First Solar, Inc.

Applied Materials, Inc.

Stephen P Murphy

Thomas Truman

Imran Khan

Yacov Elgar

Scott Jacoby

Gregory A Ritz

James Ernest Hinkle

Weston Gerwin

Scott Edmonson

Dhruv Gajaria

James J Poddany

Anthony Maher

Steven Campbell

John M White

Soo Young Choi

Eric Andrew Englhardt

Tae Kyung Won

David Tanner

Robert Z Bachrach

Markus Gloeckler

Shuran Sheng

Danny Cam Toan Lu

Jeffrey S Sullivan

Asaf Schlezinger

Jigish Trivedi

Joshua Conley

James Craig Hunter

Charles Gay

Liwei Li

Penchala N Kankanala

Fang Mei

Yong-Kee Chae

Nicholas G J De Vries

Parris Hawkins

Daniel Burgard

Tzay-Fa (Jeff) Su

Michel Ranjit Frei

Teresa Trowbridge

Michael Catalano

Steven W Diderich

Choi (Gene) Ho

Wing Hoo (Hendrick) Lo

Michael Sweet

Srujal (Steve) Patel

Matthew J B Saunders

Brice Walker

Steve Diderich

An apparatus and a method for testing and/or conditioning photovoltaic modules. The apparatus includes a set of contacts for contacting electrical conductors of the module and a testing and/or conditioning system for testing and/or conditioning of the module and measuring parameters associated therewith.

Method and apparatus for electrically accessing photovoltaic modules

A system and method for applying an electrical bias to a photovoltaic device in a temperature control chamber, in which the temperature of the photovoltaic device is controlled according to a temperature profile. The temperature profile may include at least one hot phase and at least one cool phase.

System and method for photovoltaic device temperature control while conditioning a photovoltaic device

A method for processing a coated glass substrate may include a high-temperature activation process.

Edge processing of photovoltaic substrates

An improved lead foil formation operation procedure for photovoltaic module manufacture is disclosed. The procedure includes lifting a lead foil to form a loop, pulling the loop through a hole in a plate, cutting the loop to form two ends, separating the ends, and folding the ends onto the plate.

Device for use in photovoltaic module manufacture

A tool and a method for removing a cord plate or junction box from a surface of a photovoltaic laminated module, that is to be refitted, scrapped or recycled includes a first and a second arm of a clamp mechanism, that can operate like a claw, positioned on opposing sides of the cord plate, at the interface between the cord plate and the module surface. The arms can be pinched together to bring the moving arm closer towards the fixed arm, to apply an upward pressure that breaks the bond between the cord plate and the module surface.

Removal tool

A method for removing coating from a substrate may include: locating an edge of a substrate; directing a laser beam along a first path to a first position on a surface of the substrate proximate to an edge of the substrate at an angle of incidence suitable to redirect the laser beam along a second path, through the substrate, to a second position on a second surface of the substrate corresponding to the located edge of the substrate, where the second surface can include a coating; and ablating at least a portion of coating at the second position on the second surface of the substrate.

System and method for tracking and removing coating from an edge of a substrate

The present invention generally relates to a system that can be used to form a photovoltaic device, or solar cell, using processing modules that are adapted to perform one or more steps in the solar cell formation process. The automated solar cell fab is generally an arrangement of automated processing modules and automation equipment that is used to form solar cell devices. The automated solar fab will thus generally comprise a substrate receiving module that is adapted to receive a substrate, one or more absorbing layer deposition cluster tools having at least one processing chamber that is adapted to deposit a silicon-containing layer on a surface of the substrate, one or more back contact deposition chambers, one or more material removal chambers, a solar cell encapsulation device, an autoclave module, an automated junction box attaching module, and one or more quality assurance modules that are adapted to test and qualify the completely formed solar cell device.

Automated integrated solar cell production line composed of a plurality of automated modules and tools including an autoclave for curing solar devices that have been laminated

An improved lead foil operation procedure for photovoltaic module manufacture is disclosed. The procedure includes lift, cut, and fold lead foil.

Photovoltaic lead manufacture

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Stephen P Murphy