Coating processes – Coating by vapor – gas – or smoke
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-19
2011-04-19
Meeks, Timothy H (Department: 1715)
Coating processes
Coating by vapor, gas, or smoke
C118S719000, C118S726000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07927659
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate includes introducing a material and a carrier gas into a heated chamber. The material may be a semiconductor material, such as a cadmium chalcogenide. A resulting mixture of vapor and carrier gas containing no unvaporized material is provided. The mixture of vapor and carrier gas are remixed to achieve a uniform vapor/carrier gas composition, which is directed toward a surface of a substrate, such as a glass substrate, where the vapor is deposited as a uniform film.
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Coleman Todd Alden
Gray Andrew Kelly
Powell Ricky Charles
First Solar, Inc.
Meeks Timothy H
Miller, Jr. Joseph
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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