Silicon wafer material box

By designing an adjustable silicon wafer hopper, the problem of loading silicon wafers of different sizes was solved, achieving flexible adaptation and cost reduction, avoiding silicon wafer damage, and meeting the requirements of testing machines.

CN223728741UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26WUHU GCL INTEGRATED NEW ENERGY TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202423315260.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-31
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-31

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Technical Problem

Existing silicon wafer cassettes cannot accommodate silicon wafers of different sizes, resulting in high costs and material waste when replacing cassettes. Furthermore, existing modification solutions pose a risk of silicon wafer damage.

Method used

Design a detachable silicon wafer cassette that combines a half-wafer base with side guards to form an adjustable loading space to accommodate the loading needs of silicon wafers of different sizes. Multiple bases are connected by a connecting bracket to form a complete base.

Benefits of technology

It enables flexible loading of silicon wafers of different sizes, reduces the manufacturing cost of photovoltaic cells, reduces material waste, meets the usage requirements of testing machines, and avoids damage to silicon wafers.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a silicon wafer material box, which comprises a half-wafer base, a side fence and a bottom plate, the side fence is detachably mounted on the half-wafer base, a loading space is defined by the side fence and the half-wafer base, and the bottom plate is placed in the loading space; the loading space can be used for loading silicon wafers of different sizes, when the loading space is used for loading small-size silicon wafers, the loading space is defined by a half-wafer base and a side fence, and when the loading space is used for loading large-size silicon wafers, the loading space is defined by two half-wafer bases and a side fence; a connecting hole is formed in one long edge of each half-piece base, and the two half-piece bases are connected through a connecting support arranged in the connecting holes in a penetrating mode to form a whole-piece base. According to the utility model, one half-piece base or two half-piece bases and the side fences can form loading spaces with different sizes in a surrounding manner, the loading spaces are used for loading silicon wafers with different sizes, the manufacturing cost of photovoltaic cells is reduced, the material waste is reduced, and the silicon wafer material box can meet the use requirements of a silk screen on-line whole-piece testing machine and a half-piece testing machine after half-piece passivation.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to battery piece production equipment technical field, concretely relates to a silicon wafer box. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the renewal of solar cell production, in the actual production process, as the main raw material, the specification size of the silicon wafer will change.

[0003] At present, the half wafer box used in the industry is a fixed size or standard size disassembly and switching stacking box, when non-standard size or larger size half wafer silicon appears, photovoltaic cell manufacturers can only complete product update by replacing the box, which will generate large expenditure and material waste.

[0004] With the development of half wafer passivation technology, some manufacturers have modified the whole wafer box to be compatible with two half wafers, and the double half wafer box meets the testing machine sorting and wafer placing requirements, but slight shaking in the process of air knife blowing and suction wafer picking will cause problems such as missing suction, double wafers and silicon wafer collision with the stop rod, resulting in a large number of degraded silicon wafers and edge damage. INVENTION CONTENTS

[0005] To solve at least one problem of the prior art, the utility model provides a silicon wafer box.

[0006] To achieve the above utility model purposes, a technical scheme adopted by the utility model is: a silicon wafer box, including half wafer base, side edge enclosure and bottom plate, the side edge enclosure is detachably installed on the half wafer base and encloses a loading space for loading silicon wafers with the half wafer base, and the bottom plate is placed in the loading space.

[0007] The loading space can load silicon wafers of different sizes, when used for loading small-size silicon wafers, the loading space is enclosed by one half wafer base and the side edge enclosure, and when used for loading large-size silicon wafers, the loading space is enclosed by two half wafer bases and the side edge enclosure.

[0008] One long edge of the half wafer base is provided with a connecting hole, and two half wafer bases are connected to form a whole wafer base through a connecting support arranged in the connecting hole.

[0009] In some embodiments, the side edge enclosure includes two baffle plates and at least four stop rods.

[0010] When the silicon wafer box is used for loading small-size silicon wafers, the two baffle plates are respectively fixed on the two long edges of the half wafer base, and the two stop rods are respectively fixed on the two short edges of the half wafer base.

