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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nathan Stoddard, Beaverton, OR (US);

Bjoern Seipel, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

SUNPOWER CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26F 3/00 (2006.01); C30B 29/06 (2006.01); C30B 33/06 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26F 3/002 (2013.01); C30B 29/06 (2013.01); C30B 33/06 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 21/67092 (2013.01); Y10T 225/12 (2015.04);
Abstract

A method for cleaving wafers comprising the following steps: providing a slice of a crystalline material with at least a first plane side, providing at least one stressing means to be attached to said slice, wherein said at least one stressing means is at least in parts made of a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion different from that of the slice, attaching said stressing means to said first plane side of said slice to form a stack, inducing a thermal shear stress to said slice by applying a temperature change to said stack.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Stoddard, Nathan. (2019). Method and device for cleaving wafers (U.S. Patent No. 10421208). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10421208

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