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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Denis Paul Masson, Ottawa, CA;
Simon Fafard, Ottawa, CA;
Eric Desfonds, Laval, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cyrium Technologies Incorporated, Ottawa, Ontario, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solar cell and a method of fabricating solar cells. The method includes a step of separating neighbor solar cells formed on a semiconductor wafer by scribing the wafer to form scribe lines on the wafer and applying a force at, or adjacent to, the scribed lines to separate the solar cells. The scribing is effected on a cap layer covering a window layer of solar cells, thereby minimizing damage to the window layer and mitigating propagation of defects into p-n junctions formed in the solar cells.