Chemical vapor deposition tool and process for fabrication of photovoltaic structures

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PATENT NO 9972740
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14985143

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One embodiment of the present invention can provide a system for fabricating a photovoltaic structure. During fabrication, the system can deposit a first passivation layer on a first side of a Si base layer of the photovoltaic structure using a static chemical vapor deposition process. The static chemical vapor deposition process can be performed inside a first reaction chamber. The system can then transfer the photovoltaic structure from the first reaction chamber to a second reaction chamber without the photovoltaic structure leaving a common vacuum space comprising both reaction chambers, and deposit a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer using an inline chemical vapor deposition process. The inline chemical vapor deposition process can be performed inside the second reaction chamber.

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  • TESLA, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chae, Yongkee San Ramon, US 5 21
Fu, Jianming Palo Alto, US 135 4698

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