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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
David D. Smith, Campbell, CA (US);
Ann Waldhauer, La Honda, CA (US);
Venkatasubramani Balu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kieran Mark Tracy, San Jose, CA (US);
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of fabricating solar cell emitter regions with differentiated P-type and N-type region architectures, and the resulting solar cells, are described herein. In an example, a solar cell includes an N-type semiconductor substrate having a light-receiving surface and a back surface. A plurality of N-type polycrystalline silicon regions is disposed on a first thin dielectric layer disposed on the back surface of the N-type semiconductor substrate. A plurality of P-type polycrystalline silicon regions is disposed on a second thin dielectric layer disposed in a corresponding one of a plurality of trenches interleaving the plurality of N-type polycrystalline silicon regions in the back surface of the N-type semiconductor substrate.