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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Tsmc Solar Ltd., Taichung, TW;
Inventor:
Chia-Hung Tsai, Kaohsiung, TW;
Assignee:
TSMC Solar Ltd., Taichung, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0465 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0465 (2014.12); H01L 31/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar cell device and a method of fabricating the device is described. The solar cell is fabricated by providing a substructure comprising an absorber over a back contact having a Pline therein and scribing a Pline in the absorber by mechanical scribing and laser scribing after the mechanical scribing. The scribing can be performed with an integrated scriber, including a scribing tip and a light source mounted adjacent the scribing tip and operable concurrently with the scribing tip.