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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Hongying Peng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Dwayne Gossman, Arvada, CO (US);
Juan Carlos Rojo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Hongying Peng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Dwayne Gossman, Arvada, CO (US);
Juan Carlos Rojo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Steven Jude Duclos, Clifton Park, NY (US);
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a transparent oxide layer is provided. The manufacturing method includes disposing a cadmium tin oxide layer on a support, placing the support with the cadmium tin oxide layer within a chamber of a rapid thermal annealing system, and rapidly thermally annealing the cadmium tin oxide layer by exposing the cadmium tin oxide layer to electromagnetic radiation to form the transparent oxide layer, wherein the rapid thermal anneal is performed without first pumping down the chamber.