Applied Materials Italia S.r.l.

Applied Materials, Inc.

Luigi De Santi

Andrea Baccini

Daniele Gislon

Roberto Boscheratto

Thomas Micheletti

Mirko Galassi

Marco Galiazzo

Tommaso Vercesi

Giorgio Cellere

Davide Colla

Daniele Andreola

Gianfranco Pasqualin

Christian Zorzi

Alberto Emilio Ruffo

An apparatus for uniformly arranging solar cell elements that includes: a transport device for moving at least one solar cell element at a first speed; a transfer device that includes at least one gripping unit configured to grip the at least one solar cell element; and an actuator configured to move the transfer device at a second speed that is higher than the first speed.

Apparatus for uniformly arranging solar cell elements, system for use in the manufacture of solar cells, and method for uniformly arranging solar cell elements

A method for screen printing of a material on a substrate is provided. The method includes moving a process head assembly having at least one deposition device from a first position to a second position to perform a stroke, wherein the stroke includes at least a first phase for material processing of a material on a screen device using the at least one deposition device and a second phase for a material transfer from the screen device to the substrate. The at least one deposition device moves in a first direction in the first phase. At least one device moves in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the first phase. The at least one deposition device and the at least one device simultaneously move during at least a part of the first phase. The at least one device is selected from the group including the at least one deposition device, a material processing device, the screen device, and a substrate support.

Method for screen printing of a material on a substrate, controller for an apparatus for screen printing on a substrate, and apparatus for screen printing of a material on a substrate

The present disclosure provides an apparatus () for aligning a solar cell element (). The apparatus () includes a transfer device () configured for moving the solar cell element () from a first position on a carrying device () to a second position on a support device, a first detection device () configured to detect information about a first position of the solar cell element on the carrying device, and a second detection device () configured to detect information about an intermediate position of the solar cell element in relation to the transfer device (), the transfer device being configured to adjust the orientation of the transfer device based on the information about the first position.

Apparatus for aligning a solar cell element, system for use in the manufacture of a solar cell arrangement, and method

An apparatus includes a first processing line. The first processing line includes a cleaving station adapted for separating a solar cell into two or more solar cell pieces. The apparatus includes a second processing line. The second processing line includes a storing station adapted for storing a plurality of solar cell pieces. The second processing line includes a transportation system adapted for transporting a solar cell piece from the storing station to the first processing line.

Apparatus and method for manufacturing a solar cell arrangement, and solar cell arrangement

The present disclosure provides a support device for conveying at least one solar cell element in a transport direction, wherein the support device comprises a support element configured for supporting the at least one solar cell element and an electric arrangement configured for providing an electrostatic force for holding the at least one solar cell element on the support element.

Apparatus for manufacture of at least two solar cell arrangements, system for manufacture of at least two shingled solar cells, and method for manufacture of at least two solar cell arrangements

An apparatus for the manufacture of at least two arrangements of solar cell pieces is provided. The apparatus includes at least one positioning device configured for positioning two or more solar cell pieces on a support device for forming the at least two arrangements, wherein the apparatus is configured to allocate the two or more solar cell pieces to a respective arrangement of the at least two arrangements based on one or more properties of the two or more solar cell pieces.

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for manufacture of at least two solar cell arrangements. The apparatus includes a separation device configured for separating a first solar cell into two or more first solar cell solar cell pieces, and at least one positioning device configured for positioning at least one first solar cell piece of the two or more first solar cell pieces on a support device for forming a first solar cell arrangement of the at least two solar cell arrangements and for positioning at least one other first solar cell piece of the two or more first solar cell pieces on the support device for forming a second solar cell arrangement of the at least two solar cell arrangements.

Embodiments of the invention may provide a method of printing one or more print tracks on a print support, or substrate, comprising two or more printing steps in each of which a layer of material is deposited on the print support according to a predetermined print profile. In each printing step, subsequent to the first step, each layer of material is deposited at least partially on top of the layer of material printed in the preceding printing step, so that each layer of printed material has an identical or different print profile with respect to at least a layer of material underneath. The method may further comprise depositing material in each printing step that is equivalent to or different from the material deposited in at least one of other the print layers.

Printing method for printing electronic devices and relative control apparatus

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.

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Spresiano, Italy

Luigi De Santi