Technical Seminar 6: Manufacturing Equipment

Co-Chairs:

Kenji Yamamoto
General Manager, Photovoltaic and Thin Film Device Laboratories
KANEKA Corporation

Ryosuke Miyabayashi
General Manager, Customer Relations Department
NPC Incorporated

Date:

Friday, July 2

Time:

10:30-13:00

Venue:

ANNEX Hall, Pacifico Yokohama

Cost:

Register by June 23 JPY 19,000 / Register from June 24 JPY 24,000. Includes 5% tax, proceedings (CD-ROM)

Interpretation:

No interpretation

Registration:

Register

10:35–11:10

Technology Trend for Crystalline Silicon Solar Manufacturing Equipments
Tatsuya Sato
Manager, Solar Division
Applied Materials Japan, Inc.

The solar industry is changing. There is significant focus on delivering technology solutions which increases solar cell efficiency and reduces the overall cost of solar. At Applied Materials, we envision that the next generation crystalline silicon fab will evolve from the current nine process steps to at least 14 process steps in order to deliver higher and higher cell efficiencies. We believe that the addition of these process steps will result in at least 3 points of efficiency and increased efficiency results in reduced costs. In addition to increasing cell efficiencies, we are leveraging materials reduction, factory scale and automation to enable the factory of the future today.
By applying our four decades of experience developing market-leading, best-in-class equipment to the solar industry, we will accelerate reductions in the cost per watt for solar and improve the way people live in ways that will be beneficial for each of us as well as future generation.

11:10–11:45

Present and Near Future in Fabrication System of Thin Film Si Solar Cell
Masashi Kikuchi
ULVAC Fellow, Director of Engineering Department 3 FPD Division
ULVAC, Inc.

The solar cell manufacturing industry is starting to recover from the effects of the recession. There is no fear of supply problems regarding materials for thin-film silicon cells, and there remains a lot of room for improvement in terms of improving efficiency and reducing costs. Against this backdrop, this session will report on the position of thin-film silicon solar cells, the situation regarding production equipment and the outlook for the future.

11:45–12:20

Thin Film Si Competitiveness - on Track to Deliver Grid Parity Solution　with New Equipment Technology
Hiroshi Ishida
Director, Oerlikon Systems Dept.
Tokyo Electron Ltd.

Focusing on Thin Film Si PV, examination of target application and market based on its characteristics of Thin Film Si technology will be explained. In addition, the latest update on low cost manufacturing solution from Oerlikon Solar and its roadmap towards Grid Parity will be discussed.

12:20–12:55

The Technology Trend of Module Manufacturing Equipment
Ryosuke Miyabayashi
General Manager, Customer Relations ⅡDepartment
NPC Incorporated

12:55-13:00

Authors Interview