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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Danny Cam Toan LU, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yacov Elgar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Sullivan, Castro Valley, CA (US);
David Tanner, San Jose, CA (US);
Danny Cam Toan Lu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yacov Elgar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Sullivan, Castro Valley, CA (US);
David Tanner, San Jose, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a module and process for forming electrical connections on a solar cell substrate in a solar cell production line. The module generally provides a substrate handling system, a substrate positioning system, a cross-buss attachment assembly, and a side-buss attachment assembly. The module may provide adaptations for automatically adjusting the module to receive and process various sizes of solar cell substrates.