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System and method for depositing a material on a substrate

US7910166B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

7Claims

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Assignee

First Solar, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ricky C. Powell · Ann Arbor, US
Andrew Kelly Gray · Perrysburg, US
Todd Alden Coleman · Wooster, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2006
Grant date	Mar 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 25, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/6416
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate includes introducing a material and a carrier gas into a heated chamber. The material may be a semiconductor material, such as a cadmium chalcogenide. A resulting mixture of vapor and carrier gas containing no unvaporized material is provided. The mixture of vapor and carrier gas are remixed to achieve a uniform vapor/carrier gas composition, which is directed toward a surface of a substrate, such as a glass substrate, where the vapor is deposited as a uniform film.

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