Apparatus for forming an electrical connection on a solar cell

US8065784B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Applied Materials, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Danny Cam Toan Lu · San Francisco, US
• Yacov Elgar · Sunnyvale, US
• Jeffrey S. Sullivan · Rexford, US
• David Tanner · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53174

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a module and process for forming electrical connections on a solar cell substrate in a solar cell production line. The module generally provides a substrate handling system, a substrate positioning system, a cross-buss attachment assembly, and a side-buss attachment assembly. The module may provide adaptations for automatically adjusting the module to receive and process various sizes of solar cell substrates.