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Apparatus for manufacturing thin film solar cell

A technology for solar cells and manufacturing devices, applied in final product manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing/processing, semiconductor/solid-state device manufacturing, etc., can solve problems such as high-frequency electrode potential difference, and achieve the effect of saving space

Active Publication Date: 2011-04-13
ULVAC INC
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[0016] However, when the high-frequency electrode is enlarged, only one feeding point is provided in the approximate center of the plane of the high-frequency electrode, and there is a potential difference between the central part and the side surface (peripheral part) of the high-frequency electrode, making it difficult to The problem of forming a uniform film on the entire film-forming surface of the substrate
[0017] In addition, even if the entire high-frequency electrode can be uniformly at the same potential, if the temperature of the substrate cannot be uniform in all parts, it may be difficult to uniformly form a film on the entire film-forming surface of the substrate depending on the conditions at the time of film formation. The problem

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[0088] Next, the thin-film solar cell manufacturing apparatus of the present invention will be described.

[0089] (Thin film solar cell manufacturing equipment)

[0090] figure 2 It is a schematic configuration diagram of a thin-film solar cell manufacturing device.

[0091] Such as figure 2 As shown, the thin-film solar cell manufacturing apparatus 10 includes: a film forming chamber 11 , a loading and unloading chamber 13 , a substrate loading and unloading chamber 15 , a substrate loading and unloading robot 17 , and a substrate storage box 19 .

[0092] The film formation chamber 11 forms a film of a bottom cell 104 (semiconductor layer) made of microcrystalline silicon on a plurality of substrates W simultaneously.

[0093] The loading / unloading chamber 13 accommodates the unprocessed substrate W1 carried into the film forming chamber 11 and the processed substrate W2 carried out from the film forming chamber 11 at the same time.

[0094] In the following descripti...

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[0216] The following quotes the above Figure 5 and according to Figure 27 , the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In addition, the same code|symbol is attached|subjected and demonstrated to the same member as 1st Embodiment (the following embodiment is also the same).

[0217] In this second embodiment, the following basic structure is the same as that of the above-mentioned first embodiment (the same applies to the following embodiments): the thin-film solar cell manufacturing apparatus 10 includes: Film formation of the bottom cell 104 (semiconductor layer) made of microcrystalline silicon; loading and unloading chamber 13, which can simultaneously accommodate the pre-processed substrate W1 carried into the film-forming chamber 11 and the processed substrate W2 carried out from the film-forming chamber 11; substrate loading and unloading The chamber 15 is used for loading and unloading the substrate W1 before processing and the substrate W2 af...

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[0225] The following is based on Figure 28 A third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

[0226]The difference between the cathode unit 128 of the third embodiment and the cathode unit 118 of the second embodiment described above is as follows. That is, in the cathode unit 118 of the second embodiment described above, a pair of RF applying members 119 are disposed substantially parallel to each other with the insulating member 120 interposed therebetween, in the cathode unit 128 of the third embodiment, one The cathode RF applying members 119 are arranged substantially parallel to each other with the intervening blocking mechanism 130 for blocking electrical conduction.

[0227] The blocking mechanism 130 is composed of a flat ground plate 131 and a pair of guards 132 , 132 . The ground plate 131 is disposed substantially at the center in the thickness direction (vertical direction with respect to the plane of the shower plate 75 ) of the blocking mechanis...

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Abstract

An apparatus for manufacturing a thin film solar cell includes a film-forming space (81) wherein a substrate (W) is arranged such that a film-forming surface of the substrate (W) and the gravity direction are substantially parallel to each other, and a desired film is formed on the film-forming surface by a CVD method; cathode units (68, 118, 128) having cathodes (75), which permit a voltage to be applied thereto and are arranged on the both sides of the cathode units, and two or more power-feeding points (88); and anodes (67) arranged to face the cathodes (75) arranged on the both sides of the cathode units (68, 118, 128) with spaces between the anodes and the cathodes.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a thin-film solar cell manufacturing device. [0002] This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-149937 for which it applied on June 6, 2008, and uses the content here. Background technique [0003] Most of the materials used in current solar cells are monocrystalline Si-type and polycrystalline Si-type materials, and there are concerns about the shortage of Si materials. [0004] Therefore, in recent years, there has been an increasing demand for thin-film solar cells formed with a thin-film Si layer at low manufacturing costs and with little risk of material shortage. [0005] Furthermore, on the basis of existing thin-film solar cells having only the existing type a-Si (amorphous silicon) layer, conversion efficiency has recently been achieved by laminating an a-Si layer and a μc-Si (microcrystalline silicon) layer Demand for improved tandem thin film solar cells is rising. [0006] A p...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L31/04C23C16/505H01L21/205
CPCY02E10/50H01L21/67748C23C16/50H01L31/18H01J37/32568C23C16/5096C23C16/54H01L31/1876Y02P70/50H01L31/0445H01L21/0262
Inventor 清水康男小形英之松本浩一野口恭史神保洋介冈山智彦森冈和杉山哲康重田贵司栗原広行桥本征典若松贞次
Owner ULVAC INC