New products
and reduces the manufacturing costs of (SV stands for special voltage), has a rated
lotus Systems optimizes production
solar cells. Based on software proven in capacity of 330 kilowatts and works in the
processes for the pV industry
the semiconductor industry, YieldManager MPP range between 450 and 800 volts.
Lotus Systems GmbH, a manufacturer
Solar provides fast, accurate analysis and As many as three SolarMax 330C-SVs
of wet process, cleaning, and chemical
correlation of all metrology, inspection and can be combined in one megawatt station
management systems for photovoltaic,
performance data used throughout the which can then be directly fed into the
semiconductor and MEMS production,
solar cell manufacturing process. With this medium-voltage grid. With the service
has developed new vertical spray cleaners
information, solar fab test and production package MaxControl, plant operators can
to allow manufacturers to clean carriers
engineers can quickly identify and correct extend their standard warranty agreement
themselves, quickly, efficiently and at their
root causes of solar energy conversion and be sure that Sputnik will immediately
own facilities. Spraying ensures that there
efficiency and yield degradation caused recognize and fix plant failures for 20 years.
is always a reactive medium on the surface
by subtle fab processing fluctuations
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and makes cleaning two to three times
or instability -- saving time, maximizing
faster.
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equipment utilization, increasing yield and
reducing costs.
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applied Materials delivers wireless
wafer management solution
Applied Materials, Inc. introduced
its Applied SmartMove™ system,
the semiconductor industry’s first
comprehensive wafer management solution
for non-automated 200 mm and 300
mm fabs. The SmartMove system brings
new efficiency to these fabs, seamlessly
integrating with customers’ existing MES
software to wirelessly track and direct
the movement of wafer lots. With the
SmartMove system, users can boost factory
output by up to 10%, and typically realize
rehm launches new fast fire furnaces for solar cell metallization
a return on their investment in less than
After exhaustive testing by the Fraunhofer Institute ISE, Rehm Thermal Systems
nine months.
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launched their new series of firing systems for solar cell metallization. The RFS
firing system and RFS-D combination drying and firing system offer a range of
Taiyo america expands conductive
ink offerings for printed electronics
advanced process features and thermal control that enable PV manufacturers to
and photovoltaic markets
move their processes to an entirely new level of efficiency and yield. The systems’
innovative design features enable new levels of metallization process performance,
Taiyo America, Inc.,a subsidiary of Taiyo
including very high throughput rates; single, dual and triple-lane wafer handling;
Ink Mfg. Co., now offers an expanded
an integrated residue management system; superlative profile control and process
line of conductive ink products for
monitoring; and Rehm Visu2 software with traceability tools, remote diagnostics
printed electronics and photovoltaic
and an extensive product library.
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applications. Taiyo Ink, which has long
offered conductive inks for printed wiring
board and flat panel display applications,
is introducing the ECM®-100 line of
tesa tape enters solar energy
Nanometrics introduces metrology
conductive inks. The ECM®-100 product
market
system for solar pV applications
line includes a series of screen printable
tesa tape, inc., an affiliate of tesa SE,
Nanometrics Incorporated launched
silver-bearing pastes for use in silicon
debuted the company’s adhesive tapes
its TSM™ integrated metrology system,
or dye-sensitized solar cells as well as
for solar panel production. Specially-
designed to rapidly measure the thickness
membrane, touch panel and other printed
formulated tesa® double-sided tapes can
of various thin films in order to enable
electronic applications. ECM®-100 inks
be used to permanently attach various
fast feedback and excursion prevention
are capable of excellent high resolution,
parts of the solar cell, such as mounting
in the manufacture of all types of solar
fine line printing, down to 30 to 50 µm
the frame around the panel glass and
photovoltaic (PV) cells. It also further
line width. The ECM®-100 product line
attaching the junction box. The specialized
expands Nanometrics’ metrology system
is also characterized by high electrical
adhesive tape backing combinations for
footprint into the segment of rough and
conductivity, low contact resistance and
these double-sided tapes are built to last
textured PV film layers. The TSM is
excellent adhesion to various substrates.
the lifetime of the solar panel. The tesa®
optimized for film measurement on high
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double-sided tape family includes tesa®
throughput processes, enabling control
4957, tesa® 62932, tesa® 62934, and
on textured crystalline silicon cells,
Sputnik launches megawatt station
tesa® 62936, each with slightly differing
complex multi-junction thin film silicon
inverters
thickness and adhesion levels to ensure an
cells and high-roughness CIGS (copper
Sputnik Engineering AG, is launching
exact match to every application.
indium gallium (di)selenide) and cadmium
a new central inverter in October. The
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telluride (CdTe) films.
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device, with the name SolarMax 330C-SV
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