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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Hans-juergen Eickelmann, Nieder-Hilbersheim, DE;
Michael Haag, Rodenbach, DE;
Harold J. Hovel, Katonah, NY (US);
Rainer Klaus Krause, Main-Kostheim, DE;
Markus Schmidt, Seibersbach, DE;
Xiaoyan Shao, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Steven Erik Steen, Peekskill, NY (US);
Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Nieder-Hilbersheim, DE;
Michael Haag, Rodenbach, DE;
Harold J. Hovel, Katonah, NY (US);
Rainer Klaus Krause, Main-Kostheim, DE;
Markus Schmidt, Seibersbach, DE;
Xiaoyan Shao, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Steven Erik Steen, Peekskill, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of fabricating solar cell chips. The method includes creating an integrated circuit chip process route for fabricating integrated circuit chips using integrated circuit wafers in an integrated circuit fabrication facility; creating a solar cell process route for fabricating solar cells using solar cell wafers in the integrated circuit fabrication facility; releasing integrated circuit chip wafers and solar cell wafers into tool queues of tools of the an integrated circuit fabrication facility; and processing the solar cell wafers on at least some tools of the integrated circuit fabrication facility used to process the integrated circuit wafers. Also the process used to fabricate the solar cell chips.