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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2000
ANTEC Solar GmbH, Arnstadt, DE;
Abstract
Process and separating means for the production of a thin film solar module (,) comprising a plurality of solar cells (,) arranged side-by-side on a common substrate (,), which are produced by employing a plurality of layer deposition steps and layer separating steps during the course of cell production and which are electrically interconnected with one another, wherein after the application of a first contact layer (,) on substrate (,) and the cell-wise separation thereof a pn double layer (,) is applied on a contact layer and, thereafter, is mechanically separated in that a scraping cutting tool serving as separating means scrapes, by a relative movement to the coated substrate, a cell structure into said pn double layer, wherein said cutting tool slides, preferably without being raised or rotated, with a plane sliding surface of a flattened tip on said first contact layer (,) which has a higher hardness than said pn double layer (,).