Process optimization for improving drilling efficiency in ewt solar cell manufacturing

29th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2010 - Congress Proceedings

Volumn 103, Issue , 2010, Pages 1099-1106

  Pantsar, Henrikki ^a   Eisenbeis, Thomas ^a   Rekow, Mathew ^b   Murison, Richard ^b   Herfurth, Hans ^a   Heinemann, Stefan ^a  

^a Fraunhofer USA Inc   (United States)

^b PyroPhotonics Lasers Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS;

COST OF OWNERSHIP; DRILLING EFFICIENCY; DRILLING PROCESS; EMITTER-WRAP-THROUGH; INVESTMENT COSTS; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING;

INFILL DRILLING;

EID: 78650373834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2351/1.5061945     Document Type: Conference Paper

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