Plasma grid implant system for use in solar cell fabrications
Abstract
A method of ion implantation comprising: providing a plasma within a plasma region of a chamber; positively biasing a first grid plate, wherein the first grid plate comprises a plurality of apertures; negatively biasing a second grid plate, wherein the second grid plate comprises a plurality of apertures; flowing ions from the plasma in the plasma region through the apertures in the positively-biased first grid plate; flowing at least a portion of the ions that flowed through the apertures in the positively-biased first grid plate through the apertures in the negatively-biased second grid plate; and implanting a substrate with at least a portion of the ions that flowed through the apertures in the negatively-biased second grid plate.

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Titles3
- German
- Plasmagitter-Implantatsystem zur Verwendung bei der Herstellung von Solarzellen
- English
- Plasma grid implant system for use in solar cell fabrications
- French
- Système d'implant de grille à plasma destiné à être utilisé dans les fabrications de cellules solaires
Classification
- CPC, 22
- C23C14/042
- H10F71/00
- H10F71/137
- H01J37/32412
- H01J37/32422
- Y02E10/547
- C23C14/48
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- H10F10/146
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- H10F71/121
- H10P32/1204
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- H01J37/185
- H01J37/3171
- H01J2237/0437
- H01J2237/184
- H01J2237/201
- H01J2237/327
- H01J2237/3365
- IPC, 7
- C23C14 04
- C23C14 48
- H01J37 32
- H01L21 223
- H01L31 18
- H01J37 18
- H01J37 317
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- Türkiye