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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2009
Danny Cam Toan LU, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michel Marriott, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Vicky Svidenko, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dapeng Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michel R. Frei, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Danny Cam Toan Lu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michel Marriott, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Vicky Svidenko, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dapeng Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michel R. Frei, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a module that can test and analyze various regions of a solar cell device in an automated or manual fashion after one or more steps have been completed in the solar cell formation process. The module used to perform the automated testing and analysis processes can also be adapted to test a partially formed solar cell at various stages of the solar cell formation process within an automated solar cell production line. The automated solar cell production line is generally an arrangement of automated processing modules and automation equipment that is used to form solar cell devices.