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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Derek Aqui, Portland, OR (US);
Steven M. Zuniga, Soquel, CA (US);
Venkateswaran Subbaraman, San Jose, CA (US);
Kirk Liebscher, San Jose, CA (US);
John Alexander, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhenhua Zhang, Newark, CA (US);
Virendra V. S. Rana, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Derek Aqui, Portland, OR (US);
Steven M. Zuniga, Soquel, CA (US);
Venkateswaran Subbaraman, San Jose, CA (US);
Kirk Liebscher, San Jose, CA (US);
John Alexander, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhenhua Zhang, Newark, CA (US);
Virendra V. S. Rana, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for processing the solar cell substrates is provided. In one embodiment, a laser firing chamber for processing solar cell substrates placed in a carrier, comprising a laser module located at a side of the carrier, the laser module being adapted to generate and direct multiple laser beams over an entire surface of a plurality of solar cell substrates, and a transport adapted to convey the carrier through an outputting region of the laser beams.