the object is subjected to a bow effect wherein a middle portion of the object bends relative to the end portions of the object. The stylus is for scribing the object at a position x along the long dimension of the object while the mounting mechanism rotates the object. The force generating mechanism is connected to the stylus so that the stylus applies the same constant force to the elongated object regardless of the position x along the long dimension of the object that the stylus is positioned, while the mounting mechanism rotates the object and thereby subjects the object to the bow effect, thereby scribing the object. | 04-16-2009 |
20100012167 | ELONGATED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES, METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING SAME - Under one aspect, a nonplanar photovoltaic module having a length includes: (a) an elongated nonplanar substrate; and (b) a plurality of solar cells disposed on the elongated nonplanar substrate, wherein each solar cell in the plurality of solar cells is defined by (i) a plurality of grooves around the nonplanar photovoltaic module and (ii) a groove along the length of the photovoltaic module. In some embodiments, each groove of the plurality of grooves about the photovoltaic module, independently, has a repeating pattern, a non-repeating pattern, or is helical. In some embodiments, the module further includes a patterned conductor providing serial electrical communication between adjacent solar cells. In some embodiments, portions of the patterned conductor providing serial electrical communication between adjacent solar cells are within a groove of the plurality of grooves about the photovoltaic module. | 01-21-2010 |
20100012353 | ELONGATED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING SAME - A patterned conductive layer is disposed around a nonplanar substrate, where a boundary of the conductive layer is defined by a single groove that traverses a perimeter of the substrate a plurality of times. A patterned conductive layer is disposed around a nonplanar substrate, where the patterned conductive layer is divided into a plurality of conductive islands by a groove that extends through a thickness of the conductive layer and traverses a perimeter of the substrate a plurality of times, and a groove extends through the thickness of the conductive layer and traverses a length of the substrate. A method of patterning a conductive layer disposed around a nonplanar substrate includes scribing the conductive layer thereby forming a continuous groove that traverses a perimeter of the conductive layer a plurality of times. | 01-21-2010 |
20100180746 | Constant Force Mechanical Scribers and Methods for Using Same In Semiconductor Processing Applications - A scribing system comprising a mounting mechanism, stylus, and force generating mechanism is provided. The mounting mechanism is configured to rotate an elongated object in such a manner that the object is subjected to a bow effect wherein a middle portion of the object bends relative to the end portions of the object. The stylus is for scribing the object at a position x along the long dimension of the object while the mounting mechanism rotates the object. The force generating mechanism is connected to the stylus so that the stylus applies the same constant force to the elongated object regardless of the position x along the long dimension of the object that the stylus is positioned, while the mounting mechanism rotates the object and thereby subjects the object to the bow effect, thereby scribing the object. | 07-22-2010 |
20100210059 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOP-DOWN MATERIAL DEPOSITION - A method and apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate includes introducing a vaporizable material from a source positioned above a substrate. The vaporizable material is vaporized and directed as an vapor feed stream from the source, away from the substrate. The vapor feed stream is redirected as a plume from a redirector, towards the substrate and deposited as a film on the substrate. | 08-19-2010 |
20100252090 | SCRIBING METHODS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES INCLUDING A MECHANICAL SCRIBE - Methods for forming photovoltaic modules, and the photovoltaic modules produced by such methods are provided. A back-electrode layer is disposed on an elongated substrate. A first patterning is performed on the back-electrode layer using a laser scriber or a mechanical scriber. A semiconductor junction layer is disposed on top of the back-electrode layer. A second patterning is performed on the semiconductor junction layer using a mechanical scriber. A transparent conductor layer is disposed on top of the semiconductor junction layer. A third patterning is performed on the transparent conductor layer using a mechanical scriber thereby forming at least a first solar cell and a second solar cell, where the first solar cell and the second solar cell each comprise an isolated portion of the back-electrode layer, the semiconductor junction layer, and the transparent conductor layer. | 10-07-2010 |
20110132170 | Constant Force Mechanical Scribers and Methods for Using Same In Semiconductor Processing Applications - A scribing system comprising a mounting mechanism, stylus, and force generating mechanism is provided. The mounting mechanism is configured to rotate an elongated object in such a manner that the object is subjected to a bow effect wherein a middle portion of the object bends relative to the end portions of the object. The stylus is for scribing the object at a position x along the long dimension of the object while the mounting mechanism rotates the object. The force generating mechanism is connected to the stylus so that the stylus applies the same constant force to the elongated object regardless of the position x along the long dimension of the object that the stylus is positioned, while the mounting mechanism rotates the object and thereby subjects the object to the bow effect, thereby scribing the object. | 06-09-2011 |
