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24 September 2009

 

JPSA ships PV-5000 thin-film laser scribing system

J. P. Sercel Associates Inc (JPSA) of Manchester, NH, USA has shipped the first of multiple PV-5000 thin-film photovoltaic laser scribing systems for the solar industry to a US customer.

By using laser scribing technology, the robust, high-volume PV-5000 production system can rapidly and accurately produce fine scribed lines with >30MOhm isolation. Applications include thin film, P1 front contact, P2 semiconductor, P3 back contacts, border deletion, and bulk deletion of all three layers to provide an edge isolation border.

“Our PV-5000 laser scriber sets a new benchmark with speeds, accuracies, and throughputs that have not yet been achieved for this process,” claims chairman & chief technology officer Jeffrey Sercel. “With our proprietary and patent-pending laser technology, and high-precision automation experience, we developed a high-volume production system with low operating costs that can accurately and selectively remove thin films from large glass, metal, or polymer substrates,” he adds.

The PV-5000 uses JPSA’s capability for designing and integrating short-wavelength lasers, high-precision motion control systems, beam homogenizer technology, and high-resolution optics to provide industrial laser scribing tools that are claimed to exceed the demanding requirements of the high-precision solar scribing industry.

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