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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
May. 06, 2022
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Markus Eberhard Beck, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Ulrich Alexander Bonne, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
An evaporation system comprises an evaporation chamber having an interior enclosed by one or more chamber walls; an evaporation source comprising (i) a source body for containing a feedstock material, and (ii) an evaporation port fluidly coupling the source body with an interior of the evaporation chamber; an insulation material; and a computer-based controller for configuring the insulation material in (i) a first configuration in which the insulation material is disposed snugly around the source body and (ii) a second configuration in which at least a portion of the insulation material is spaced away from the source body and at least a second portion of the insulation material is disposed snugly around the source body; wherein the insulation material does not cover an opening of the evaporation port in the first configuration and the second configuration.