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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Gang Xiong, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Feng Liao, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Rick C. Powell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gang Xiong, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Feng Liao, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Rick C. Powell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 53/40 (2006.01); C23C 14/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/228 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved feeder system and method for a vapor transport deposition system that includes a carrier gas bypass flow line to allow for continuous carrier gas flow to a vaporizer unit when a vibratory unit which supplies powdered material and carrier gas to the vaporizer unit is out of service. A process gas flow line to the vibratory unit may be included when the powdered material contains a powdered dopant in the material mix.