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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Arthur Cornfeld, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Jacqueline Diaz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Tansen Varghese, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Arthur Cornfeld, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Jacqueline Diaz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Tansen Varghese, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Emcore Solar Power, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a solar cell by providing a first substrate; depositing on a first substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell including at least a top subcell and a bottom subcell; mounting a surrogate substrate on top of the sequence of layers adjacent to the bottom subcell; removing the first substrate to expose the surface of the top subcell; removing the surrogate substrate; and holding the solar cell on a vacuum chuck to support it for subsequent fabrication operations, such as attaching interconnects to the solar cells to form an interconnected array.