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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Kurt H. Weiner, San Jose, CA (US);
Gaurav Verma, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kurt H. Weiner, San Jose, CA (US);
Gaurav Verma, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Reel Solar, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 5/10 (2006.01); C25D 5/00 (2006.01); C25D 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates generally to electrodeposition apparatus and methods. When depositing films via electrodeposition, where the substrate has an inherent resistivity, for example, sheet resistance in a thin film, methods and apparatus of the invention are used to electrodeposit materials onto the substrate by forming a plurality of ohmic contacts to the substrate surface and thereby overcome the inherent resistance and electrodeposit uniform films. Methods and apparatus of the invention find particular use in solar cell fabrication.