[0011] When the silicon wafer box is used to load large-size silicon wafers, two ends of the two baffles are fixed on two short sides of the half-piece base respectively, and four stop rods are divided into two groups and fixed on long sides of the half-piece base located on the outer side.

[0012] In some embodiments, the half-piece base is provided with a plurality of connecting grooves near each edge, and the lower end of the side edge fence is inserted into the connecting grooves and connected to the half-piece base by a limiting screw.

[0013] In some embodiments, the connecting grooves are long strip-shaped through grooves, the length of the connecting grooves is greater than the length of the part of the side edge fence inserted into the connecting grooves, and the size of the loading space can be adjusted by adjusting the position of the side edge fence in the connecting grooves.

[0014] In some embodiments, the half-piece base is a rectangular aluminum plate, the size of the rectangular aluminum plate is 295mm*147.5mm, the half-piece base is provided with the connecting grooves at the middle part of the short side, and the half-piece base is provided with the connecting grooves at a distance of 70-75mm from the opposite short side at both ends of the long side.

[0015] In some embodiments, the middle part of the rectangular aluminum plate is provided with a round hole, and the diameter of the round hole is 63.6mm.

[0016] In some embodiments, the rectangular aluminum plate is provided with a cutout with a side length of 30mm at four outer corners, and the rectangular aluminum plate is provided with a notch at the middle part of each long side, and when two half-piece bases are connected to form a whole-piece base, the two notches form a square notch with a side length of 63.6mm.

[0017] In some embodiments, the thickness of the rectangular aluminum plate is 15mm.

[0018] In some embodiments, the bottom plate includes a half-piece base and a whole-piece base, the half-piece base is arranged in a loading space surrounded by one half-piece base and the side edge fence, and the whole-piece base is arranged in a loading space surrounded by two half-piece bases and the side edge fence.

[0019] The half-piece base and the whole-piece base are both provided with a clearance for the side edge fence to pass through.

[0020] In some embodiments, the bottom plate is provided with four jacking holes and a square hole, the jacking holes and the square hole are both arranged at the middle part of the bottom plate, and the four jacking holes are arranged in a square around the square hole.

[0021] Thanks to the use of the above technical solutions, the present application has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:

[0022] The utility model discloses a half piece base or two half piece bases can be surrounded with the side edge fence to form a loading space of any size, which is used for loading silicon wafers of different sizes, reduces the cost of photovoltaic cell manufacturing, and reduces material waste. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0023] In order to make the person in this field of technology understand the present application scheme better, the following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiment of the present application, and the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present application is described clearly and completely, obviously, the described embodiment is only a part of the embodiment of the present application, not all the embodiment. Based on the embodiment in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by the person skilled in the art without creative labor should belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0024] Figure 1 It is a side view of the silicon wafer box of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 2 It is a top view of the silicon wafer box for small size silicon wafer of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 3 It is a top view of the silicon wafer box for large size silicon wafer of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 4 It is a top view of the two half piece bases connected into the whole piece base of the utility model;

[0028] Figure 5 It is a top view of the half piece base plate of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 6 It is a top view of the whole piece base plate of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] In order to make the person in this field of technology understand the present application scheme better, the following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiment of the present application, and the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present application is described clearly and completely, obviously, the described embodiment is only a part of the embodiment of the present application, not all the embodiment. Based on the embodiment in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by the person skilled in the art without creative labor should belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0031] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and the above-described accompanying drawings are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data thus used can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the present application described herein can be implemented. In addition, the terms "comprise" and "have" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a list of steps or units does not necessarily limit those steps or units to the clearly listed ones, but can include other steps or units not clearly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products or devices.

[0032] In the present application, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "back", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. These terms are mainly used to better describe the present application and its embodiments, and are not intended to limit the indicated devices, elements or components to have a specific orientation, or to be constructed and operated in a specific orientation.

[0033] In addition, in addition to indicating the orientation or positional relationship, the above-mentioned partial terms can also be used to indicate other meanings, for example, the term "upper" can also be used to indicate a certain dependent relationship or connection relationship in some cases. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of these terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0034] In addition, the terms "mounting", "setting", "providing", "connecting", "connecting", "sleeving" should be broadly understood. For example, it can be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally constructed; it can be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be internal communication between two devices, elements or components. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0035] It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict. The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments.

