• Ulvac Rolls PECVD for Tandem PV Cells

  Staff, June 25, 2009
  Ulvac Inc. has developed a PECVD system aimed at tandem junction PV cells. The CIM-1400 system adds a microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si) layer to amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film solar cells, boosting cell conversion efficiency. The tool will be incorporated into a turnkey production line for tandem junction thin-film production.  More

• Emerging Technologies Go 'Extreme' at SEMICON West

  SEMI, San Jose, June 18, 2009
  Extreme Electronics is the latest "show-within-a-show" concept at SEMICON West, highlighting the technologies for and commercial opportunities in emerging markets, including MEMS, printed and flexible electronics, solid-state lighting and nanoelectronics.  More

• Solar Metrology Gets Serious

  Paula Doe, Contributing Editor, SEMI, San Jose, June 12, 2009
  Suppliers of optical inspection systems are improving central data management capabilities and tool uptime. The ramp up of solar cell production volume is spurring development of better inspection and metrology tools.  More

• Global PV Standards Roadmap Accelerates Cost-Effective PV Manufacturing

  Bettina Weiss, Senior Director, Photovoltaic Segment, SEMI PV Group, San Jose, June 12, 2009
  Through its PV Group initiative, SEMI is ready to bring the same benefits of standardization to PV manufacturing. Over the long term, standardization promises to accelerate technology development, cost reduction and industry growth similar to that realized in the semiconductor industry.  More

• Automation Cuts Solar Costs, Levels the Playing Field

  Paula Doe, Contributing Editor, SEMI, San Jose, June 12, 2009
  The solar industry needs to cooperate on automation if it expects to bring down PV's cost-per-watt to parity with conventional electricity-generating methods. Currently, the solar industry labors under islands of automation, single automated tools or clusters, and almost as many ways of linking those islands as there are PV manufacturers, experts said.  More

• PV at SEMICON West

  SEMI, San Jose, June 11, 2009
  Photovoltaic manufacturing is an expanding part of SEMICON West and the co-located Intersolar North America exposition and conference. This year, Intersolar has nearly tripled in size, making it the fastest-growing business-to-business solar event in North America.  More

• Companies Expanding Use of Reclaimed Silicon

  SEMI, San Jose, June 11, 2009
  Efficient and sustainable re-use of silicon is needed across both the photovoltaic and semiconductor industries. The key to recycling used wafers is to verify and sort material by dopant and impurity levels.  More

• Solar PV Landscape Adjusts for Bounce-Back

  Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media, June 4, 2009
  Although some have predicted exploding growth for thin-film photovoltaic technologies, the sector's expansion is likely to be tempered by dropping polysilicon prices, according to a new report from IC Insights, which takes its perspective from the semiconductor industry.  More

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