20110165315 | Flux Monitor - A flux monitor system includes a light source and a sensor. | 07-07-2011 |
20110212256 | DEPOSITION RATE CONTROL - An vapor deposition control system includes a multi-level control scheme. | 09-01-2011 |
20110249263 | PARTICLE DETECTOR - A particle detector for evaporation flux is disclosed. The particle detector includes a light source and at least one reflective surface. | 10-13-2011 |
20110318862 | System and method for creating electric isolation between layers comprising solar cells - Methods for forming a patterned layer from common layer in a photovoltaic application are provided. The patterned layer is configured to form one or more portions of one or more solar cells on a rigid substrate. A first pass is made with a first laser beam over an area on the common layer. A second pass is made with a second laser beam over approximately the same area on the common layer. The first pass provides a first level of electrical isolation between a first portion and a second portion of the common layer. The second pass provides a second level of electrical isolation between the first portion and the second portion of the common layer. The second level of electrical isolation is greater than the first level of electrical isolation. | 12-29-2011 |
20120012756 | Photoluminescence Spectroscopy - This invention relates to temperature-corrected photoluminescence spectroscopy which may be applied to semiconductors and, in particular, photovoltaic films. | 01-19-2012 |
20120017973 | IN-LINE DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A deposition system includes a load lock chamber for receiving a substrate and exposing a substrate to a load lock temperature and load lock pressure suitable to prepare a substrate for subsequent low-pressure and high-temperature processing or for ambient temperature and pressure conditions. | 01-26-2012 |
20120021556 | DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A selenium deposition system can improve the selenium vapor distribution. | 01-26-2012 |
20120025100 | PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENT - A photoluminescence measurement system can include an optical source. | 02-02-2012 |
20120045855 | POSITION-SENSITIVE METROLOGY SYSTEM - A metrology system for analyzing a semiconductor device on a substrate can include a metrology sensor. | 02-23-2012 |
20120058576 | Deposition System - A pumping and valve control device can be used in an atomic layer deposition system. | 03-08-2012 |
20120091658 | Puzzle with color rules - Puzzles characterized by colored pieced with unique shapes. The unique shapes of the pieces include more than one polygonal shape. The pieces can be jointly assembled into a tiling configuration in various ways allowing for large number of solutions. The puzzle pieces are placed on a flat board with a frame which matches the edges of the various pieces. The puzzle pieces can be jointly assembled to the frame. The object of the puzzle is to fill the board with all the pieces while following specific color restriction rule and predefined starting point. | 04-19-2012 |
20130037992 | LASER SCRIBING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Apparatus, systems, and methods for forming a photovoltaic cell from a common layer on a substrate are provided. A first pass is made with a first laser beam over an area on the common layer. The first pass forms a groove in the common layer. The first pass forms within the common layer a first edge and a second edge. The first edge is separated from the second edge by the groove. The groove provides a first level of electrical isolation between the first edge and the second edge. A second pass is made with a second laser beam over approximately the same area on the common layer. The second pass provides a second level of electrical isolation between the first edge and the second edge. The second level of electrical isolation is greater than the first level of electrical isolation. | 02-14-2013 |
20130078375 | DEPOSITION SOURCE INTEGRATION INTO COATER - An improved deposition source configuration in a process chamber can reduce the overheating in a thin film deposition system. | 03-28-2013 |
20130095577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LAYER THICKNESS AND DEPOSITING SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS - Described herein is a method and apparatus for measuring the thickness of a deposited semiconductor material. A colorimeter has an optical source that illuminates a portion of a deposited semiconductor material with optical radiation, a sensor that collects and measures color information related to reflected radiation from the deposited semiconductor material, and a processor that receives the color information related to the reflected radiation from the sensor and calculates a thickness of the semiconductor material. The processor may control a semiconductor material deposition apparatus. | 04-18-2013 |
20130112288 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A HEATER-ORIFICE AND HEATING ZONE CONTROLS FOR A VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A system and method employing a heater-orifice may be used to heat a flow path and to control the supply of vapor from a vaporizable material to an object. Variable or constant diameter heating rods may be used to apply heat to a flow path in order to control the supply of vapor from a vaporizable material. A baffle plate may be used to control the vapor pressure and vapor flow from a vessel containing a vaporizable material. The heater-orifice, heating rods, and baffle plate may be used alone or in combination with one another to control the flow of vaporizable material. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115720 | SURFACE MEASUREMENT - A method and apparatus for determining grain size of a surface. A light source is directed at the surface. Reflected light from the surface is detected. A peak surface grain wavelength is determined from the reflected light. The peak surface grain wavelength is converted to a grain size. Grain size of a semiconductor surface is used as a feedback input to control a manufacturing process. | 05-09-2013 |