[0036] Please refer to Figures 1 to 6The utility model provides a kind of silicon wafer box, a kind of silicon wafer box, including half piece baseplate 1, side edge enclosure 2 and bottom plate 3, side edge enclosure 2 can be detached and installed on half piece baseplate 1 and with half piece baseplate 1 and form a loading space containing silicon wafer, bottom plate 3 is placed on half piece baseplate 1 and is located in loading space;Loading space can load different size silicon wafer, when being used to load small size silicon wafer, loading space is formed by one half piece baseplate 1 with side edge enclosure 2, when being used to load large size silicon wafer, loading space is formed by two half piece baseplate 1 with side edge enclosure 2;One long edge of half piece baseplate 1 is equipped with connecting hole 11, two half piece baseplates 1 are connected by connecting support 4 threaded in connecting hole 11 and form an integral baseplate.

[0037] Among them, the loading space formed by one half piece baseplate 1 and side edge enclosure 2 can be used to load 182-230mm any standard and non-standard size silicon wafer;The loading space formed by two half piece baseplate 1 and side edge enclosure 2 can be used to load 91*182-115*230 any standard and non-standard size half piece silicon wafer.

[0038] In certain embodiments, side edge enclosure 2 includes two baffle plates 21 and at least four stop rods 22, when silicon wafer box is used to load small size silicon wafer, two baffle plates 21 are fixed on the two long edges of half piece baseplate 1 respectively, and two stop rods 22 are fixed on the two short edges of half piece baseplate 1 respectively;When silicon wafer box is used to load large size silicon wafer, two ends of two baffle plates 21 are fixed on the two short edges of two half piece baseplate 1 respectively, and four stop rods 22 are divided into two groups and fixed on the long edges of two half piece baseplate 1 located on the outside respectively.

[0039] In certain embodiments, half piece baseplate 1 is provided with a plurality of connecting grooves 10 near each edge, and the lower end of side edge enclosure 2 is inserted into the connecting grooves 10 and connected with half piece baseplate 1 through limiting screws.

[0040] In certain embodiments, the connecting groove 10 is a long strip-shaped through groove, and the length of the connecting groove 10 is greater than the length of the part of the side edge enclosure 2 inserted into the connecting groove 10. By adjusting the position of the side edge enclosure 2 in the connecting groove 10, the size of the loading space can be adjusted.

[0041] In certain embodiments, the half piece baseplate 1 is a rectangular aluminum plate, and the size of the rectangular aluminum plate is 295mm*147.5mm. The size of the integral baseplate formed by connecting two half piece baseplates 1 is 295mm*295mm. The half piece baseplate 1 is provided with a connecting groove 10 at the middle part of the short edge, and the half piece baseplate 1 is provided with a connecting groove 10 at a distance of 70 to 75mm from the opposite short edge at the two ends of the long edge.

[0042] In certain embodiments, the middle part of the rectangular aluminum plate is provided with a round hole 13, and the diameter of the round hole 13 is 63.6mm.

[0043] In some embodiments, the rectangular aluminum plate is provided with a cutout 12 with a side length of 30mm at each of the four outer corners, and the rectangular aluminum plate is provided with a notch 14 at the middle of each of the two long sides, and when two half bases 1 are connected into a whole base, the two notches 14 form a square notch with a side length of 63.6mm.

[0044] In some embodiments, the thickness of the rectangular aluminum plate is 15mm.

[0045] In some embodiments, the silicon wafer is placed on the base plate 3, and the base plate 3 includes a half base plate 31 and a whole base plate 32, the half base plate 31 is arranged in the loading space surrounded by one half base 1 and the side edge fence 2, and the whole base plate 32 is arranged in the loading space surrounded by two half bases 1 and the side edge fence 2. The half base plate 31 and the whole base plate 32 are both provided with a gap for the side edge fence 2 to pass through.

