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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Scott Edmonson, San Jose, CA (US);
Yacov Elgar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dhruv Gajaria, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Weston Gerwin, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Scott Jacoby, Sylvania, OH (US);
Imran Khan, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Anthony Maher, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Stephen P. Murphy, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Gregory A. Ritz, Berkey, OH (US);
Assignee:
FIRST SOLAR, INC., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01); H01L 31/0376 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 31/048 (2013.01); H01L 31/186 (2013.01); H01L 31/1864 (2013.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.12); H01L 31/03767 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for applying an electrical bias to a photovoltaic device in a temperature control chamber, in which the temperature of the photovoltaic device is controlled according to a temperature profile. The temperature profile may include at least one hot phase and at least one cool phase.