20130284240 | Elongated Photovoltaic Devices, Methods of Making Same, and Systems for Making Same - Under one aspect, a nonplanar photovoltaic module having a length includes: (a) an elongated nonplanar substrate; and (b) a plurality of solar cells disposed on the elongated nonplanar substrate, wherein each solar cell in the plurality of solar cells is defined by (i) a plurality of grooves around the nonplanar photovoltaic module and (ii) a groove along the length of the photovoltaic module. In some embodiments, each groove of the plurality of grooves about the photovoltaic module, independently, has a repeating pattern, a non-repeating pattern, or is helical. In some embodiments, the module further includes a patterned conductor providing serial electrical communication between adjacent solar cells. In some embodiments, portions of the patterned conductor providing serial electrical communication between adjacent solar cells are within a groove of the plurality of grooves about the photovoltaic module. | 10-31-2013 |
20140104616 | FLUX MONITOR - A flux monitor system includes a light source and a sensor. | 04-17-2014 |
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20100265948 | Handling of received implicit null packets - A router includes a network ingress processor and a network egress processor. The network ingress processor is configured for modifying a received MPLS packet such that an internal header thereof includes a pre-configured IP flow identifier therein in place of an as-received MPLS flow identifier. Such modifying is performed in response to the network ingress processor parsing a MPLS label stack of the received MPLS packet to determine if an existing MPLS label of the label stack needs to be replaced with an Implicit Null label and in response to determining that there is no other label in the MPLS label stack. The network egress processor includes a flow selector configured for directing packets dependent upon a type of flow identifier included in an internal header thereof, for receiving the modified MPLS packet, and for replacing the internal header with a port-specific header. | 10-21-2010 |
20110199922 | HANDLING OF RECEIVED IMPLICIT NULL PACKETS - A router includes a network ingress processor and a network egress processor. The network ingress processor is configured for modifying a received MPLS packet such that an internal header thereof includes a pre-configured IP flow identifier therein in place of an as-received MPLS flow identifier. Such modifying is performed in response to the network ingress processor parsing a MPLS label stack of the received MPLS packet to determine if an existing MPLS label of the label stack needs to be replaced with an Implicit Null label and in response to determining that there is no other label in the MPLS label stack. The network egress processor includes a flow selector configured for directing packets dependent upon a type of flow identifier included in an internal header thereof, for receiving the modified MPLS packet, and for replacing the internal header with a port-specific header. | 08-18-2011 |
20110200050 | Method and system for common group action filtering in telecom network environments - A routing apparatus comprises memory including a common group identifier correlated to a plurality of values each derived using a specified network parameter, memory including a common group action correlated to the common group identifier, a parse action module configured for accessing the common group identifier correlating memory and for associating the common group identifier with a packet configured with the specified network parameter, and a common group action module configured for accessing the common group action correlating memory and for determining the common group action be applied to the packet. Determining the common group action to be applied to the packet includes selecting the common group action dependent upon the common group identifier. | 08-18-2011 |
20110206046 | Source-based queue selection mechanism in the routing environment - The invention is directed to a method and system for selecting queues for source-based queuing in a packet router, requiring only one flow per destination route. The invention stores source interface information for each packet while it is being processed. The invention applies to packet routers including IP routers, Ethernet routers and Label Switched Routers (LSR). | 08-25-2011 |
20120207170 | VIRTUAL PRIVATE LAN SERVICE PACKET PROCESSING - Embodiments of the invention are directed to processing Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) packets. Each VPLS packet is processed in two stages. In a first stage Layer 2 and Layer 3 headers are parsed from the packet to obtain an Ethernet frame and Traffic management characteristics are determined according to the L3 header. In a second stage a type of Ethernet frame is determined, as either one requiring replication or not, and the Ethernet frame is forwarded in accordance with the TM characteristics based on the determined frame type. This approach allows for a modular implementation which provides enables high performance and efficient utilization of processing resources. | 08-16-2012 |
20120213223 | EFFICIENT MULTICASTING IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to multicasting packets in a system such as a data packet switch or router having a distributed architecture. A first device such as a line card receiving a packet that requires multicasting forwards the packet to a fabric switch where the packet is replicated to obtain one respective packet for each line card of the system. Each line card receives its respective packet from the fabric switch and further duplicates the packet to obtain a duplicate packet for each egress endpoint of a service associated with the packet that is eligible to receive such a duplicate packet. Replication and duplication of packets requiring multicasting performed in this manner efficiently uses bandwidth of the fabric switch and links connecting it to the line cards. | 08-23-2012 |