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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
Paul Sullivan, Wenham, MA (US);
Peter Nunan, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Steven R. Walther, Andover, MA (US);
Paul Sullivan, Wenham, MA (US);
Peter Nunan, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Steven R. Walther, Andover, MA (US);
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for manufacturing a solar cell are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the solar cell may be manufactured by disposing a solar cell in a chamber having a particle source; disposing a patterned assembly comprising an aperture and an assembly segment between the particle source and the solar cell; and selectively implanting first type dopants traveling through the aperture into a first region of the solar cell while minimizing introduction of the first type dopants into a region outside of the first region.