[0046] In some embodiments, the base plate 3 is provided with four jacking holes 34 and a square hole 33, and the four jacking holes 34 and the square hole 33 are both arranged at the middle of the base plate 3, and the four jacking holes 34 are arranged in a square around the square hole 33. The four jacking holes 34 and the square hole 33 are both located above the round hole 13 or the square notch, and the square hole 33 is used for identifying the installation of the silicon wafer, and the four jacking holes 34 are used for jacking the base plate to take the silicon wafer.

[0047] Finally, it should be noted that the above is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, and is not used to limit the present application, although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, for those skilled in the art, the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments can still be modified, or some technical features can be replaced, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A silicon wafer magazine characterized by, The silicon wafer box comprises a half base (1), a side edge enclosure (2) and a bottom plate (3), the side edge enclosure (2) is detachably mounted on the half base (1) and encloses a loading space for silicon wafers with the half base (1), and the bottom plate (3) is placed in the loading space. The loading space can load silicon wafers of different sizes, when used for loading small-size silicon wafers, the loading space is enclosed by one half base (1) and the side edge enclosure (2), and when used for loading large-size silicon wafers, the loading space is enclosed by two half bases (1) and the side edge enclosure (2). One long edge of the half base (1) is provided with a connecting hole (11), and two half bases (1) are connected by a connecting support (4) penetrating the connecting hole (11) to form a whole base.

2. The silicon wafer magazine of claim 1 wherein, The side edge enclosure (2) comprises two baffle plates (21) and at least four stop rods (22). When the silicon wafer box is used for loading small-size silicon wafers, two baffle plates (21) are respectively fixed on the two long edges of the half base (1), and two stop rods (22) are respectively fixed on the two short edges of the half base (1). When the silicon wafer box is used for loading large-size silicon wafers, the two ends of the two baffle plates (21) are respectively fixed on the two short edges of the two half bases (1), and the four stop rods (22) are divided into two groups and respectively fixed on the long edges of the two half bases (1) located on the outer side.

3. The silicon wafer magazine of claim 1 wherein, The half base (1) is provided with a plurality of connecting grooves (10) near each edge, and the lower end of the side edge enclosure (2) is inserted into the connecting grooves (10) and connected with the half base (1) by a limiting screw.

4. The silicon wafer magazine of claim 3 wherein, The connecting groove (10) is a long strip-shaped through groove, the length of the connecting groove (10) is greater than the length of the part of the side edge enclosure (2) inserted into the connecting groove (10), and the size of the loading space can be adjusted by adjusting the position of the side edge enclosure (2) in the connecting groove (10).

5. The silicon wafer cassette of claim 3 wherein, The half base (1) is a rectangular aluminum plate, the size of the rectangular aluminum plate is 295mm*147.5mm, the half base (1) is provided with the connecting groove (10) at the middle part of the short edge, and the half base (1) is provided with the connecting groove (10) at a distance of 70-75mm from the opposite short edge at the two ends of the long edge.

6. The silicon wafer cassette of claim 5 wherein, The middle part of the rectangular aluminum plate is provided with a round hole (13), and the diameter of the round hole (13) is 63.6mm.

7. The silicon wafer cassette of claim 5 wherein, The rectangular aluminum plate is provided with a cutout (12) with a side length of 30mm at four outer corners, and the rectangular aluminum plate is provided with a notch (14) at the middle part of the two long edges respectively, when two half bases (1) are connected to form a whole base, two notches (14) form a square notch with a side length of 63.6mm.

8. The silicon wafer magazine of claim 5 wherein, The thickness of the rectangular aluminum plate is 15mm.

9. The silicon wafer boat of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein, The bottom plate (3) comprises a half bottom plate (31) and a whole bottom plate (32), the half bottom plate (31) is arranged in a loading space surrounded by one half base (1) and the side fence (2), and the whole bottom plate (32) is arranged in a loading space surrounded by two half bases (1) and the side fence (2); The half bottom plate (31) and the whole bottom plate (32) are both provided with a passing hole for the side fence (2) to pass through.

10. The silicon wafer boat according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein The bottom plate (3) is provided with four jacking holes (34) and a square hole (33), the jacking holes (34) and the square hole (33) are both arranged at the middle part of the bottom plate (3), and the four jacking holes (34) are arranged in a square around the square hole (33).