SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR PLASMA PROCESSING SOLAR WAFERS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20130109189A1
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13666869

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A system for plasma processing of wafers at high throughput, particularly suitable for processing solar cells. A loading station has a loading conveyor, a loading transport mechanism, and a chuck loading station accepting transportable electrostatic chucks, wherein the loading transport mechanism is configured to remove wafers from the conveyor and place them on the transportable electrostatic chucks. The transportable chuck is delivered to at least one processing chamber to perform plasma processing of wafers. An unloading station has an unloading conveyor, an unloading transport mechanism, and a chuck unloading station accepting the transportable electrostatic chucks from the processing chamber, wherein the unloading transport mechanism is configured to remove wafers from the transportable electrostatic chucks and place them on the conveyor. A chuck return module configured for transporting the transportable electrostatic chucks from the chuck unloading station to the chuck loading station.

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INTEVAC INC3560 BASSETT STREET SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bluck, Terry Santa Clara, US 86 2628
Cho, Young Kyu San Jose, US 9 28
Janakiraman, Karthik San Jose, US 116 6028
Kedlaya, Diwakar San Jose, US 36 26

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