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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka, JP;
Hidetoshi Nakanishi, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Ito, Kyoto, JP;
Iwao Kawayama, Suita, JP;
Masayoshi Tonouchi, Suita, JP;
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Osaka University, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An inspection apparatus inspects a solar cell. The inspection apparatus includes: a short-circuiting element that electrically connects an anode as a p-type semiconductor layer and a cathode as an n-type semiconductor layer of the solar cell to short-circuit the solar cell; an irradiation part that irradiates the solar cell short-circuited by the short-circuiting element with pulse light; and a detection part that detects an electromagnetic wave emitted from the solar cell in response to the irradiation of the solar cell with pulse light from the irradiation part.